Deleted some accounts, registration is now moderated

[vampirefrog]

Hi guys, I've deleted a lot of accounts with 0 posts, since they were most probably spammers.
Skilax and I have also been deleting spam posts.

We've also changed the registration method, new members have to be approved by an admin.

All this is done to avoid spam.

Cheers!

[Apollo]

Coolio

[SkyLaX]

I don't want to be, errr, pessimistic, but...
How will we find the real accounts between the 160 members awaiting approval? :/

[Apollo]

Simple. I was blessed early on in live with the ability to read peoples minds over a great distance. All I need do is search the minds  of various people until I find those who honestly want to register.

[SkyLaX]

Oh nice, then I can leave you this awesome and funny job

[vampirefrog]

I modified the registration text and wrote that if anyone wants to register, they send an email to vampi@mappinghell.net. Spam bots won't do that.

[Apollo]

I understand that spam bots may not be smart enough to pick out the address, but some evil people are.

I'd recommend that you use something like registration@mappinghell.net and then forward it from there. Additionally, you could even forward it to multiple people without risk of compromising your own information.

[vampirefrog]

alternately, i can ask for help on the SMF support forum

[SirAlex]

I had a ton of luck with this: http://www.stopforumspam.com/
Just don't enable banning by username(lots of false positives, it banned Jake once)

[vampirefrog]

I'll have a look, thanks!

[Daniel]

Vampi, is it possible to use askimet for SMF ? it is very effective.

[Apollo]

This is off topic,  buuuuutt....

Daniel! Hi!!! Haven't seen you in ages.

[vampirefrog]

Hi Daniel! I'll try both solutions when I get some time.

[vampirefrog]

Here is what I did:

http://mappinghell.net/forum/index.php/board,14.0.html

Hope it works, we'll have to wait a few weeks to see.