stop SPAM!!!

HI GUYS, any one knows how to fight spam??? has been crazy spam bots allways attacking my site... Any help where to go and what to do or some tips to read ? THNX

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Remove the description, headline, and any other text type of text based form field from the join form.  Also install one of the mandatory email confirmations from the market.  This is working for me so far.

See this topic. http://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/spam-spam-spam-spam-IDEA-.htm

Lots of ideas and solutions in that topic.

I don't use the captcha. I got way too many spam bots. I moved the Captcha Block to the inactive area.  Its useless.

 I have used another human verification method for Dolphin 7.0.9 with complete success in preventing bots from joining. I learned it from a programer on the DevelopPhp web site.  In the join form create a field that has a max value of 0 (zero).  Then set the defaullt value as "Delete this text"  Your caption can also instruct the user to delete the text in the box.  For some reason bots will not complete this correctly.  You will also want a Maximum exceed error message like "You did not delete the text in this box."

I have not yet tried splitting the form into two or more pages.

There is a post with a similar spam bot solution, but I like the simplicity of this idea and it works.  So Far zero bots for me since using it about two months now. I can use auto activation too!

One thing i tried and it worked was to choose  1or 2 sections on the join page and set it to minimum of 20 characters.