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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 8th, 2008
Originally Posted by crtbs View Post
Well, we are working on it. There are still some tests we have to run.

Another way to flag potential spammers is to check their time on the computer vs. the time from the location of the IP address. If they don't match, it is a question mark.

Chris.

While I can see the objective is to catch people who use proxies, I don't think this is an ideal solution. What about professional forums that target business people who frequently take business trips? It's very likely they're not going to be adjusting the clocks of their laptops every other week.
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