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victor:
Ok,

we are being spammed by porn bots. Interestingly enough, SMF is known for being more resistant to them than phpBB. Unfortunately, it was a matter of time before they would get smarter and be able to post here as well.

I have looked at different modules out there, but could not find something that would allow posting even without registration, while filtering out all the porn-related posts. The closest I got was no-spam-by-guest module, but it is not supported for this version of SMF.
Does anyone know of anything else out there?

Thanks,
Vic

victor:
Ok, this black boobs spam annoyed me enough to actually warrant me going in and tinkering with the code.

I hope I was able to partially deal with the problem by disabling Guests to post url links, because it seems like we are being targetted by the same bot that is intent on posting some porn links.

Hopefully, this will take care of it.

I still think that it is essential that we continue to allow people to post here without registering, because the whole idea is to provide everyone an easy an unfettered access. Also, being a programmer myself, I think it would be just a matter of time before someone will write a script which would enable a bot to register, even with those annoying "type in the letters you see in this picture" entry box.

I am very surprised that there is no option which would enable you to automatically reject a post should it contain profanity or originate from IPs known to be of the spam bots. I guess it is a matter of time before we will have it.

I also think that increasing number of moderators is an excellent way to tackle this problem as well. Pavel - you got your wish!  ;D

victor:
Eight hours and no spam. Not bad, really!  ;D

mark:
good work victor, I agree that guests should still be allowed to post :]

RoboGene:
Hey, I know this guy!!! Holy crap! He is in our company too!!! I did not know that he was running a Genesys site!

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