 gotlivechat wrote:
The problem with those IP blocks is that the automated submissions/bots are using open proxies on servers from around the world. So you end up having to ban IPs in every multiple locations and not particular to a country...
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The CAPTCHA security images used within Web Wiz Forums prevents any automated bots from posting spam.
What spammers do due to the increasing use of CAPTCHA will have sweat shops of workers in developing countries being paid peanuts to go around posting spam to forums.
As these are real people and not bots preventing them from posting is difficult without making it difficult for genuine members to post, as these people writing the spam are not stupid and will use things like proxy servers to hide their real location.
On this forum we use the 'Post Approval' system for new members so the first 10 posts need to be approved. This has greatly reduce spam where before a spammer would post in every forum, now they post in a single forum, realise that there post needs to be approved and so do not post in any of the other forums as it would be a waste of time as the posts would not be approved.
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