Sounds like I'm a racist but not. I'm tired cleaning and moderating my forum everyday. Though I already set all incoming members to moderation, still I am getting around 50 registrations daily with .ru email domain extension. Any suggestion how to block them from registering my forum? Thanks
I know what you mean and I am having the same problem with .ru and .cn. I use VBulletin, is that what you use?
Yes bro and I think they are using robot... before I set the moderation, these guys always posted viagra, cialis, etc...make me sick daily..
Block their IPs in your .htaccess file. Add something like the following line: deny from 81.177.8.0/23 Code (markup): This blocks all IPs in between 81.177.8.0 and 81.177.9.255. This might not include all of Russia... but it included those I needed to block yesterday
When I had a forum last year I got the same problem as well. All were registerd with the email extension of ru . WHy dont you do this in registrations go ahead with some Captha programs and then see what happens .
I've had the very same problem with my Dodge Caliber forum. I've been extremely successful in preventing spam by installing NoSpam! onto my forums. I find even better success if I use non mathematic questions and answers. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=124828 Also EZ Bounce E-mail is good for routing out accounts with bouncing e-mail addresses. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=138884 Advance Permissions based on post count is a good way to keep registrations that are manually submitted from spamming links and images. http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=123002 With these 3 products I have virtually eliminated the spam targeting my site.