{"id":252,"date":"2007-04-17T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliencoquet.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/17\/protect-phpbb-forum-from-spammers\/"},"modified":"2007-04-17T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T13:04:06","slug":"protect-phpbb-forum-from-spammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliencoquet.com\/fr\/2007\/04\/17\/protect-phpbb-forum-from-spammers\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect phpBB forum from spammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Quick test:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you a forum admin like myself?<\/li>\n<li>Do you receive shitloads of phony user account creation requests daily?<\/li>\n<li>Do these requests include a porn link in applicants&rsquo; web profile?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you answered &lsquo;yes&rsquo; to at least two of the above questions, you&rsquo;re probably going mad right now.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\">If you&rsquo;re going to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/\">phpBB<\/a> as your web forum solution, may i recommend the following add-ons:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"postbody\"> AntiSpam ACP<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=465600\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=465600<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>PhotoRecognition Capcha<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=472754\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=15&amp;t=472754<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Admin Toolkit : to mass-remove spammers<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=16&amp;t=232010\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=16&amp;t=232010<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\">  <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alternatives<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"postbody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phpbb.com\/\">phpBB<\/a> v3.0 is coming up soon; will be a major overhaul to upgrade from v2.x but will be more secure.<\/span><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"postbody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplemachines.org\">Simple Machines Forums<\/a> : updatable, modular, secure; can migrate phpBB data to SMF (what I used for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purpledragons.net\/forum\/\">PD boards<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With that said, happy posting\/moderating\/banning \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>*Pesky russian pornsters!!*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick test: Are you a forum admin like myself? 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