If anyone can clarify the ambiguous code issue in pop_mail.asp I’d appreciate it. Where is the following?:


if YEmail = "" then
Response.Write "<input name=""YEmail"" type=""text"" value=""" & YEmail & """ size=""25"">"
else
Response.Write "<font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """>" & YEmail & "</font>"
end if

Is there a way to add the spam question back to the quick reply as well as have it required for people who are logged in? From what I've read, it looks like the spam question goes away once you are logged in.
Thanks for your help.

Originally posted by timmay
Is there a way to add the spam question back to the quick reply as well as have it required for people who are logged in? From what I've read, it looks like the spam question goes away once you are logged in.

As it should be. If its a registered, logged in user that's causing your problems you've got bigger issues that can be solved by locking the account (temporarily or permanently depending on the situation.)

A couple of points on the implementation

podge's addition on page 3 causes the post_info.asp file to not check the gatekeeper Q/A response as the conditions of the IF are never satisfied. The {strDBNTUserName = ""} is declared earlier in the file so will always be false, so the AND condition will bring back false. The only way to get around this problem is to delete this part of the condition, and follow the mod on page 2 about moving the position of the gatekeeper check to outside the IF statements.
The pop_mail.asp can be fixed if you are using 3.4.06

Follow the first code insert. and for the second. Look for the block of code starting

if YEmail = "" then
Response.Write "<input name=""YEmail"" type=""text"" value=""" & YEmail & """ size=""25"">"
else
Response.Write "<font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """>" & YEmail & "</font>"
end if


The string section under this gives you the layout for the main message box, along with the submit button.
Find the end of a table ( e.g look for the </tr> flag ) Insert JUST the IF statement from the readme. MAKE SURE you delete the { & _ } (ignore the curly braces} otherwise you will get a syntax error. And after the IF statement make sure you add the { Response.Write } before the beginning of the next string.
Here is an extract of my code, which will give you the Antispam Q/A table between the message and the submit box.
http://www.radio.warwick.ac.uk/~rclubb/Edit1.txt

Hope this helps anyone else.
Thanks for this mod, it is very useful. Just testing it on my forum to check if it can knock out some of the spam.

I just implemented the GateKeeper mod to my v3.4.07 message board and it seems to have fixed my spam registration problem! Initially I used a numeric answer to the question but apparently the spammers know this is common and were still getting through. Instead, I used a more unique question that seems to be working! Yaahhooo.

Thanks a great mod. I was spending a lot of time every day deleting spam registrations. Now, I do not have to check each one as I was doing.