What Latest Recommendations For Spamproof Setup?

[abrogard]

I'm having another go at getting one of my boards working.

Just updated from 3.3.3. to 3.3.5.

If never did anything but before the update I had to wipe out over 500 user accounts that never made any posts and that never asked me if they could be accounts.

I thought i had it all set up so's no one could have an account without asking me first. Looks like I'm still not awake to how to properly set up a board to avoid this kind of spam.

I just looked around and I don't see a thread or category or anything for it but is there a thread or page or something where the latest advice for setting up a 'spam and hacker proof' board is?

Or failing that would someone suggest what steps I should take?

the board in question is ozstudentforum.com if that's any help in advising me at all... it always seems to be these russians, doesn't it....

[warmweer]

The easiest (and perhaps most effective) method of keeping the majority of spammers out of your board is the Q&A.
see: How to configure Q&A CAPTCHA

[KevC]

Your current question looks good (although I would choose a longer word for the upper case letter part and mix it up a bit so it's not every other letter). I would also capitalise the word they have to add just to make it clearer.

Bots should not be able to break that. Check that the accounts you're seeing didn't register before you set the question.

[abrogard]

Okay, thanks.