media Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 IPB Guest Posts Feature Useless because does not stop spam bots to post even Captcha is ON I open this topic After investigation by IPB I am being told Spam Bots managed to go thru Captcha and post entries... Unfortunately, this isn't going to work as you imagine for posts generated by spam bots since they typically won't load the editor/UI/JavaScript but make direct POST requests to submit content. I had to turn guest post off I open this topic to discuss our what we can do about this spam bots.... sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradybarrows Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I am still using the word filter, for example, the last spam had the following: инвесторов порно маленькими девушками бесплатно are two examples above which I have added to the word filter. What I do notice is that there is less spam attempted, but they still get past the word filter somehow. I think the word filter helps but obviously isn't a way to stop this. I have no idea how they get around the word filter block. sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradybarrows Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 5/1/2022 at 9:28 AM, media said: I had to turn guest post off Our non profit has allowed guest to post without registering and now we want to turn it off and only allow guests to view and not able to post unless registering. How do I turn this off? I can't find where we allow guest to post without registering. Can someone please help me find where to turn guest posting off please? We can't keep deleting Russian spam which is relentless. Those Russians simply don't give up and find ways around the word filter. sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Log in to the ACP and type "Post before" into the search bar, and click the 'Post before registering' result. Alternatively - go to System -> (SETTINGS) Posting and scroll down to the 'Posting' section sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 @bradybarrows I highly recommend the Cleantalk plug-in. The service is $8 a year and it has a feature to allow you to block by country of IP address origin. It has been a massive relief for me. I have no affiliation with Cleantalk except as a longtime happy customer. Randy Calvert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradybarrows Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: Log in to the ACP and type "Post before" into the search bar, and click the 'Post before registering' result. Alternatively - go to System -> (SETTINGS) Posting and scroll down to the 'Posting' section Thanks. So I switched from the top choice to the lower post DISABLED and guests can still post before registering. We don't want any guest anymore to post unless the guest subscribes. There is some other setting that allows guest to post without registering or subscribing. Please assist. Then I kept searching and found where the permissions are set: ACP > Members > Groups > Guests > LOCK and uncheck where the guests are allowed to post. Edited June 28, 2022 by bradybarrows sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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