Akismet Spam Prevention

[Brandon Martus]

To (hopefully) cut down on the amount of spam we've been getting lately, I've quickly installed a vBulletin add-on that utilizes Akismet to scan new threads and replies for spam-like content. All content posted by new users will be scanned for spam until one of the following criteria has been achieved:

1) 1000 Reputation Points
2) 47 Days Registered
3) 15 Posts [which would be scanned by Akismet]

Hopefully adding this additional layer of spam protection will cut down on some of the work for the moderators.

Note to moderators: If a message is marked as spam by Akismet, it will show up in the forum listings, but have the 'moderated' icon () next to it. Nobody will be able to see it but those with moderator privileges. If you see a post like this that looks like spam, delete it and ban the user if it is 'bad' spam as you normally would. If you see a lot of valid posts being marked as spam, let me know so I can disable this plugin.