Sticky How to protect my forum from spam

G'day, iapad, and welcome to Kunena.

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Thanks for the reply. This is what I found on the joomla site: extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-...authentication/10802 (Registration Validator 2 (pro)). The developer claims it works well with Kunena. Did anybody try it out?

Dear Kunena Community,

I have embedded a Kunena forum in my www.optitrans-fp7.eu site that I support and I face the following problem:
I have enabled the CAPTCHA option and I see that it works fine for the visitors that want to leave a post.
The problem is with the registered users: I receive many fake registrations and these registered uses may leave spam posts etc. The question is: Can I enable a CAPTCHA requirement during the registration procedure of each new user? Or, what else can I do in order to have only real registrations?

Thank you in advance for your time,
ekoul

I use a free Joomla plugin called Registration Validator. You can find it on the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED). It's like a giant can of RAID for spammers. Stopped them dead.

Thank you Moonstone for your prompt reply!
I'll try it and let you know soon!

Is it possible in K1.6.1 to require approving initial posts?

I need to moderate the first X posts of new users, and tried some 1.5 hacks, and nothing works. Can anyone help me?

Thanks.