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Originally Posted by Bob K
Sorry Rich, I got stupid. I deleted my post. Hope you banned his IP or he'll be back.
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Banning the IP rarely helps as the spammers are very fluent with the technique of using dynamically allocated IP addresses. It only works when they have STATIC IP addresses from their ISP.
As I mentioned to you in a PM, if the spamming gets to be big enough of an issue here, I will have to start reviewing and manually approving all new registrations. I now do this on my other larger sites, and it has stopped the spamming dead in those sites. Nearly all the spam originates from a handful of overseas locations, and they nearly always try to fake their stated location as being within the USA. China, Pakistan, and Nigeria are the most common destinations, but I am beginning to get some suspected ones from Malaysia lately. Some are rather sneaky in that they will register and not do anything for weeks, then either start posting their spam, or else try to do so under the radar via private messaging directly to members.
Spammers are the main reason why there are some controls done on sites that don't otherwise make sense. Things like limiting replies to one every 30 seconds, or the same restriction with private messages. Automated spammers can absolutely FLOOD a site pretty quickly without them. One of the MANY pleasures of running a message board site...