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Help Spammers Are Killing My Forum!!!

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Re: Help Spammers Are Killing My Forum!!!

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Mar 1st, 2008
I'm not sure if SMF supports this, but if you want them to stop keeping them from coming back, make it harder for them to re-register.

Make sure that no one can post unless they supply a unique, valid email address. Make them click on a link in their email before their accounts are activated, in order to make sure the email address is valid.

Also, use CAPTCHA images during the registration form. If they're using bots, this will prevent the bots from reregistering.
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