Spam users signing up

[Rob]

Hi Will

Im sure you noticed the obvious spam users signing up here. I have this same problem in a forum I run, I believe there is a mod you can add to phpbb to stop this kind of thing.
Have you looked into it?

[Will.Spencer]

There are two phpBB configuration steps you can take without installing a MOD.

Enable account activation

When set to None, a user may log in as soon as he/she registers. When set to User, a user must validate his email address before logging in. The user will be sent an email with an activation link. When the user clicks this link, their account is activated and he/she may log in. When set to Admin, a user's account must be activated by an administrator.

Enable visual confirmation

When set to Yes, a user must enter a displayed code in order to register. When set to No, a user may register without any checks. If you are suffering from a large number of automated registrations, you may wish to enable this option to reduce them.

I should probably turn one or both of these on.

[Rob]

I think you definitely should!
The visual confirmation is a good one, it stops those robots. Of course alot of these people will still sign up manually, but at least you are making their life a little more difficult

[Will.Spencer]

I just did that one.

Thanks for the reminder!

[Rob]

Looks like it has worked, I haven't seen any Viagra posts since you changed it