Spammers, blech

Moderation takes time that would be better spend doing something else and also impacts on legitimate users (I'm currently awaiting moderation).

In the past I have used StopForumSpam.com's API ...

Another thing I did for them for to setup a system to trap banned users...

That was a few years ago now, and the forum has since gone for other reasons. But if you want a hand setting something up, let me know and I'll be glad to help!

Moderation is a pain, but worthy. There has been a bit of backlash about having to wait for moderation, but most responses have been positive.

It looks like the required approved posts is working better in 1.8, where it didn't always seem to in 1.6.

We have StopForumSpam - that is one of the built-in plugins. It hasn't prevented spam attempts, but I don't know how many it rejected.

1.8 has a new "purge spammer" moderation tool, which is embarrassing easy to use One click to bring it up for a spammer, one more click to eradicate them.

There are still 5 or so attempted spams each day that get through the current blocks, so I intend to keep the initial moderation in place.

I welcome your offer to help make the system more secure ... message me and we can compare notes!