How do I stop the SPAM in PHPBB.

Discussion in 'PHP' started by netmaster123, Oct 5, 2006.

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    I am using PHPBB in one of my forums, I am very mad every time I check there is a new member that has posted some sort of weird text usually in the OFF TOPIC area.

    I have already disabled signatures and phpbb code to remove the links to them, I also delete their threads every day.

    Is there a more eficient way to stop this??
     
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  2. coolsaint

    coolsaint Banned

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    Dear netmaster1234,

    There is a discussion going on about this in another forum . I wish you will like it.

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=57141

    Thanks.

    Coolsaint
     
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  3. netmaster123

    netmaster123 Well-Known Member

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  4. edzachary

    edzachary Active Member

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    I run several phpbb forums successfully and fight this problem all the time. This is what I've learned:

    1. Always keep your phpbb install up to date.

    2. Get the phpbb toolkit that lets you more efficiently delete spam and spammers.

    3. Disable the link fields in the registration form. This is so easy and I don't see why more don't do this. Bots, when they cannot get a link in, bail on the registration. Real folks usually tweak their profiles with their links to homepages and such after they register. I did this on one forum and went from dozens of spam signups in a day to zilch. This was better than anything else I tried to curb spam.

    Jeff
     
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  5. netmaster123

    netmaster123 Well-Known Member

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    How do I remove the "Link" field from the registration form??

    Thanks












     
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  6. stock_post

    stock_post Prominent Member

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    Disable guest posting in phpBB
    Run the sql to update not to allow guests posting

    SQL follows

    update phpbb_forums
    set auth_post = 1
    where auth_post = 0


    This is what I did, not really sure if this is working.

    Before you try you may check my sites, I ran that sql
    www.AdsenseAlternatives.com
    www.JokesZoo.com
    www.AdsZoo.com

    If you feel that is stopping the spam you may use my technic.

    Thanks
     
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  7. edzachary

    edzachary Active Member

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    I found a mod via the phpbb site that did the job. This particular forum has about 1100 members and 10000 posts, fairly active, so the spam bots troll constantly. I saw an immediate affect.
     
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  8. sparkah

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    Guys... Ive been running a phpbb forum for 5 years now... and probably spend about half an hour a day deleting spammers... so i finally coughed up money to build a BULK MASS PHPBB SPAMMER DELETER that does white listing and black listing.

    You're welcome to install it on your forums. I'm making it available for either $9 or trade for one forum post: http://sparkah.com/antispam for download
     
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    heredia21 Well-Known Member

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    Best way to do is by setting up a QA captcha at registration. Helped me tremendously.
     
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    Have human verification at registration and at new thread..
     
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