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admin · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: How to stop phpBB3 spam

Note: There is a longer discussion on phpbb.com.

At the moment, phpBB3 is spam-free. But looking forward, here is a port of Textual Confirmation, one of the most effective antispam mods for phpBB.

MOD Title: Textual Confirmation for phpBB3
MOD Description: While registering or posting, the user must answer a question to prove the user isn't a spambot.
MOD Version: 1.0.0.beta1

MOD Download: http://bbantispam.com/phpbb3.zip

The MOD is just of a few steps, and I hope it's ok to show them here:

ton · Guest

Hi There,

as soon as I disable visual conformation the textconformation does not show up as well anymore...

Thanks

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:34 pm Post subject: Spam Help

Hi i did this and today i had about 100 people register but never activate there account, so how come i am still getting spammers even though i have used antispam bot

Cheers
Aaron

admin · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:53 am Post subject:

I'm afraid you've installed the usual Textual Confirmation following the instructions for installing Advanced Textual Confirmation. It doesn't work.
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anon · Guest

Sam · Guest

Hi I'm new with pbpbb3 and forums in general. I'm having a lot of trouble with spam. I don't quite get the instructions are there step by step instructions available?

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#-----[ DIY INSTRUCTIONS ]-------------------------------------
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1. Download Advanced Textual Confirmation from
http://bbantispam.com/atc/AdvancedTextualConfirmation.zip

2. Unpack the archive to get the files
"bbantispam.php" and "bbas_config.php"

3. Change the questions in the file "bbas_config.php"
how do I do this??

#
#-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------
#
copy bbantispam.php to bbantispam.php
copy bbas_config.php to bbas_config.php

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
common.php

#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
<?php

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'bbantispam.' . $phpEx);

#
#-----[ DIY INSTRUCTIONS ]-------------------------------------
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Optional:

Go to the Administration Control Panel, the pane "General",
the section "Visual confirmation settings" and disable visual
confirmation, as you don't need it anymore.

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#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM

admin · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:59 am Post subject:

anon · Guest

Just installed this MOD. Hopefully it takes care of my Spam problem.

Thanks, as the instructions were super easy to follow and it appears to be working when i test it.

Me · Guest

In step 3 you say to change the questions but this isn't allowed in the free version, is that correct? (or can i change the questions in the free version?)
Does this work and is it needed for phpBB 3.0.5 ?

admin · Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:24 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

Jonneh · Guest

The mod simply stops working all together, with no errors.

Any help?

wkmincey · Guest

I can not seem to get this to work. It may have something to do with me using version number 3.0.5 of phpbb. When I first uploaded the files and logged in to the site, I was asked a security question. I created a test account and was never asked any questions at all.

On a side note, will this MOD ask a question only on registration? That is really all I want at this point.

Thanks in advance for anyone's help.

Mincey

admin · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:06 am Post subject:

Seems instead of

Jonneh · Guest

That change you published seemed to make it work for a few minutes before it once again simply stopped working with no errors.

Any idea why the mod simply keeps stopping?