djmoody said:
When a user sets up an account have then choose their server from a drop down list. Make the default selection something that is not a permissible selection such as "Select your server here".
That killed all the spam on my personal forum.
I am not a n expert in internet security, just a hobbiest but that solution took less than 5 mins of googling.
Plarium have the added ability to actually check the server selected back to game data to double check it's an appropriate selection before allowing the account to be set up, adding another layer of protection to the process.
Looking forward to my free sapphires in the post (btw have posted this solution before).
Verification process of account and time delay before you can post work as well. Some forums I use also have a check in place so you need to send like a hello mail to an admin bot before you can get let lose into the forums. These spam posts is not made by actual humans, its just a script, a spam bot if you want. The more random stuff you put up as a roadblock the easier it is to throw them off.