thecoalman - 4:06 pm on Mar 24, 2012 (gmt 0)

I'm pretty sure forum spam in large part is just like email spam, they have a list and once you're on the list.....

I've been checking the IP's of registrations against the stopforumspam database. Queries to the database also generate frequency and as a precautionary measure I only drop the ones that have been reported more than three times. In my case it appears the registration goes through but in reality the script just exits. I don't even have a captcha anymore, very few spammer sign ups in months and I haven't had any complaints about not receiving the activation email.