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SMF For Free Support => General Support => Topic started by: clairebear on January 03, 2010, 08:35:16 am

Title: SPAM!
Post by: clairebear on January 03, 2010, 08:35:16 am

we have had 4 members join this week and spam the fourm with phones ipodas and jokes
We have our forum on activation then they have to post once before getting onto it

so any ideas how els we can stop this spam?

Title: Re: SPAM!
Post by: clairebear on January 03, 2010, 08:39:34 am

when i try n ban it wont let me it say
Invalid email address / email address range.
Example of a valid email address: evil.user@badsite.com.
Example of a valid email address range: *@*.badsite.com

but i dont have a space or anything after it
we have just had our 9th this weeek!!

Title: Re: SPAM!
Post by: simply sibyl on January 03, 2010, 10:30:30 am

Read thru this thread -  Dealing with Spam (http://www.smfsupport.com/support/guides_and_tutorials/dealing_with_spam-t22412.0.html)