Admin and Mods - Stop the Posters - Spammers

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Z Factor

Thanks for the offer and suggestions David.
Spammers are like a virus in that every time you come up with a new way to circumvent them, they mutate and find other countermeasures.
Jeff's idea of blocking .ru has helped to reduce the Russian spammers.

I suspect we will go with something like your idea regarding another challenge question as the next step in the war against these pests.

This will work also....just let the forum run so slow the spammers get bored and leave.

http://www.zr1netregistry.com/forum/...ad.php?t=11008

[Hammer]

If they don't show they own a ZR-1 in their profile BAN 'EM. Just never tell anyone that and it might work.

They have nothing to offer us.

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Hammer

If they don't show they own a ZR-1 in their profile BAN 'EM. Just never tell anyone that and it might work.

They have nothing to offer us.

The suggestion of the BAN on non ZR1 owners without telling them why they are banned actually would work since ZR1 owners are not the spammers. You would have to keep that banning criteria secret however, from everyone and make it manditory for new members to describe their ZR1 in their profile.

I just do not know what questions you could ask that any new member could not find the answeres to. Some new members might not know any more than the spammers about the ZR1.

[Z Factor]

Keep in mind guys that not everyone who joins the forum owns a ZR-1. Some will be looking to buy one or trying to get advice because they are considering one. Others might be former owners, fans, and/or Corvette enthusiasts.
So while we will continue to find ways to prevent spammers, we do not want to eliminate the good with the bad.

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Z Factor

Keep in mind guys that not everyone who joins the forum owns a ZR-1. Some will be looking to buy one or trying to get advice because they are considering one. Others might be former owners, fans, and/or Corvette enthusiasts.
So while we will continue to find ways to prevent spammers, we do not want to eliminate the good with the bad.

So how do other forums do it? I belong to several RAPTOR forums (ATVing) and they do not seem to have the spammer issues. Here is a list of domains/IPs which spammers use. http://www.stopforumspam.com/spamdomainsandips