I looked at all code on the mod and every br is set correctly; I did "find and replace" versus "add" for a reason, so you can copy and paste lol...

And can we keep all support to the UBBDev thread please... Would like everything in one place.

Hah! I didn't say it was Giz's typo!

And I did "find and replace." But It's really late here...

All fixed now.

I'm disappointed to only have one "hit," and it looks like it's actually a legitimate registration.

Anyway, it seems to be working very well.

Thanks, Gizmo!

Mod updated with the ability to report users from their profile in the control panel.

I really have never had a problem with spammers on my site, except about 4. 3 just deleting and banning fixed, and 1 was an internal troll from the game that was just an a$$, so he was easy to fix. The three came from facebook. I disabled those links and I have not had a spammer since.

Dunny

Added the ability to do an IP check against the Stop Forum Spam database at signup; if their IP is detected then they're not allowed to sign up (see the screen at UBBDev for the error message portion).

How is this working out for everyone? Any changes wanted/needed?

It seems to be working for me as far as I can tell. I only had one so far and reported. I am still getting registrants so I can say the mod don't cause any conflicts with registrations.

As for the stopping them on sign up, I cant tell if it's been used. Maybe an alert when a registration is rejected can be added in??

The original is working fine here. I have not updated to the "report" version, and I'd rather reject them manually.

We have been delayed installing but will get it done next week.

As information, Xruner7 can break captcha and recaptcha, but not 3d captcha (yet).

In reading some of the blackhat seo threads and SFS, it would appear that "Internet Marketing" tools are getting better and better at what they do. I watched a demo of xRuner7, which costs 4 times what UBB does and it was amazing how many forums could be spammed in 15 minutes.

There has been an increase in forum spamming since the first of the year. Another scrapebot has been released and is gonna be in a forum near you - price is down in the $97 range.

I do not mean to be Chicken Little here. And I don't think I am. I was on the front lines of UseNet when it was invaded and I understand the profit motive that can drive the process.

And the lack of ethics. Heck, I was on Alexa earlier today and saw and ad for "Email Marketing." Alexa is owned by Amazon.

Larry

I used to get tons of spam but have made a few changes. New members on my forum need to have 30 posts before they can use html or UBB Code or signatures so they can't link. As well, they have to wait between 5 and 15 minutes between posts (depends on the forum).

I get very few spammers now and it doesn't seem to discourage legit members.