[support] Question on keeping the bad guys out

[Jamie Holly]

These two modules help:

https://drupal.org/project/botcha
https://drupal.org/project/honeypot

Nothing will stop it 100% though. Some spammers actually pay humans to 
sit there and register accounts. Basically if you block them, you'll 
block everyone else from registering.

Jamie Holly
http://hollyit.net

On 2/4/2014 2:22 PM, john boris wrote:
> I am working on a new site (Drupal 7) and I have reCaptcha module 
> installed which includes the image captcha as well. This still isn't 
> keeping out the gnats trying to get logins. I have the site set that 
> all new users need to verified with a valid email and the admin needs 
> to authorize the new user but it still hasn't stopped them. I am 
> looking for other ideas where I can limit these issues. I am getting 
> about 15 a day and they seem to be growing.
> I have a few mandatory fields setup but I don't want to make it 
> totally a pain for new users to put in the valid info.
>
> This might be just a cost of having the thing open for new users but 
> if anyone can give me some other ideas on how to stem the tide I would 
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -- 
> John J. Boris, Sr.
> Online Services
> www.onlinesvc.com <http://www.onlinesvc.com>
>
>

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