Hi all, I've been searching for a relatively spam-proof version of the Matt's Script Archive WWWBoard recently & after much searching, I found something which looks like it will do the job, while still allowing non-member posts into the message board.

However, there are numerous terms I want to prevent from being used, such as viagra, phetnermine, online poker, casino, porn, etc... etc...

To this end, there's an array within the actual board script to do this that looks like:

@restricted = ('viagra','xxx','gambling');

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My question is - would it be possible to include the terms I wish to restrict in a file that the script pulls to reference when a message gets posted? If so, could someone outline how I might do that please - my Perl knowledge is very minimal.

Alternatively, has anyone got a variation of WWWBoard that is relatively bulletproof against spammers & spambots. I was using a version called 'Mr Fong Device', but after adding a number of terms to it's autoban list, it rendered the board inaccessible to posts for everyone - thanks spammers - any help greatly appreciated.

In reply to Including File in array by hmag

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