#SMS SPAM BOT REGISTRATION#
#SMS SPAM BOT VERIFICATION#

Ensure that the answer is not included in the question because there are bots that will try to use every word within it, so avoid questions like 'what is the color of the red car?'.

#SMS SPAM BOT REGISTRATION#

Automated registration bots are usually quite good at mathematics, so avoid using questions like 'what is the result of 2+2?'.

There are a few things to note about this method to increase its efficiency: Usually this is the most efficient anti-spam method provided by SMF due to its forum specific nature.

#SMS SPAM BOT VERIFICATION#

There is the box used to configure verification questions. Be aware that the CAPTCHA has been broken for many years and causes real users more of a headache than the spammers. The level of complexity for a verification code can be set from none (no verification code displayed) to extreme (the letters are extremely distorted and it should be very difficult to decipher for the automated spammers).

The second and the third can be configured in the Administration Center: Admin > Security and Moderation > Anti-Spam. Here you can enable several different methods of registration employed for new members, as you can see in the first drop down. The first measure is available through the Administration Center: Admin > Registration > Settings. Users that are registering have to answer correctly to allow registration. Verification Questions - Administrators can introduce a number of custom questions and answers.The Captcha - Administrators can set a verification code (also known as a 'captcha') that users have to decipher in order to be able to proceed with the registration.Account Activation - Administrators can decide to either ask their new members to visit an activation link sent to a newly registered member by email or to put all the newly registered members in the approval queue, and then personally activate only the non-spammer accounts.SMF, by default, offers three tools to help you keeping spammers out of your forum: Some points may still apply to older versions, but they are not guaranteed to apply in all cases. The majority of the following article applies to SMF 2.0 and higher. The following applies only to version 2.0.*

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