I _only_ get spam that includes “byob@” email addresses, whether for some kinda drug or for Texas Hold’em or whatever… All similar emails (the domain is random, but the user is always “byob”).
I tried a few drop in plugins, and those that I tried still required me to moderate the things…
And yeah, upgrades will overwrite my change, but it is my change; I’d be an idiot not to keep track of this one simple li’l change. On my phpBB installation, I make a truckload of customizations and still manage to update within 24 hours of new releases.
If a few lines of changed code is enought to complicate an update, simply don’t make the change.
I’ve never developed a plugin for and don’t really need to learn for the time being; that is why it is a hardcoded solution.
Also, adding “byob” to your spam words list will still force you to have to moderate those comments in time, and I was getting sick of my email getting filled with notifications about them. I’ll look at the plugins eventually.
I didn’t say the hack above was a perfect solution, but hey, it works. That’s what matters. 🙂
