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Spam filter by words?
kitutal
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My forum uses a system whereby applicants have to post a short reason why they want to join the site, then I can pick out the real people with real reasons from the spambots, who pretty much all use either the same non-specific 'I want to join forum' message, or a link.
so, every day, I have to go through the list and pick out the real people from the dozens of spambots, and I'm wondering, is there anything I can download and add to the application for membership section that'll filter out and auto-delete people using certain words and phrases?
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Check out Registration Restrict Logger by @peregrine.
Add Pages to Vanilla with the Basic Pages app
I use registration logger in combination with BotStop, and it has pretty much stopped all spambot applications.
This is the log entry just for today. The applicants who use key words don't get logged, just deleted.
@kitutal
Someday - you may want to provide info here
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/24785/poll-which-registration-method-and-plugins-do-you-use-to-deter-spammers-and-their-efficacy#latest
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
@whu606
or add the ips or ranges via the readme in the plugin (as you probably do).
It would be interesting to know if others are getting spammed by these same ips.
Yes, i know they can move around just curious.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
I'd rather not block all of china or anything like that, just to lose a few of the spam-bots. it just seems, when I'm going through that day's list of 200 new 'applicants' and most of the bots have given the exact same 'reason' for wanting to join the site, if I could set it to filter out everyone that posts that same message, I'd save a lot of time and effort.
well since you haven't entered your info in the poll, i can't help. but if you did, perhaps I could, but we are going around in circles.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
@shadowdare gave you a link to a plugin (by that very nice @peregrine) that does just that in the first reply.
Have you even tried it?
peregrines can be nice, unless of course you happen to be a pigeon, then you might get eaten!
told you we were going in circles
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maybe I'll try this :
@kikutal DON'T enter any information here (because it might help somebody or it might solve your problem).
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/24785/poll-which-registration-method-and-plugins-do-you-use-to-deter-spammers-and-their-efficacy
reverse psychology.
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I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
I'm running the plug-in now, see how it goes. I was a little put off by the dramatic 'make sure you read all the instructions carefully and only use this if you know exactly what you're doing' part, but it seems simple enough
I was getting tired of people who don't read instructions and asking questions that were already answered. i'd rather scare away people, so I don't have to field questions from the demographic of the population that don't read instructions.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
it works perfectly, thank you
I've gone from around 200 spam applicants a day, to one in the last three days.
@kitutal
great. now you can answer the questions in part B of this link...
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.