#1580 - Anti-spam settings in Composr

Identifier #1580
Issue type Feature request or suggestion
Title Anti-spam settings in Composr
Status Completed
Handling member Chris Graham
Addon General / Uncategorised
Description Removing Guest access to submit things

Ranks with bypass-validation disabled on lower ranks, providing further protection even if a user joined

CAPTCHA, including mention of how you can:
1) disable noise (decreases security, increases usability)
2) enable CSS CAPTCHA (increases security, as it stops the spammer feeding a direct image into OCR software - forces bots to be able to render CSS first); a non-standard anti-spam innovation in Composr

The RBL/stopforumspam settings

Discussion of how to make a spam report on the forum:
a) What exact anti-spam/Guest-security settings are set up in Composr
b) Where the spammer is getting through
c) Their IP address
d) Their user-agent
Avoid being anecdotal or emotional - give clear and concise facts.

Then hopefully someone can tell you what case category you are in:
a) Incorrect Composr set up - in which case someone may be able to advise
b) Manual spammer attack (sometimes spammers actually do manually solve CAPTCHAs, outsourcing them to low-wage countries, or tying them to the ability to start playing a video on a piracy website)
c) Insufficient protection within Composr - in which case we can consider making Composr improvements

Letting users report posts of spammers, in case the moderators don't check everything.

(...?)
Steps to reproduce

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