Jafo
Active member
Sorry, I can understand why someone wants to ban a country like Pakistan (never got a real user from there), but why ban whole countries in Europe like Holland? I am from Europe and I'm a long time member of more than a dozen US forums...
Why not simply use a free service like Stopforumspam and eliminate the problem? There are even free addons for Xenforo to use Stopforumspam...
Well in my instance, the website in question is a local forum to my area. I am willing to take the risk that nobody from Holland will want to register there. Except for maybe the 3-4 people from here who may now live in Holland, there is no real reason for anyone from there to register on my forum. Therefore, chances are Holland registrations are probably spammers.
I would not say this plugin is for every instance, but certainly applicable in some cases.
I use stopforumspam and while it does stop SOME spam, it does not stop ALL spam. Battling spam requires a multi-layered approach.