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Is There a Real Anti-Spam-Bot Strategy Being Worked On?

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ForumGuy789:
Norv, I mostly say this because I've had experiences with mods where they ended up not being supported, or compatible with upgrades like SMF 2.0 for instance. Then, there's always the possibility that the mods are not compatible with other mods.

I am definitely up for trying some mods though now. Can someone please point me to the right direction for which mods I should be using? Ideally the best, least buggy mods. Do I need to pay for some service?

Kindred:
personally, for 2.0, I like using the built in questions, bad-behavior (which also has HoneyPot) and Stop Forum Spam.

The three of those combined have my spam registrations down to 3 a month (which are caught and flagged at registration) and my spam posters who have gotten past registration at ZERO

ForumGuy789:
Thanks, I'll give bad-behavior and Stop Forum Spam a shot.. and hopefully will be able to turn on my Error Log again.

ForumGuy789:
I have a Windows IIS server btw. Hopefully there will be no issues with these mods.

ForumGuy789:
Ok I do like the 2 mods but it still does not let me use my Error Log because it gets filled with
"Sorry, XXX, you are banned from the forum!"

But that might be IP addresses that have not been caught by Honeypot.

It would still be extremely useful to turn off certain error types in the error log (feature request).

But after installing the 2 mods Error log messages are reduced I think. So that's good.

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