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what to do if anyone spams my forum account.

by newmovies Banned
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i got the ip address of spammer ,deleted all posts of the member and deleted account.now hat to do.he is constantly spamming my website.
#account #forum #spams
  • Profile picture of the author tfos4941
    Blocking his IP should be an option on the forum i think? Log into your admin panel and have a look.
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  • Profile picture of the author newmovies
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    He is using proxies.
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  • Profile picture of the author tfos4941
    Does your forum require email validation? each time they come back block their email address, im sure they will soon get bored. Ban all the IP addresses of public proxies you can find lists easilly
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    • Profile picture of the author newmovies
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      Originally Posted by tfos4941 View Post

      Does your forum require email validation? each time they come back block their email address, im sure they will soon get bored. Ban all the IP addresses of public proxies you can find lists easilly
      my email verification is down :p ,it is not sending email.currently i have installed smf.i want to know which cms is best for automatically sending verification mail.
      Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author hireava
    Agree! yes Email Verification is the best way to end the Spammer.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    My experience is that if you keep banning IP, they will keep coming back.

    So I already change their password to "Go FAck Yourself"...

    Then I turn off their account.

    They eventually get frustrated and quit trying.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeehaa
    I also had this problem awhile back but like the others say, ban their email and IP and use an email-verification and a captcha when registering.

    Also check the domain of their email and if it some weird domain ban the domain too
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  • Profile picture of the author Rukshan
    It seems you are under attack by xrummer bot. So enable captcha and track those proxies IP to ban them. Usually spammers use a same set of proxies.
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