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wpForo 1.x.x [Closed] Moderation bypassed by spammers

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ignus

Topic starter

Nov 08, 2018 1:55 am

(@ignus)

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Joined: 9 years ago

Moderation is not working correctly. A spammer registers manually, posts a new topic and THAT topic gets under moderation (as he is considered a "new user" for the first post), but right afterwards posts many new topics in succession (before his first post even gets moderated), and those new topics are NOT under moderation but instead automatically get approved. This is very bad.

Am I missing something, or is this a bug?

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Wendell

Nov 08, 2018 7:11 am

(@wendell)

Reputable Member

Joined: 8 years ago

Same thing has been happening to me for quite awhile now. I have it set to 2 posts under moderation, but often they post their 2, which go into moderation, but then they keep posting and anything after the first 2 messages go live for all to see.

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DarjeelingHills.Com

Nov 08, 2018 9:42 am

(@darjeeling)

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Joined: 7 years ago

I haven't experienced anything as such. May be because my website is very new. However, I want to add this is really serious issue and needs to be fixed soon.

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ignus

Topic starter

Nov 08, 2018 11:48 am

(@ignus)

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Joined: 9 years ago

Thanks for confirming, I'm not alone then.

This essentially makes moderation pointless, it seems rapid-fire spammers figured this out already as it is getting more and more frequent.

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Sofy

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Nov 08, 2018 2:04 pm

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Support Team

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We'll check and back to you asap.

Also, try to set the new user control until 5. And enable Akismet.

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