CAPTCHA is fine for stopping automated bot style posting however doesn't address the issue of content spam per say which is what Askimet is targeted towards, a learning and collaborative system for spam detection. A quick google search shows me there's a bunch of support for phpBB
http://www.google.com/search?q=phpbb+askimet
Askimet also isn't the silver bullet solution we've found it's more about considering the whole problem ... you want to block automated spam attacks so a system like CAPTCHA is good however you also want an IP detection system that will watch for bad behavior and warn / block offending IP ... you want to make it 'difficult' for spammers to create accounts and thus slow them down however you don't want to make it unreasonable for real people so you need a registration system that is ok for a member but a pain for a spammer who just wants a quick hit (ie. an activation key email who's back end also checks for abuse) ... and finally in any kind of 'community' system you want to enlist the help of volunteers who want to keep their place spam free too and reward them for their efforts.
Sorry for the ramble, it's late here, but we've been running large community sites for a while now and probably the best lesson I've learnt is it's 30% technology, 30% process and 30%++ hard work ...
CAPTCHA is fine for stopping automated bot style posting however doesn't address the issue of content spam per say which is what Askimet is targeted towards, a learning and collaborative system for spam detection. A quick google search shows me there's a bunch of support for phpBB
http://www.google.com/search?q=phpbb+askimet
Askimet also isn't the silver bullet solution we've found it's more about considering the whole problem ... you want to block automated spam attacks so a system like CAPTCHA is good however you also want an IP detection system that will watch for bad behavior and warn / block offending IP ... you want to make it 'difficult' for spammers to create accounts and thus slow them down however you don't want to make it unreasonable for real people so you need a registration system that is ok for a member but a pain for a spammer who just wants a quick hit (ie. an activation key email who's back end also checks for abuse) ... and finally in any kind of 'community' system you want to enlist the help of volunteers who want to keep their place spam free too and reward them for their efforts.
Sorry for the ramble, it's late here, but we've been running large community sites for a while now and probably the best lesson I've learnt is it's 30% technology, 30% process and 30%++ hard work ...
CAPTCHA is fine for stopping automated bot style posting however doesn't address the issue of content spam per say which is what Askimet is targeted towards, a learning and collaborative system for spam detection. A quick google search shows me there's a bunch of support for phpBB
http://www.google.com/search?q=phpbb+askimet
Askimet also isn't the silver bullet solution we've found it's more about considering the whole problem ... you want to block automated spam attacks so a system like CAPTCHA is good however you also want an IP detection system that will watch for bad behavior and warn / block offending IP ... you want to make it 'difficult' for spammers to create accounts and thus slow them down however you don't want to make it unreasonable for real people so you need a registration system that is ok for a member but a pain for a spammer who just wants a quick hit (ie. an activation key email who's back end also checks for abuse) ... and finally in any kind of 'community' system you want to enlist the help of volunteers who want to keep their place spam free too and reward them for their efforts.
Sorry for the ramble, it's late here, but we've been running large community sites for a while now and probably the best lesson I've learnt is it's 30% technology, 30% process and 30%++ hard work ...
