# Keyword based auto spam ban?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyword-based-auto-spam-ban/23764>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 8, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyword-based-auto-spam-ban/23764 "2015-01-08T02:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyword-based-auto-spam-ban/23764/25 "2015-09-09T12:09:22Z")

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Minor necro on this, I added a site setting a while back, and it is devilishly effective if used intelligently

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auto block first post regex

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> Case insensitive regex that if passed will cause first post by user to be blocked and sent to approval queue. Example: raging|a[bc]a , will cause all posts containing raging or aba or aca to be blocked. Only applies to first post.

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