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[chellie]

Stopping new users being allowed to post web site links will reduce the amount of spammer accounts

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Stopping new users being allowed to post web site links will reduce the amount of spammer accounts

Good idea. A new poster has to have posted X times before being allowed to include any links in a post.

 

[YandaB]

Stopping new users being allowed to post web site links will reduce the amount of spammer accounts

An excellent idea but it doesn't look like XenForo has that facility available. It does have a number of anti-spam features but the main one seems to be at the bottom and requires users to report the spam :-( There appears to be an optional feature which says "Content posted on your forum can be automatically validated against the Akismet anti-spam service as it is posted and will be hidden from view pending manual approval from staff if it looks suspiciously spammy " I wonder if this is turned on?

https://xenforo.com/features/spam/

 

[PhilTheFragger]

@MarkT any news?

 

[chellie]

An excellent idea but it doesn't look like XenForo has that facility available. It does have a number of anti-spam features but the main one seems to be at the bottom and requires users to report the spam :-( There appears to be an optional feature which says "Content posted on your forum can be automatically validated against the Akismet anti-spam service as it is posted and will be hidden from view pending manual approval from staff if it looks suspiciously spammy " I wonder if this is turned on?

https://xenforo.com/features/spam/

Ah, I know it's used well on vbulletin so assumed it would be the same on here.