# Stop Forum Spam Plugin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037
**Category:** Plugin
**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037 "2019-06-22T01:01:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@hendersj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hendersj)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037/22 "2025-03-09T00:36:05Z")
> [@rahim123](#):
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> Good point to keep in mind, it took me a long time to figure that out. Although honestly those “toxic domains” are aptly named, and any user registering with one of those emails almost surely has bad intentions of spamming or evading a ban for repeat trolling / harassing.
I do think this is going to become more problematic, though, with some providers now providing ‘disposable’ addresses; Protonmail does this (one of the toxic domains listed is actually one of their domains), and Gmail sounds to be set to roll out a similar feature. As features go, the intent is to cut down on inbound spam for those e-mail users, but the feature is ripe for abuse, just like mailinator or 10minutemail are.
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### Author:  [@ARMADILLO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ARMADILLO)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037/23 "2025-03-09T02:32:04Z")
I’m sure this is very helpful! Unfortunately, the forum I moderate’s moderation team, besides me, said not to use it, so… Seems very nice though. If we ever get to a point where we have a lot of spam, I’ll check this out. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037/24 "2025-03-10T15:52:55Z")
> [@ARMADILLO](#):
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> Unfortunately, the forum I moderate’s moderation team, besides me, said not to use it
Did they explain their reasoning?
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### Author:  [@ARMADILLO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ARMADILLO)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037/25 "2025-03-10T22:53:54Z")
Yes, but I think we may be getting off-topic. Their reason was that we don’t get spam, currently, so it’s just a waste of time.
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### Author:  [@tdperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tdperry)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-plugin/121037/26 "2025-04-08T13:38:20Z")
Any thought to configure the plugin to use the API for those that actually have a valid SFS account. It allows more function than anonymous access.
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