Question [Merged topic] The great CAPTCHA problem discussion

you cant do it for members? issue we have is that we have 3000+ members who joined up via our communitybuilder and its now clear that quite a few must have been spam accounts (we now have captcha activated on registeriation through communitybuilder) and its those spam accounts that are spamming our Kunena forum and I wanted to install captcha to prevent it.

Any idea's?

Many thanks Dave.

tanknutdave wrote: you cant do it for members?

We could have a long drawn-out discussion about the fact that Kunena has never implemented a CAPTCHA system to be used when registered users post messages on the forum and I could show you a dozen topics (or more) where this fact has been mentioned ... and you would probably disagree with the rationale (and I would respect your opinions, by the way). But facts are facts and facts don't necessarily change because we don't accept them as such.

We could also have another discussion about spam posting and mechanisms to prevent it, but that would be off-topic to this discussion.

This discussion is about helping users to use CAPTCHA with K 1.6. Kunena (it doesn't matter which version we are talking about) only uses CAPTCHA as a "safeguard" against indiscriminate posting by non-registered users who have posting rights on your forum. For registered, logged-in users it is assumed that you have implemented appropriate screening mechanisms to prevent unwanted activity on your website (and there are many other tools, other Joomla extensions, that assist in this regard).

If you are interested in safeguards against spam, I recommend the discussion topic [Merged topic] How to protect my forum from spam

We could have a long drawn-out discussion

? Why would I want to do that? how is that helpful to my problem? ... Its not.

I also find

logged-in users it is assumed that you have implemented appropriate screening mechanisms

rather rude!

Using Joomla is a learning curve and it should not be assumed that people using it have the same level of knowledge that developers have and have the ability to predict future problems.

My site was up and running well before I installed Kunena. I had no requirement, therefore no need to screen members for the database as it was for the purpose of having a list I could send update newsletters too.

It was only later on that I added a forum and when that one didn't have a 3rd party integration I swapped to Kunena. How could I have possibly predicted a year ago when I started my database, an issue that I’m sure has been raised before, by the fact you have said there are other discussions on it?

Is it really impossible to add a feature to Kunena that’s only getting to help promote the product for users?

Dave.

I wasn't trying to debate the topic; I was trying to explain the issues. All the information you need is >>> here <<<

Where please? thats just a list of entries some in German.

Dave

Since your registration is now protected, what is the difficulty in identifying and disabling the spam accounts?

On a side note EasyCalcCheck Plus to me is the best free antispam product availabe. Much easier than the one you're trying to use. It has a vast array of configurable spam checking options and I'm sure you'll find one to help you eliminate it once and for all.