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Thanks... simple to install, worked straight away.

Good one!

[replacement captchas] seem harder to beat than a dropdown :wink:. True! But some of the harder captchas shown on PWNtcha are hard for humans to read, too. If you don't mind that, or that no blind person can guest post with one, go ahead. The dropdown MOD in this thread is simple, and it works. I c...

You bet they will. I'd suggest using visual confirmation for guest posts. Thought I read that the standard phpBB captcha wasn't that hard for bots to crack? They will get through that, and maybe its replacement too. Seen PWNtcha ? Whatever you choose, with spammers, I don't believe there are any &q...

I can't say how many spam guest posts it's stopped on "my" board: sorry, not bored enough to wade through the webserver logs. But in the previous week, I had to delete 30-40 obvious advertising spams. Similar the week before. In the 2 weeks since I put this mod on, there's been only one od...

This mod was easy to apply. I put it on 2 weeks ago and it's stopped nearly all spam. Thanks otseng!

The spam bots are still getting through. :? That bot reg doesn't list a website or signature, so this mod isn't going to stop it. This mod is effective against the vast majority of bogus registrations, which do list websites. I got the Cepelin one too. I wonder what's the point of these signups wit...

Thanks to niekas and everyone who added to this thread. I've installed this mod on my board and it's working perfectly. I like this better than using a Captcha - that would just be another thing the users have trouble with. This one is smart in the way it identifies bot registrations: simple and acc...