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Title: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: Daniel Dash on December 09, 2013, 04:48
Hello?

Did anyone noticed that lately lots of users register with emails @webmail.co.za, @outlook.com, @hotmail.com?
All those emails are ticked as spam emails (by google search)

How to prevent this spam registrations?
Title: Re: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: djpadavona on December 09, 2013, 14:14
Good question. I use a Captcha plugin, but that only cut down on maybe 40 or 50 percent of the spam registrations. They keep adding up.
Title: Re: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: Shelma1 on December 09, 2013, 14:20
Hello?

Did anyone noticed that lately lots of users register with emails @webmail.co.za, @outlook.com, @hotmail.com?
All those emails are ticked as spam emails (by google search)

How to prevent this spam registrations?
Install an anti-spam plugin. Try anti-captcha.
Title: Re: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: Jo Ann Snover on December 09, 2013, 23:12
I use anti-captcha and it has cut the spam drastically - one every week or two. Plus, the human user never sees a thing
Title: Re: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: djpadavona on December 10, 2013, 04:33
I use anti-catchable and it has cut the spam drastically - one every week or two. Plus, the human user never sees a thing


I think you are referring to anti-captcha:
http://blog.fili.nl/wordpress-anti-captcha-plugin/ (http://blog.fili.nl/wordpress-anti-captcha-plugin/)

I like it. It seems to harass legitimate guests less, and is arguably more effective than straight captcha.
Title: Re: What . with spam user registration?
Post by: Jo Ann Snover on December 10, 2013, 19:15
I can only assume that was some sort of auto-correct fail, but yes, I meant anti-captcha!

I've fixed the post above.