Stops spam in phpBB forum (1)

Many of the persons in charge of the phpBB software allows you to run a discussion forum, which allows users to interact with each other. PhpBB has many pro: it's free, it offers a good looking and comfortable interface for users and is relatively easy to install and maintain. In addition, phpBB is so widely used that, should you encounter a problem, chances are that someone else has encountered the same and the solution is available online. Because these programs are, as its name suggests-written in PHP, you can easily change it to suit your needs by installing third-party mod.

OK, so what are the drawbacks? 2-I think the biggest one in the series is the lack of spam protection. Sometimes, one of the problems with regard to user attempts to run over zealously to promote their sites, but the most important threat is the automated robots. If you are viewing this page, you've probably noticed that the version of the standard phpBB 2 Government keeping clean, spam is almost impossible.If you do not know what I am talking about, you'll need to install phpBB and brought to the attention of some simply higher PageRank/European high-traffic links, which refer to the Forum. does not take a long time ...

This article contains advice for those who run how to stop junk mail 2.x. the Government of the United States to offer XX-phpBB, or at least a majority of its. So let's get to it. Please note that we do not phpBB 3-series, such as has not decided to update my forum it yet.

My experience suggests that the problems of spam comes from two main sources. Is the first, and generally in line with those of the worst robots, which contain links to an astonishing amounts without logging the user's account, the messages are posted. They simply hit the tables, I hope that they allow guests to post.

One way to deal with this is, of course, that was sent to the logging off. However, many boards specially reduced traffic in that cannot be selected. Posts and traffic to get as far as possible, it is a good idea to make a posting to make it easy for you.So, how do I allow guests to post, but to keep unwanted junk mail at the same time?

To reach a solution, we must remember the roots of the problem.Why do spammers spam? They simply want to advertise a product or service, normally by posting links to various websites, but sometimes you will be sent to the other contact information, such as your phone number if we prevent contacts. posting, we prevent spam-the vast majority of honest, but still allow users to post without registering.

My favorite tool just this is bbAntiSpam: n free links Rejector.It prevents sent posts that contain links, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and so on. If all of your contacts, links Rejector displays a message prompting the user to delete contacts and send the message again. Robots are not very clear, does not do this, and will be treated as junk e-mail messages should never be sent.

Links Rejector stop something like 99% of spam in my phpBB 2 on board. In addition, however, improve efficiency, to install links Rejector made two changes to it, which is a good idea to also consider adding

My forum Gets a lot of spam is Russian.I do not have the contents of a Russian, I filter sent posts in exotic places, which are usually these messages but not in others. [1] [2] As my forum is not in English, can I check the sent posts, since the common English words such as "and unto you."

So, contact information, some exotic characters and English words start my Spam filter.The result? > 25 spam posts From day zero. Not Links Rejector nor my mod filter posts for registered users. If someone wants to send links or something else, which is prohibited as from the end of the filter, they simply register and do what they want.Guests must continue to be subject to the freedom of expression, albeit in a slightly more limited form.

Posting commercial messages through quite a lot of the most irritating problem, take care of the above arrangements, the spam robots, you can still see the limited amounts of spam, it is part of the people, but out of those individual messages should not be a problem in the crop rotation to the robots as compared to the flood risk caused by.Thus, we can move to the next question-accounts to log on to the robots.

To prevent automatic registrations for the account is a good number of reasons. first of all, it stops the spammer's robots-posting account registration protection recently installed on a user's sent to ignore.Secondly, it gives a realistic idea of how many Members really is, and to facilitate the establishment of a platform for maintenance.It also reduces the spammers get robot-campaigns, making their lives a little bit more difficult to restore.

Usually there are two reasons why Spam-robots will be able to sign up for accounts. we have just covered in the first, which allows the posting of the tables that do not allow Guest posting or filter somehow activities undertaken by the guests.The second reason is that the default phpBB allows users to incorporate in their site a link to their profile.Therefore, spammers will be able to register accounts with thousands and thousands of tables, to promote their sites PageRank.

The first idea should links to delete user profiles.Unfortunately, this will remove only the ownership to the spamming-it will not stop spam, many of the robots do not. [1] [2] the intelligent, simply move, they register anyway.Another negative aspect is that if the taking off of the links, you are punishing and legitimate users.

In this scenario, the second free is used, that is to say, a textual confirmation bbAntiSpam. When it is installed, you can disable CAPTCHA, phpBB, killing nearly all crawlers. Textual confirmation is simple to distinguish between humans,. Robots to a simple question is asked during the registration. This is something, such as "what is the language used in the Forum?" or "In the alphabet, the letter appears after A what?"

It is clear the objective is to make all with the human mind can respond to the question, in fact, the question could even provide the answer to what is important is., that the questions are unique to the site, so that the robots may not rely on databases commonly used questions to provide an answer.

Please note that links Rejector and textual confirmation mod free versions automatically sends you an e-mail message when they attempt to stop spamming. This additional annoying rather quickly. [1] [2] so that it does not become a problem, the full version of the user or, in accordance with the instructions given here.

This article describes how to install these two mod should be quite a lot to stop phpBB 2 on Board may be sent to you, the individual spam spam messages., which remains unable to process you can and your moderators in the same way as offensive posts will be deleted. This makes the game between you and spammers 1-0, but your toes have-one never knows what they might come to the next.