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how can i deal with many users sign up to use the site for promotions?

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i have found that my site after i installed  question2answer there are many users signed up to promote their things how can i prevent this ?

can i put new users into hold before they can make any post?

thank you

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This may not be enough, but it can be solved by changing below settings of the admin panel.

Admin > Spam

  • All new users must confirm their email: ON
  • Enable moderation (approval) of users: ON (This will be difficult to operate.)
  • Use captcha for user registration: ON
  • Use captcha if email not confirmed: ON
  • Use moderation if email not confirmed: ON
  • Use moderation for users with few points: ON

Admin > Permissions

  • Asking questions: Registered users and email confirmed OR Registered & email confirmed & enough points
  • Answering questions: Registered users and email confirmed OR Registered & email confirmed & enough points
  • Adding comments: Registered Registered users and email confirmed OR Registered & email confirmed & enough points
If these basic features do not eliminate much spam, you may need to install any anti-spam plugin. You can find some plugins by searching this site. However, those plugins are not all-purpose. You should be satisfied with some reduction in the number of spam.
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arjunsuresh i uploaded it on my new site as a test i was intended to use it really but since what i saw from those spamers i would think more than one time this is the first time i find those kind of spamers
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now i really got tired of those spammers!
i dont get it why would they waste their time in spamming unpopular new site? what is the benefit? also i dont get till now how do they find those sites using q2a? i didnt put even content this is scaring me from using q2a in the future!
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@most if you set  150 point for below then it may reduce SPAM. have u tried that?
Registered Registered users and email confirmed OR Registered & email confirmed & enough points

You may also need to delete existing spam users. as soon as you see spam from someone just delete that user.
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