phpbb is probably the most popular FREE forum software on the Internet.

Unfortunately you always get the SPAM idiots who always want to make a nuisance of themselves and spoil something good for everybody. The use automated systems to register at all forums and then collect users’ email addresses from the “members list.

There are various ways software writers try to keep these guys out but most of them just work around the latest solutions.

If you run a phpbb forum and you have a problem with spam idiots this is what you should do… Read more »