It's a never-ending battle. I have a couple of (very) quiet boards that use the same software, and I continue to be amazed that these automated spambots are able to get through the visual authentication code, register, and post. I ban user names, block repeat-offending domain names (like free email providers based out of Saudi Arabi...I had a run on those early this year), carefully restrict certain IP addresses, use add-on modifications to try to block spambots (things like denying registration if the whole user process took less than five seconds), and still some get through.
In my somewhat informed opinion, I think Charles and crew are doing a bang-up job (no pun intended) to keep such an active board so clean. The upgrade to version 3 that Charles mentioned is in Beta version 4 as of November 27 (Beta 1 came out in June), so I expect we'll see the new production version early next year.
Again, a hand for our tireless Moderators!
