Stop Forum Spam - Spam Countermeasures

[msinger (Mike Singer)]

My plugin is now also available here:

Stop Forum Spam Plugin (auto silence known spammers)

Overview The Stop Forum Spam plugin (unofficial) can help weed out human spammers who are able to bypass Discourse’s built-in spam tools (thanks to their awesome human powers). Right after a new user signs up on your forum (before they have time to post), this plugin will check the user’s email address, forum username, and/or IP address (depending on your plugin settings) against the Stop Forum Spam database. If the user is found in this database of known spammers, their user account will be im…

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