: Simple Machines Forum site has daily spam registrations despite countermeasures I have turned on all the spam registration countermeasures in the latest version of SMF for my forum, but am still

@Nimeshi995

Posted in: #Captcha #Forum #SpamPrevention

I have turned on all the spam registration countermeasures in the latest version of SMF for my forum, but am still receiving daily registrations that I believe are spam.

How is this happening? They seem to all come from email addresses using the .ru domain. I have set up high distortion captcha, and 17 different verification questions, of which the registrant must answer 3. The registration agreement says in all caps at the top:


"YOU MUST POST A MESSAGE BRIEFLY DESCRIBING YOUR INTEREST IN SCROLLING GAMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER REGISTERING, OR YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED AS A SPAM ACCOUNT."


Still none of the registrants are doing this, which leads me to believe they are spam.

Are SMF anti-spam measures weak -- are there ways around it? Or am I not using it right? Or is something odd going on here?

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