Well now that the ban function is in the hands of a moderator that can monitor the newbie discussion it should be easy pickings on banning new accounts but it'll take a little time to get the accounts that are above 50 posts. It's not an instant solution but the tide is slowly changing and I believe there is a modification to the code that can be added where a ban deletes all posts by the username account. A keyword removal mod might exist i've not exactly located one yet but i've been trying to find enough solutions to the spam that if used in a rotating defense would be quite discouraging in the effort:reward aspect that might actually end the attacks. Recent chatter among the staff has me positive that we are moving in a better more organized defensive direction. Lately I've spent more time on the SMF site than our own forum in a effort to fully grasp all the anti-spamming tech that we actually have on our side of the attacks. Organization and communication seems to be improving on staff's end of things and I see a more positive year ahead than the end of 2012 which had me feeling overwhelmed and unprepared but with proper research and application of the knowledge available the moral can only improve. X) nomad