ME2g | # 71 | 2011-10-01, 16:26 | Report

I wanted to report some of these and got some forum response:
"[...]
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
[...]"

What is going on here?

Reggie | # 72 | 2011-10-01, 16:59 | Report

So much spam today. grr.

I'm trying out a new plugin that does an extra check against Akismet: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248470

Also, if a post has more than 10 links, they need to be moderated.

I might have deleted the post that you were reporting already.

ME2g | # 73 | 2011-10-01, 17:04 | Report

But you guys do a good job!
Thanks again.

That looks good and everybody would understand if the forum rules say "Not more than <number> links excluding quotes".

How can we strike back?
Put the email adresses that they use onto blacklists?

Reggie | # 74 | 2011-10-01, 17:09 | Report

Here's the list so far today:

kevloral | # 75 | 2011-10-01, 17:15 | Report

Could this addon be useful too?

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96018

It prevents users with less than 15 messages from posting URLs or images within their messages.

Reggie | # 76 | 2011-10-01, 17:17 | Report

Yes, it does happen. The new plug-in checks only for IP addresses of spammers reported on the last 10 days (can be increased). This hopes to solve that problem with regards to members using dynamic IPs.

Thanks.

Reggie | # 77 | 2011-10-01, 17:18 | Report

Thanks but it looks like that's a plugin for an old vB version. Try to check for plug-ins for vb3.8.

Reggie | # 78 | 2011-10-01, 17:21 | Report

Looks like the new plug-in is holding up nicely, thanks to the additional check from Akismet:

lma | # 79 | 2011-10-01, 17:24 | Report

Question: are those spambots intelligent enough to generate and verify real email addresses? Because if not the solution seems obvious.

Reggie | # 80 | 2011-10-01, 17:26 | Report

Yes. They create email addresses from free services and they have automated the process of clicking the link on the verification email that they get.