Howdy monks :)
I seek wisdom in a certain subject. At a certain forum, i am a moderator, and have had heated discussion with sysadmin as to how they are going about stopping the spam. Before i go further into my proposal, let me go ahead and post the content that is "spam". 
Title:
!! back!! 7073347120 FREE VaShiKaRaN SpeCiaLisT IN Allahabad

Actual post:
70733471207073347120707334712070733471207073347120 7073347120

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Now, my proposal was to strip all alpha characters (a-zA-Z and spaces and special chars). which would only leave numbers. 
use strict;
use warnings;

my @num;

while(my $string = (<DATA>)){
    $string =~ s/(\D+)//g;
    push @num, $string;
}

print $_ for(@num);

__DATA__
Title: !! back!! 7073347120 FREE VaShiKaRaN SpeCiaLisT IN Allahabad
Post: 707334712070733471207073347120707334712070733471207073347120

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Then simply count the numbers and user post count, and 
if ($num_count >= 7) && ($post_count <= 5){
    stop_spam;
    }

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What are your thoughts on this subject? Any input is appreciated.

In reply to Stopping spam AHHHHH!!!!! by james28909

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