Community Server provides an interface for blocking spam. Spam is often referred to as unsolicited and illegal posts and is used in conjunction with emails. The same policy also applies to forums as well. Popular forums may at some point attract spam, which detracts from genuine content posted. As an Administrator, you need to develop a mechanism to prevent these sorts of problems.
Community Server includes a built‑in functionality with which site administrators can effectively manage spam. It can be accessed by clicking the Manage Spam Blocker link.
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The Spam Blocker not only checks the forum posts but also the comments posted under each blog and photo galleries.
The Spam blocker interface displays an interface with two important options: Site settings for marking comments as moderated and Site settings for deleting comments suspected as spam. These settings work in relation to the rules specified under the Rules section. Let us examine these settings in detail...