How can I prevent spam posts

[ajac63]

I check the IP address of every new member to see if there's a history of spamming or malicious posting

Ah, never thought of that, good idea, but how exactly does that work?

[nidec]

I copy and paste it into Abuseipdb and they show if anyone else has reported them and what they've been reported for.

[a10]

^^^ If reason for any doubt I right click ip, click search in google, if it show up in results like cleantalk, stopforumspam etc etc, no doubt.

& the name\email type that's often used, things like (real examples from sfs):
VirgilioLa   [email protected]
BerthaMich  [email protected].
charlenezs16   [email protected]
miriamuh4   [email protected]
FlynnConge   [email protected]
etc
Noone in their right mind seeing such crap would ever spend a second wondering if it could be legit.

And still using my question system (30 q, 3 active), not a bot registering for year after year. Millions of attempts.
2 or 3 'human bots' a year = no problem whatsoever.

[ajac63]

I copy and paste it into Abuseipdb and they show if anyone else has reported them and what they've been reported for.

I might sign-up to Abuseipdb, although spammers might be using machines in libraries, Internet cafes and such so IP addresses will change.

[ajac63]

^^^ If reason for any doubt I right click ip, click search in google, if it show up in results like cleantalk, stopforumspam etc etc, no doubt.

& the name\email type that's often used, things like (real examples from sfs):
VirgilioLa   [email protected]
BerthaMich  [email protected].
charlenezs16   [email protected]
miriamuh4   [email protected]
FlynnConge   [email protected]
etc
Noone in their right mind seeing such crap would ever spend a second wondering if it could be legit.

And still using my question system (30 q, 3 active), not a bot registering for year after year. Millions of attempts.
2 or 3 'human bots' a year = no problem whatsoever.

Thanks   I'll try that as well.