We have recently encountered with heavy spamming on public forums and found that keeping spam under control requires monitoring the forums constantly. Is it possible to add some basic protection against spammers, such as:
1) Pre-moderation for new users (before a new user can post instantly to public forums, s/he should get at least 5 posts checked and approved by an agent)
2) Email alerts to agent(s) when there is unusual activity going on on forum(s) - too many new topics or posts over the last hour / day, too many new topics created by a single user, too many topics or posts submitted from a single IP address.
This would be of enormous help in preventing spam and stopping it early before too much damage is done.
Thank you very much for considering this suggestion.
Best,
Margarita
