Banning Spammers

[fotog]

I probaly know this but since I am sleep deprived right now, what is CAPTCHA ? Also, I didnt know Akismet worked for forums (besides blogs), does it work for all main stream ones VB?

[surfer]

Originally Posted by Arizona

On my vBulletin I use two different methods to stop spam. To sign up they have to answer th CAPTCHA and then I have installed Akismet. When Akismet detects a spam message it moves it to a moderation que. I can then just delete the user and message. The forum users never see a spam message on the board and everyone is happy.

You are direct hit. Akismet is the program that I am currently looking for. Thanks a lot for giving this advice.

And fotog, CAPTCHA means "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart". What does it do? To block bots from registering into the forums. CAPTCHA's are the distorted numbers and letters that you input before clicking the "submit" button in the registration area.