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basil
An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/2/3 21:40

  • basil

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 68

  • Since: 2005/2/14


Hi
I find I spend way too long deleting SPAM from my website - a XOOPS site.
In particular through the "Yellow Pages" Module and AMS module I spend almost 20 mins each day deleting crap that has been submitted - the "yellow Pages" module is very slow to delete.

Nearly all modules are set up so they have to be authorised before going live, but it's time consuming, frustrating and annoying, sitting down deleting stuff, only to find more submitted while you're online.

Has anyone got any suggestions on how to beat these guys who get their jollies submitting crap?
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rabideau
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/2/4 0:04

  • rabideau

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1042

  • Since: 2003/4/25


You can always prevent anonymous users from entering data. Play with permissions so that these evil doers will not be able to add links without being registered.
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Quest
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/2/4 0:09

  • Quest

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1034

  • Since: 2005/11/19


Captcha module. There is also a stats module which has a feature to deny access to pre-set and manually added addresses, spiders etc. Also, XOOPS protector module is just an excellent idea to add for additional protections.

Quest
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carnuke
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/2/4 10:15

  • carnuke

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1955

  • Since: 2003/11/5


use this in your .htaccess file
---------------
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(http://www.)[a-z]+-[a-z]+- [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/ [R=301,L]
---------------
also use netquery module

It make a big difference
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irmtfan
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/2/4 11:17

  • irmtfan

  • Module Developer

  • Posts: 3419

  • Since: 2003/12/7


the new Protector 3.00 Beta2 has a ANTI-SPAM feature.
give it a try.
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Cuidiu
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/7/6 18:01

  • Cuidiu

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 358

  • Since: 2006/4/23


I am interested in adding this to my .htaccess file. I assume it blocks any bot/browser that has a referrer address? Sorry, I'm not very good at the terminology. Does this block referer bots? Also what does the RewriteRule do? I assume it sends them to the cornfield? [size=x-small](think Twilight Zone)[/size]

TIA!

Quote:

carnuke wrote:
use this in your .htaccess file
---------------
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^(http://www.)[a-z]+-[a-z]+- [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/ [R=301,L]
---------------
also use netquery module

It make a big difference
[size=x-small]Working sites:
XOOPS 2.0.16 PHP 5.2.2, MySQL 5.0.24a-standard-log, Apache/2.0.54 (Unix)
XOOPS 2.2.4, PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 3.23.58, Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)[/size]
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Alexandra
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/7/6 18:15

  • Alexandra

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  • Posts: 4

  • Since: 2005/2/6 1


I advice to these modules:

SecurityImage from http://www.dugris.info/ or
XoopsCare from http://xoops.instant-zero.com/

My web using SecurityImage module for anonymous user. This module is disable for registered user. This feature is in administration of module.

In background SPAM is very, very, very problem, today my web SPAM do not have. It´s super
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Cuidiu
Re: An suggestions on how to avoid SPAM?

  • 2007/7/6 23:59

  • Cuidiu

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 358

  • Since: 2006/4/23


Thanks. I already have a captcha in play. I was just curious about the code carnuke provided...

Quote:
Alexandra wrote:
I advice to these modules:
SecurityImage from http://www.dugris.info/ or
XoopsCare from http://xoops.instant-zero.com/
[size=x-small]Working sites:
XOOPS 2.0.16 PHP 5.2.2, MySQL 5.0.24a-standard-log, Apache/2.0.54 (Unix)
XOOPS 2.2.4, PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 3.23.58, Apache/1.3.33 (Unix)[/size]

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