Just noting amidst an active spam attack that many of the spammers have local IPs (VPN?) but their timezones are set to places like Kolkata India.  Any way to set a Spam rule to check timezone to enforce a moderator approval?  The chances of a user being outside a US timezone in my case is basically zero.  I know not applicable for all (i.e. worldwide sites), but for us, it would cut down on that spam attack angle.

a corollary to this could be a check if the timezone doesn't match the timezone of the IP address, it might bump up the spam score a bit.

They might not be using a local VPN, but they could be on a VPS in the US that is running a script.

You can hear Charles mentioning Spam Protection Improvements at minute 11:55😇

  On 5/3/2023 at 6:29 PM, Daniel F said:

You can hear Charles mentioning Spam Protection Improvements at minute 11:55😇

 

But no details 😞

As if the spammers are watching this topic, suddenly they changed their timezone to a US based one.

  On 5/3/2023 at 6:36 PM, CheersnGears said:

But no details 😞

Like to keep you on your toes

  On 5/3/2023 at 8:15 PM, Clover13 said:

As if the spammers are watching this topic, suddenly they changed their timezone to a US based one.

Yup. This topic needs to be deleted

  On 5/19/2023 at 2:01 PM, bassangler said:

Yup. This topic needs to be deleted

There were some recent topics on the spam issue, a number of people getting hit with waves.

@Arthmoor's recommendation is the best one I've seen so far.