How to avoid forum spam bots with phpbb

[mforbs]

1 - You can create a signup custom profile field, like a drop down box where the user can choose if they have ever played before. Most scripts won't cover this unless the person goes out of his way to make it cover it. Most of these idiots have no idea how to do so.

2 - Use recaptcha


http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=2122696

[Sarpho3nix]

I know an even better way. I delete them every other day colb does also

[Lary]

Deleting spam accounts everyday is a short term and tiring solution.

[mforbs]

Deleting spam accounts everyday is a short term and tiring solution.

agreed a simple solution would be adding a profile option as mentioned above like a simple question on signup a person must answer by choosing a drop down answer. This way the need to use mouse, if you do text that will be easier for them to bypass.

here is a example:



Of course you could use another question like what country are you from etc...

You would need to program this into when the person goes to use his/her forum account for the first time or during the mow main page signup process. i think it would be easier just altering the forum first time using account option. I would imagine u want to stop spambots from signing up to the game as well. Dunno up to you guys which is worse forum spam or in game spam.