That's the first time I've ever heard of anyone having that problem. It's never [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewforum.php?f=30]come up[/url] in the forum before.

Interesting that it hasn't come up before.

Is there a way to "force" (for lack of a milder word) readers to sign in before leaving comments?

- Michael

Sorry, I thought my sarcasm was obvious. ;)

Spam is a very common subject around here. If you had searched before you posted you would have found many, many results. I even linked to the section of the forum that is entirely dedicated to fighting spam. Read some threads there, especially the one called "Whoo's antispam techniques . . ."