SPAM - removed and some new settings

OSEG Organisation, Vereinsarbeit, Planung IT, Web, Software
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I removed >20 SPAM messages and >5 SPAM users today morning.

New settings:

Check IP against DNS Blackhole List = YES
If enabled the user’s IP address is checked against the following DNSBL services on registration and posting: spamcop.net and http://www.spamhaus.org. This lookup may take a while, depending on the server’s configuration. If slowdowns are experienced or too many false positives reported it is recommended to disable this check.

Registration attempts = 3
Number of attempts users can make at solving the anti-spambot task before being locked out of that session.

New questions on registration (Spambot countermeasures):
In welchem Kontinent ist Deutschland?
OSE consists of 3 words: ___ ___ Ecology. What are the first two words?

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Sounds great, but those users may come in through openID? And thus circumvent captcha stuff?

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removed the OSE question (answer contains two words from the title of the website) and added a new question: Fünfundzwanzig mal 4 plus eins macht?

I leave the OpenID open for now. If there is more SPAM, I will disable it and see what happens.