XF 2.1 Blocking foreign languages

[Sonnie]

We are getting hammered with Chinese language spam posts. Is there anyway to block any other language outside of the English language?

They are relentless when they get started... and they are aggravating to say the least. Using proxy IP addresses and random email accounts.

 

[sbj]

Chinese SPAM regardless SPAM settings!

Hi Guys, I have some chinese guy spamming the forum with hundred of threads and the same message from several user accounts and IP's. I setup the Question / Answer captcher but now this guy is back spamming the forum. So for now I have set the forum for manual approval to stop this idiot but...

xenforo.com

Also there are several addons based on features which block whole countries.

 

[Max Taxable]

We are getting hammered with Chinese language spam posts. Is there anyway to block any other language outside of the English language?

They are relentless when they get started... and they are aggravating to say the least. Using proxy IP addresses and random email accounts.

They're getting through SFS, askimet, captcha, puzzles, questions and all that good "best practices" stuff?

 

[Sonnie]

They have been... although I have changed a few settings and added some new settings hoping that will help.

 

[cwe]

I spent many, many hours over the last decade building a .htaccess file that blocks 95% (guestimate) of the IP ranges for various countries (including China). Any time my site gets hit with a bot or spam registration that gets through the list, I'll add it. I've probably worn out whois.domaintools.com over the years.

 

[Paul B]

You can add something like this to the spam phrases: /(美|国|微|微|证|心|假|凭)/ui

Add/replace characters as necessary