i’ve it with latest rc3 and works without problem
I also have this in my .htaccess:
# BEGIN ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .register.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*ryuuko.cl.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.dii.uchile.cl/ [R=301,L]
# END ANTISPAMBLOG REGISTRATION
The dii.uchile.cl url is an internal joke 
@Detective; for a bit of a noob here, could you briefly explain what those .htaccess rewrites do please? (Wondering if I should add something like them).
What he has done is rename register.php to another name and therefore if any bot tries to directly access the register.php file, it’s not human and bounced elsewhere.
It’s a reasonably good idea. But it may break some plugins which can’t detect if they are on the registration page if it’s renamed.
I’m using “Human Test for bbPress” with RC3 and it’s working perfectly, spam bots has been stopped.
Cheers _ck_. I had a look at an online rewrite guide but my brain tried to crawl out of my ears.
The .htaccess code redirects all POST requests to register.php to another url if the request doesn’t have a referer from my own forum.
The code is originally from here: http://wpmututorials.com/how-to/spam-blogs-and-buddypress/
You can’t just stick with one way of spam registration prevention, might need to mix it up a bit overtime
Renaming register.php may be very good idea..
Thanks _CK_
If you’re familiar with ReCAPTCHA I’ve written a plugin that integrates this spam prevention tool with bbPress.
It’s still waiting to go into the SVN, but you can download it here – http://www.gospelrhys.co.uk/plugins/bbpress-plugins/recaptcha-bbpress-plugin
I’ve tested this on a 0.9 site, and it’s completely eliminated spam (since Sunday…at least!)
rhyswynne I reminded Sam to approve your svn slot so it should be active now
I’ve tried to install ReCAPTCHA plugin but bbpress can not block spam registration from bad guy.
How to completely change registor.php file ?
