Preventing Multiaccounting

[ArsenArsen]

Hello,
I am wondering how to auto-ban multiaccounters IPS and names, and even over proxy, so i don't get spammed, i have file limit and i want to NOT get exceeded.

Best Regards,
-- ArsenArsen

[Justyne]

Banning by IP I would really not recommend. It's easy to work around and slows SMF down.

There are some good mods though that help with forum spammers you could try out.

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=search;basic_search=spam

[Kindred]

Or the wiki article on preventing spam.

[Ninja ZX-10RR]

The one that Kindred is talking about is this --> http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Spam_-_my_forum_is_flooded_with_spam,_what_can_I_do
If you really want to ban by IP don't use the built-in SMF ban system, check this guide --> http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=524146.0
Even though we always recommend not to ban wide IP ranges, as Kindred suggested many times

[Jade Elizabeth]

If you mean multiaccounting by robots... install these:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/?mod=1547
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2155

The first one checks whether the user is a known spammer when they try to register, and the second makes sure bots are not the ones trying to sign up or use the site in a bad way . I use them on my site and it's been years since I had any spam members get through.

[Ninja ZX-10RR]

I prefer this one but I guess they all work http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2502

[Colin]

Yes, bad behavior is really powerful.