Beware: New level of spam users!

[jacdelad]

Browsing today I found a new level of SPAM posters:
Namely Nuaiospw and Kopanret cite something, add a senseless comment and put links to whatever in their citations.

I think citations should generally not contain links. Since some forums have features where you click on the citation and get to the original post this isn't needed anyway.

Now, this is another level of annoyance...

Addendum: Also, just looking at the newly registered users from the last two pages of the userlist shows at least 7 of them are spammers (look at the links in their profiles). Again, we need a much better system and higher barriers for registering.

Also, while typing this Mostafizur51AB posted his spam link...

[juergenkulow]

+1

[idle]

a restricted topic for new accounts could help

[Oso]

There's quite a good answer about pre-approval for first posts in PHPBB here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/124 ... -in-phpbb3

Someone also mentions the importance of disabling post-editing until 'n' posts have been reached, since spammers register and post apparently legitimate content, then later go back and edit to include a link.

[Olli]

a restricted topic for new accounts could help

I agree.

[idle]

spammers are back out in force. Why do they even bother?

30/12
5 deleted today so far

[plouf]

The idea of harder captcha in registration ahould be consider again... This will block them in first place..

[idle]

It would help but I think it's people setting up the accounts initially.

Oh and make that 7 spammers today.

[plouf]

I doupt in a relative low interest forum like us.
To be so much time lost from real human

Its just smart bots, smarter than before..
At least a huge majority of them

[idle]

That's eight in one day

[NicTheQuick]

Do they all use the same mail provider or are they always totally different?

[Olli]

@idle

As you suggested, you create a off topic subject titled << Welcome ! >>, and you move the first messages of new users to this subject.

In your signature, you put a link << If you are new, first, describe yourself here. >>

There are lots of forum which work like that.

[idle]

Do they all use the same mail provider or are they always totally different?

Usually they're different, banning by ip isn't really an option

[idle]

@idle

As you suggested, you create a off topic subject titled << Welcome ! >>, and you move the first messages of new users to this subject.

In your signature, you put a link << If you are new, first, describe yourself here. >>

There are lots of forum which work like that.

Fred or freak will need to set it up it. And it might require a bit of work.