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Regarding spam I think we'v already got pretty good protection. I'm not sure why some still get through, I wonder if some spammers are using non-automatic (i.e., real people) systems. The next level of protection would be the "capcha" system, you know, those annoying warped letters and numbers you have to copy onto a box. Kevin considered that at one time and I begged him not to do it. I have some vision problems that make using the "capcha" system difficult for me.

TullyBascombe wrote:Regarding spam I think we'v already got pretty good protection. I'm not sure why some still get through, I wonder if some spammers are using non-automatic (i.e., real people) systems. The next level of protection would be the "capcha" system, you know, those annoying warped letters and numbers you have to copy onto a box. Kevin considered that at one time and I begged him not to do it. I have some vision problems that make using the "capcha" system difficult for me.

Thanks for explaining it. I don't like those capcha systems myself. They do get annoying when you have to type them in alot.

A lot of spam can be suppressed when you ask the subscriber to confirm the registration with a confirmation which is done by clicking to a backlink, sent to him by email.

I made the same on my homepage and I included different links like 'confirm', 'cancel'... So there is the need of a human which has to read and to understand the text belonging to the links.

viabuona wrote:A lot of spam can be suppressed when you ask the subscriber to confirm the registration with a confirmation which is done by clicking to a backlink, sent to him by email.

I made the same on my homepage and I included different links like 'confirm', 'cancel'... So there is the need of a human which has to read and to understand the text belonging to the links.

Yes that is correct, that is how I am going to handle user registrations on the new forum. a small amount of spammers will get through, but we now have a few more mods to keep them at bay