>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #2094477. --> Reported by: [AmazingDreams](https://www.drupal.org/user/1925028) >>> <p>NoSpam - Prevent spam before it happens</p> <p>The goal of this project is to obliterate spam. Even though it is far from perfect at the moment. I have already noticed a significant decrease in the spam I received at a particular website, on which it runs live at the moment, simultaniously significantly decreasing the amount of manual work I put in spam prevention.</p> <p>The reason I started this project was because I manage a website where 75% of the messages placed are spam messages, while other modules have failed me, I feel very confident that thanks to this module there will be no spam at all placed on my website.</p> <p>The ultimate goal of this module is to put all-in-one, IP-checking, username/e-mail checking, node validation etc, but above all, (intelligent, configurable and transparant) auto-banning. My greatest issue with the other modules was that it was great and all that they could identify so much for me, but I had to manually manage it all anyway, thus only slightly decreasing the amount of work I have to put in spam prevention.<br> Besides, spammers will always be coming to you, so you should have always-on defence, and not just during the daytime.</p> <p>Screenshots and more information can be found on the project page.</p> <h2>Flow of module</h2> <ol> <li>A user visits the site</li> <li>There is <i>n</i> chance his IP is placed in a queue to be validated</li> <li>In hook_cron a given amount of the queue is send to the webservice</li> <li>The results are evaluated and when the configurable conditions are met, the address is marked as a spam address</li> <li>The results are stored for <i>n</i> months in the database, to be permanently deleted during a cron run some time in the future</li> <li>If 'safe mode' is turned off, the address is also added to the block list and will be removed when the status has expired</li> <li>The user might return, and the process will start again.</li> </ol> <p>The results of the verification can be viewn, see the screenshots on the project page.</p> <h2>GIT</h2> <p>I'm not sure that my git branches are set up 'the drupal way'.</p> <p><code>git clone http://git.drupal.org/sandbox/AmazingDreams/2089117.git nospam</code></p> <h2>Sandbox</h2> <p><a href="https://drupal.org/sandbox/AmazingDreams/2089117">https://drupal.org/sandbox/AmazingDreams/2089117</a></p> <h2>Other reviews</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://drupal.org/node/2089695#comment-7882971">https://drupal.org/node/2089695#comment-7882971</a></li> </ol>