Nothing I do seems to be working, spammers keep getting through, even with that URL trick, it still seems to be going through (URL's that is)
I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Nope.Are you using Tapatalk possibly?
SFS is native in xF2. It's in your spam options in ACP.The "StopForumSpam" add-on is for XF1 isn't it? Wouldn't work for XF 2.2......
That's what I was thinking which is why I was confused by the suggestion. I have it set but it still doesn't seem to stop spammers getting through.SFS is native in xF2. It's in your spam options in ACP.
Care to post a screenshot of your SFS settings?That's what I was thinking which is why I was confused by the suggestion. I have it set but it still doesn't seem to stop spammers getting through.
What do you mean by this?spammers keep getting through
Both spam & flood check is set to No.What is this permission set to for the Registered user group?
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Or for any groups the spammer is a member of after registering.
No they are not. Always brand new.are they old members? i have a lot of spammers sign up, never post, and a year later, log in and start spamming.
registration settings are not retroactive.
If you use Xon's add-on you can selectively set certain countries to require approval, and allow others in.I've been having the same spam issue for the last couple weeks. The posts are in all Chinese (no links) and I added the string of characters @Brogan posted plus added some more characters but they're still getting through without moderation. It happens every day at appox the same times, 4-5am and 9-10pm and usually 40-60 posts. I just set the registrations to manual approval this morning although I really didn't want to.
They all have IP's from the US.If you use Xon's add-on you can selectively set certain countries to require approval, and allow others in.
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