Comments on: I still can’t manage to moderate a forum http://www.mercurythread.co.uk/blog/i-still-cant-manage-to-moderate-a-forum/2010/02/03/ Mercury Thread Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.mercurythread.co.uk/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/9e13e29422854c2.png" alt="bill Marshall MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> bill Marshall http://www.mercurythread.co.uk/blog/i-still-cant-manage-to-moderate-a-forum/2010/02/03/comment-page-1/#comment-599 bill Marshall MonsterID Icon bill Marshall Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:15:51 +0000 http://www.mercurythread.co.uk/blog/?p=242#comment-599 If you find any good phpBB extensions for controlling spam let me know - I've got one board that I run for the local chess league and I have to keep it set to no postings until you've had one approved because otherwise it's wide open to spammers. Every few days I have to go in and purge all the new registrations from the bots and find the occasional real person. Like too much open source software it's not well thought through and relies on extensions for what should be basic functions. If you find any good phpBB extensions for controlling spam let me know – I’ve got one board that I run for the local chess league and I have to keep it set to no postings until you’ve had one approved because otherwise it’s wide open to spammers. Every few days I have to go in and purge all the new registrations from the bots and find the occasional real person.

Like too much open source software it’s not well thought through and relies on extensions for what should be basic functions.

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