I'm trying to figure out a way to control spam. I've tried a number of things:
I thought I would give manual approving all new registrations a try. Given the limited info you see when doing manual new account approval...I'm finding it difficult to know which new accounts are from legit-honest humans...and those from spammers.
Some of the email address's sometimes can give a spammer away (such as almost any email address that has .ru in it)...and sometimes the username chosen for the new account can give the spammer away...but these are the rare cases.
I know there are some XF pay-for anti-spam add-on's out there...but was hoping to find a solution that didn't require $$ and installing another add-on.
If I'm doing manual approval of all new registrations...is there any good way to differentiate spammers from legit humans (before approving/rejecting the new account)?
My goal of course is to prevent the spammers from registering...but at the same time allow real legit humans to register & participate in the website.
Thanks
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- Turning off new registrations for a while.
- Banning keywords that spammers like to use.
- Require new account first 5 posts to be manually approved.
- etc.
I thought I would give manual approving all new registrations a try. Given the limited info you see when doing manual new account approval...I'm finding it difficult to know which new accounts are from legit-honest humans...and those from spammers.
Some of the email address's sometimes can give a spammer away (such as almost any email address that has .ru in it)...and sometimes the username chosen for the new account can give the spammer away...but these are the rare cases.
I know there are some XF pay-for anti-spam add-on's out there...but was hoping to find a solution that didn't require $$ and installing another add-on.
If I'm doing manual approval of all new registrations...is there any good way to differentiate spammers from legit humans (before approving/rejecting the new account)?
My goal of course is to prevent the spammers from registering...but at the same time allow real legit humans to register & participate in the website.
Thanks