How to Protect Your Site From Spammers in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:17 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 5 July 2012 12:00

In previous articles, I discussed about how to stop automated spammers from registering. However, there are some spammers that can get through and post spam all over your network. For that reason, in this article, we will learn how to stop spammers from posting on your network.

1. First, we will download a plugin called Spam 1.8.x Throttle. You can download it here

2. After downloading the tool, install it on your network. Please refer to this article about installing a plugin in Elgg 1.8

3.  After that, please login on your Elgg network as an Administration and go to the Administration Dashboard:

How to Block Spammers at Login in Elgg

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:12 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Friday, 26 August 2011 12:00

This article gives a step by step guide on how to block spammers at login in Elgg.  This brand new tool against spammers for Elgg is called Spam Login Filter. It is a plugin that blocks registrations using external services and internal domain blacklist. To install this anti-spammer tool, follow these steps:

How to Protect Your Elgg Blogs from Spammers with Mathcaptcha

Last Updated on Friday, 8 July 2011 11:29 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 30 May 2011 08:06

In this article I will show you how to protect your Elgg blogs from spammers with Mathcaptcha.

Image Captcha: Another Tool to Stop Bot Spammers in Elgg

Last Updated on Friday, 8 July 2011 11:23 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Tuesday, 24 May 2011 06:32

In this article I will show you how to install another tool to stop bot spammers called Image Captcha.