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Old 04-05-2007, 09:03 AM   #1
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On a few of the forums I am moderator in, I have experienced a spike in the number of spam we get. But, funny thing, those forums are all vBulletin, another forum that I operate hasn't had a single spam in 4 months, it's running SMF. It's also quite a bit busier than 2 of the forums I mod at. The other forum I mod at is actually extremely busy, so a lot of spam is expected.

I don't think that there is a connection between running vB and spam, but if there is, it is probably because spammers use the vB copyright to search for forums to spam. Just a thought...
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I have not experienced that at all, I rarely get spammers.
My site is very busy too, I am thinking maybe becasue I have no paid advertising on my site, no ads at all. I am not sure but I am glad about that, after reading the horrors and seeing some sites flooded with spammers, I see that they do not give up on some sites.
I am not sure why I do not get any, not complaining just glad.
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I do not seem to get any on my mybb board but get an awful lot of spambots signing up on my other non mybb board.
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I read on vbulletin.com that people were having an increase in the number of spam after upgrading to the latest version. I don't know if there's a reason for it or if it's just a coincidence.
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Nope, actually I have only had about 3 in the past few months. Ever since I installed NoSpam!
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Thank you. I'm just looking at installing that now
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I think it is a problem for everyone. eventually they find your forum and everyone experiences it somewhat
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That NoSpam! mod should eliminate most of the spammers. It worked wonders for us here at AF
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It seems to be working very well for Chat Daily as well. We've only had one spammer since I installed it
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