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botmaster
02-24-2007, 08:51 PM
Okay, so I want to build a system that requires users to log in, but I have a registration problem. How do I know its not just some random person that creates a spam account? And no, I can't use sendmail to verify because it's disabled in my hosters php.

Help?

madmoon
02-25-2007, 12:33 AM
You could use a verification image? These are quite simple to add, and are often a deterrent for spammers.

TOB
02-26-2007, 08:48 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

botmaster
02-26-2007, 10:17 PM
You could use a verification image? These are quite simple to add, and are often a deterrent for spammers.

Even so, a user could make multiple accounts even if I logged the IP (proxies). Spam accounts would be greately reduced, but still, I don't like the thought of a user having a conversation with himself to increase postcount, i.e.:

User1: Hi howzit. Didya hear about the new forums at somewebsite.com?
User2: No i didn't. lol, tell me bout them
User1: Well, they're about ....
User2: ...
User1: ...

And so on, you get the process. Is there a way to prevent this 75% of the time from happening?