Hi to all !
I run [in partnership] a PHP2 forum and like many others here have made sure that all new members have to go through the Admin check, etc.
It's usually possible to check user names or email addresses via Google, failing this I send an email asking for confirmation of identity.
If I don't get a reply or if the reply is "robotic", they don't get in !
Fingers crossed, so far so good.
It would be nice to have a more exacting method for checking identities but this just is'nt really possible without a great deal of extra work.
The other source I use is this
http://sumbit.com/phpbb_spam.htm
It would be nice if there was a failsafe way of checking applicants but it would appear not.
One day eh . . . ?!