I currently us yaBB for my financial forums. Everyday I get Russian spam posts and while I ban the IP address I get spammed again the next day from a different IP ...... all from Russia. Is there a way to ban the whole country?
yes there is geoip module and free geoipdb, you can use them to block those bad russians , but it wont help you, coz they will start using chinese proxies
try to increase moderators and ban as many as possible. due to these never ending proxies, it is really hard to restrict any country from entering your forum.
DP doesn't seem to suffer from spammers. How come? I reckon it is because members report spammers and they are quickly banned but also because it takes time before members can post. That and DP allows signature links - a little bit spammy but in a classy not in your face way.
Make sure you have email activation on and block all fake email domains. You won't ban a whole country effectively.
Yes it can be done by blocking whole range of the country IP. http://codex.yabbforum.com/YaBB.pl?num=1190690095
it can be done via strict firewall rules. you can ban ips, malicious ip even open proxies not an issue. but need expertise in it
i think your quesiton has been answered to be honest. you can ban them but they'll be back, trust me! proxies etc. and sometimes they can have a ip address based in another country. Best thing to do is moderate your forum intensively or pay someone $10-$15 dollars per day to do so.
Restricting a country which is no way related ur site is fine i guess..suppose i talk about 1 city why would i need other countries people in there
Your topic is very interesting. People have a lot of good ideas. Let us know, if finally , you've found an effective way to do it
Looks like my soltution might be to hire Bohra to fix the issue. I dont have this problem with my SMF Based forum.
I recommend banning Russia, China and Nigeria, you won't loose any business and spam and attacks will decrease by 90%