Full Board URL: http://www.gagunforum.com/
XMB Version: 1.9.11

What can i do to keep spammers of my site? I usually get 3 every week. They register, list a website , and usually post a real long thread about some kind of handbag or something crazy. You can't even read half of what they post , i'm getting tired of manually going through members to find them and remove them

Any help would be appreciated. TIA

Go to Adminstration Panel , click Settings and scroll down to User Control
Find E-mail verification (e-mail random password)? and set it to ON

will that keep them from doing it. It's not autobots it's people that are doing it , usually from xxxx@gmx.com

Captcha is on and that isn't helping i will try this

Nothing will be 100% in stopping people from spamming your board. This hack is a must .... it will help to control Moderation System

Using the moderation system along with email verification is about all one can do.

Also in admin panel >> settings set "Allow duplicate mails?" to off. so, when you ban someone they cannot reregister using the same email address.

these will help a TON, install mods "Moderation System" and "Member Approval". use both or either one, personally i like the member approval. the first post must be approved by you before it is visible on the forums.

email verification does not help at all, with captcha on . . no luck

i don't want to do anything that will turn potential real users away , and make it aggravating for them to join and post

In member.php you can alter the php to exclude members joining from specific email domains.

everyone of them have had an email from xxxxx@gmx.com

In member.php look for code that looks something like this:

if (false === $test->check_email_address($rawemail)) {

error($lang['bademail']);

}


Add below:

// don't allow specific email domain addresses
$email_spams = array('gmx.com','mailinator.com'); // just add known domains you want to exclude
$spamdomain = strtolower(substr($email, strpos($email,'@')+1));
if(in_array($spamdomain,$email_spams)) {
error($lang['bademail']);
}


TEST, if works, say thanks!

Quote: Originally posted by lottos

In member.php look for code that looks something like this: if (false === $test->check_email_address($rawemail)) { error($lang['bademail']); } Add below: // don't allow specific email domain addresses $email_spams = array('gmx.com','mailinator.com'); // just add known domains you want to exclude $spamdomain = strtolower(substr($email, strpos($email,'@')+1)); if(in_array($spamdomain,$email_spams)) { error($lang['bademail']); } TEST, if works, say thanks!

I thought XMB already had this built in?

Admin Panel -> Restriction Manager:

"
To restrict the use of a username or e-mail address, enter the details below

You may wish to restrict the use of a certain names such as admin, owner etc
"

You can simply enter the domain, and check the partial box.

i tried the restriction manager but it didn't keep them out