How to stop the SPAM on your directory - a good & working solution!

most of my spam was from .ru until I had an0n install his spam guard now I recieve just a few manual submits to mfa sites

 

I wonder how that SPAM guard works, what algorithm uses...and how come is that efficient.

 

Don't expect any precise answers, because a lot of the strength of any spam protection is in holding some things back. If spammers knew how it worked they could take steps to get around it.

A lot of spam has characteristic features, and if you see a lot of it, it's not that hard to recognise patterns.

 

I was interested in this topic because spamguard is a new thing to me, I read it can actually cause problems as well as cure them? http://spamblocking.blogspot.com/2007/07/spam-guard-your-business.html and http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=problem+with+spamguard&btnG=Search although not sure how that would relate to directory submissions?

Its no doubt better than the antispam feature in the script your posting about but if it has problems a new solution needs to be found. So in response to the OP, the best way to deal with spam is to get a system like some other scripts have put in place that are as foolproof as your going to get.

 

The spam seems to be targeted at the free directories - so why not go paid.

The paid fee need not be expensive eg £10, but would stop a lot of spam as the spammers have no choice but to pay to spam.

 

The problem then though is you get slated for allegedly being a paid for inclusion, you just can't win. Mind you I'd like to see a lot of the free directories close as they are a waste of space in the first place.

 

Sarah, If I were to call you an American fool, or an Australian idiot, or a Spanish freak...all are racist. The fact is the OP made a racist remark - About.com's Race Relations guide sums it up perfectly - discrimination and prejudice based on race, which is exactly what has happened in this case. No offence to you, but I'm genuinely quite disturbed that moderators do not take a stance to racism on these forums - especially in such illicit ways as this.

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This thread is now profoundly false, and the thread should be removed from the site as McFox has removed all racist remarks made and therefore, short of being a slagging match, has no purpose. Just my 2 cents

 

Keep wondering, because it won't ever be a free MOD.

 

hahaha, love it.

 

When I will feel that I will need it, I will hire you.

p0w !