Duke_
The not-so-great art doggo
Lately, I have been noticing that we have been getting far too many spambots on the forums. They are really starting to get on everyone's nerves because they are VERY annoying. I did some research, and found two possible solutions to stop the problem (taken from Wikipedia)
One way to prevent spambots from creating automated posts is to require the poster to confirm their intention to post via e-mail. Since most spambot scripts use a fake e-mail address when posting, any email confirmation request is unlikely to be successfully routed to them. Some spambots will pass this step by providing a valid email address and use it for validation, mostly via webmail services.
Using methods such as security questions are also proven to be effective in curbing posts generated by spambots, as they are usually unable to answer it upon registering.
Hopefully one of these will be able to stop the annoying problem of spambots. And while I do agree that they make nice tasty meals, they are still very excessive and need to be stopped.
One way to prevent spambots from creating automated posts is to require the poster to confirm their intention to post via e-mail. Since most spambot scripts use a fake e-mail address when posting, any email confirmation request is unlikely to be successfully routed to them. Some spambots will pass this step by providing a valid email address and use it for validation, mostly via webmail services.
Using methods such as security questions are also proven to be effective in curbing posts generated by spambots, as they are usually unable to answer it upon registering.
Hopefully one of these will be able to stop the annoying problem of spambots. And while I do agree that they make nice tasty meals, they are still very excessive and need to be stopped.