How to avoid Forum spamming

[karel]

I build a forum last year and still have it somewhere hanging around. the reason I pulled it is because of all the spam posts on there and maoderating it was becoming a pain in the bum.

I know realise these posts may have come from a spam bot. Is there anyway to cut down on spam or zap it altogether?

I want to run a small invitation forum with no link from my main site. I have many people to fill it, I just don't want it to take over my day and have to spend all my time moderating it.

Thanks for any advice

Paul

[VodaHost]

Re: How to avoid Forum spamming

Lock it down and personally approve or deny every new member.

[karel]

Re: How to avoid Forum spamming

I did not know you could do this, I will have to look into it. I thought the only way was they registered and that was it.

[Ramkumar]

Re: How to avoid Forum spamming

http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/start-your-own-community-forum/24005-how-delet-users-namelist.html?posted=1#post183185