I had a similar problem with the discussion forum that was put on a couple of websites - the owners insisted on not having people logging in .. I did warn them of spam. Before you know it, the spammers found the forums and spammed it all day long ...
So, being a sneaky bloke, I added some spam detection code ...
if content contains bb-code, spam_value = 99
if content has one word, spam_value = 98
if telephone has a value, but no numbers, spam_value = 97
Suprisingly, the above three rules have eliminated all spam ...
@Sean Peters,
I had a similar problem with the discussion forum that was put on a couple of websites - the owners insisted on not having people logging in .. I did warn them of spam. Before you know it, the spammers found the forums and spammed it all day long ...
So, being a sneaky bloke, I added some spam detection code ...
if content contains bb-code, spam_value = 99
if content has one word, spam_value = 98
if telephone has a value, but no numbers, spam_value = 97
Suprisingly, the above three rules have eliminated all spam ...