Quote Originally Posted by TheWhack View Post
This is why VBulletin created plug-ins to clean up bots and have the captcha on the newer versions. This seems like a more effective way of keeping your DB tidy than losing legitimate webmasters from posting on GWW.
GWW already uses those plugins from VBulletin and spam bots STILL get past those systems, thats why im using this specific plugin and running it every 30 days, to make sure that deliquent accounts, primarily created by spammers, are removed from the database. Yes, genuine accounts are going to be flagged as inactive too, its an unfortunate realisizm of having to constantly adapt to and fight board spammers.

Its also why free web-based email address that are popular with spammers have been banned from user profiles upon registration, despite some of the GWW regulars using them for their emails.

Its also why a new registered user has to make a certain number of posts before being able to put links in their replies or threads.

Bottom line here, as long as spammers/post bots continue to by-pass the systems put in place by VBulletin, im going to have to keep restricting certain things like email addresses and the lengths of time where users have been logged out before being removed, otherwise GWW is going to turn in to a clusterfuck which will effect everyone.

Regards,

Lee