I've released hypeSpamFighter yesterday. Need input from people running production websites and experiencing spam problems. 

Ah, there is also Matt's Spam Throttle

I have downloaded your Spamfighter Ismayil, it is working great, but doesnt address moderating registration before anyone actually gets onto my site, which is where I need to stop them, before they are able to log in.

I will check Matt's Spam Throttle see if it is suitable

thanks

@mdkberry: Ismayil´s plugin does exactly what you said. It uses stopforumspam.com to block blacklisted e-mails and ips and akismet to block content. You must check Spam Throttle, a second barrier protection, blocking users AFTER the spam. And give a look in my spam login filter plugin. It has some functionality from Ismayil´s version but is only focused in registration, banning blacklisted ips and using another external service called fassim.com.

I think that Spam Throttle is a must as a second barrier antispam. And for the first barrier you can test Ismayil´s plugin and my plugin. So you can decide what fits your needs, since each plugin has some particularities and both works well.

@Ismayil: I looked your code. Very well written and full of features. Congratulations, friend.

all of these are great, but none of these offer simple moderation of a registration attempt, which is what I need right now. so I can check the person prior to giving them access to the site.

You can try the site code plugin @ http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/project/384516/developer/webgalli/sitecode . It restricts the registration process, such that a site key is needed for registration.

@Team Webgalli - thanks that works for me for now. I have a minor error, I added it to the plugin page comments

@Ray J - I am having some problems with deprecated plugin code at moment and yours throws up a lot of errors in version 1.8 - 2011110700 but once I have found if it is my site or the version at fault I will try it out

@mdkberry - you also posted that my spam throttle is throwing deprecation errors, I have both my spam throttle and ray J's spam login filter enabled on 2011110700 with no errors.  I've also seen you post in a few other discussions about deprecation errors from other sources - are you sure you are identifying them in the right plugins?

@Matt Beckett

still remains a mystery that one, I had to update your plugin to fix it. I just dropped it in again to replicate the errors I get, they are as follows, there are others too, maybe I downloaded the wrong version of your spam throttle can you let me know:

WARNING: Deprecated in 1.8: get_context() was deprecated by elgg_get_context(). Called from [#8] /var/www/clients/client1/web4/web/mod/spam_throttle/start.php:22

WARNING: Deprecated in 1.8: isadminloggedin() is deprecated by elgg_is_admin_logged_in() Called from [#8] /var/www/clients/client1/web4/web/mod/spam_throttle/start.php:22

WARNING: Deprecated in 1.8: add_submenu_item was deprecated by elgg_register_menu_item Called from [#8] /var/www/clients/client1/web4/web/mod/spam_throttle/start.php:24

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_action() was deprecated by elgg_register_action()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_action() was deprecated by elgg_register_action()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_elgg_event_handler() was deprecated by elgg_register_event_handler()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_page_handler() was deprecated by elgg_register_page_handler()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_elgg_event_handler() was deprecated by elgg_register_event_handler()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_elgg_event_handler() was deprecated by elgg_register_event_handler()

• Deprecated in 1.8: register_elgg_event_handler() was deprecated by elgg_register_event_handler()

• Deprecated in 1.8: get_context() was deprecated by elgg_get_context().

• Deprecated in 1.8: isadminloggedin() is deprecated by elgg_is_admin_logged_in()

• Deprecated in 1.8: add_submenu_item was deprecated by elgg_register_menu_item