[GLLUG] Spam Comments

[Stanley C. Mortel]

Charles Ulrich wrote:
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
>
>> On 8/5/10 12:14 AM, Marshal Newrock wrote:
>>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:53:09 -0400
>>> Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see someone named lymanknap is spamming the comments of the events
>>>> on the GLLUG website, and the main page has a lot of spam in the
>>>> comments. Is there anything we can do to prevent such spam but allow
>>>> members to leave comments?  Is there anyone in GLLUG who approves new
>>>> users for posting privileges?
>>>
>>> For now, I've deleted a bunch of spam comments and blocked several
>>> users.  Next will be better ways of preventing comment spam.
>>
>> I had this problem on another drupal site.  I strongly recommend
>> installing the captcha module and turning it on for the comment and the
>> registration forms.  When I did that the problem went away.
>>
>> If the actual perpetrators can be found, there is a very effective
>> solution involving restraints and a ball gag, but it's usually a lot of
>> work to track these guys down.
>>
>> Clay
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>
> There is a recapcha module for drupal that works quite well. It can be 
> set up so that it only challenges anonymous users, upon registration, 
> or for everything. I'd be happy to lend a hand.
>
> Charles
>
Go for it Charles.  I vote for when an anonymous user posts a comment 
and when someone registers.  Deleting spam from the website is not on my 
list of favorite, productive endeavors.

Stan