[dgax65]

The Australian Kayak Fishing Forum had to resort to manual validation of registration requests due to spam problems. In addition to using visual validation in the registration process, the site administrators look at each request and make the decision to activate based on info in the profile. They will send the applicant a verification e-mail if they question the authenticity. This may be a little extreme, but it is, undoubtedly, effective. I haven't seen a single spam post in the entire time I've been a member. The predecessor to AKFF site had to be shut down due to rampant spam problems. The AKFF site administrators have decided that it is worth the extra time and effort to take the steps necessary to restrict all spammers. I would suggest a similar plan for BWE if the spam becomes a problem.