Need some PhpBB info please

Hey,

I have a new PHP BB forum and i'm having problems with spam bots is their a way that i can mass delete accounts?

Cause theirs over a thousand grr lol and their all from similar email addresses. Is it possible to ban email addresses ending in a certain domain?

Also is their a way to limit new accounts to certain sections of the forum till they have x amount of posts.

Regards,
Jon

 

Install Anti Spam registration Addon. Should help you reduce those stupid bots to a great extend.

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=570929
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=645075

Yes it is possible
Go to ACP-->Users and Group -->Ban by Email --> Use the Wildcard feature ( *.domain.tld)

You can use Auto Groups Mod.
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=770205&hilit=auto+group
And then set forum based permission based on Group.

Best Regards,
MM

 

You can also manually approve new members

 

Is their a way to do a mass deletion of accounts?
Tried getting it to do email activation but it wouldnt work

 

You can mass Ban using the method i posted before. You can also mass delete users if you know how to use phpMyadmin

Well to avoid the spam registration, the two above addons provided in my previous would surely help you keep spammers at bay.
You can also use the inbuilt Custom Profile Field Feature to Stop automated registration to some extent.

And to add to it you can enable "Post Queueing" as well. This would avoid all those spammy message to be posted on your forum.
ACP > General > Post Settings > Enable queued posts.

Best Regards,
MM

 

If you have access to phpmyadmin , you can delete them quickly... if you have not used phpmyadmin before do a backup first.