The Akismet Spam Filter

The Akismet spam prevention system is a system that helps prevent spam on your forum. This works by disallowing certain users to post something on your forum if the content appears to be spam, or if the user has been known to spam or many other miscellaneous reasons. The system will monitor each of the user's posts until they get past the thresh hold which you can set. Meaning, once they have already created [x] posts, or has been a part of your website for [x] days, they are therefore exempt from being examined by this system.

Note: This feature is only available to the Ultimate plan.

How do I Enable / Disable it?

You can enable or disable this feature within your Forum module settings.

Go to your Website's Admin Panel -> Modules -> Edit your Forums module -> Settings -> Scroll down to "Spam Prevention" -> Akismet Spam Filter. Here, you can:

• Set the number of posts before the spam prevention system is disabled.
• Set the number of registered days before the spam prevention system is disabled.

Remember to "Save Changes" at the bottom of the settings.

Posting Delay

Within the same section, you can also enable a posting delay for new users. This will prevent any new user from spamming your forums.

Go to your Website's Admin Panel -> Modules -> Edit your Forums module -> Settings -> Scroll down to "Spam Prevention" -> Posting Delay. Here, you can:

• Set the number of days for a new user to have joined for before the posting delay is disabled.
• Set the number of posts before the posting delay is disabled.
• Set the duration a new user must wait between making each post.

Remember to "Save Changes" at the bottom of the settings.