SRL Archive - Web Development

Okay, so I want to build a system that requires users to log in, but I have a registration problem. How do I know its not just some random person that creates a spam account? And no, I can't use sendmail to verify because it's disabled in my hosters php.

Help?

You could use a verification image? These are quite simple to add, and are often a deterrent for spammers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha

From: madmoon
You could use a verification image? These are quite simple to add, and are often a deterrent for spammers.

Even so, a user could make multiple accounts even if I logged the IP (proxies). Spam accounts would be greately reduced, but still, I don't like the thought of a user having a conversation with himself to increase postcount, i.e.:

User1: Hi howzit. Didya hear about the new forums at somewebsite.com?
User2: No i didn't. lol, tell me bout them
User1: Well, they're about ….
User2: …
User1: …

And so on, you get the process. Is there a way to prevent this 75% of the time from happening?