C Braithwaite
12-20-2008, 10:00 PM
This product is very new and is only in testing, but I need to stress test it, and hammer out the bugs I've not found yet, and also to find potential abuse of the system.
The idea is to fight the spam at it's source - the spammer.
What this product does:-
When a new user registers with your forum, this product will check with a central server to see if there have been any reports by other forum owners about this user based on their email address. A score will be returned to show how many reports have been made against this email address, and depending on your preference will move the new user to the awaiting moderation usergroup for you to review as you see fit.
If you have a spammer that slips through the net, you are able to report and ban this user with a single click. Again this will communicate with a central server and update the reported spammer to the list.
I am expecting criticism on this (for some reason) but my theory is that If we make it difficult for a spammer then maybe they will just give up. Imagine having to create a new email address for every new forum because we all work as a team to fight the spammer!
Open to suggestions, but please be aware that my time is somewhat limited and may not be able to address everything straight away. If you have an issue with product that is causing your forum serious issues, please disable it and contact me.
Install
Upload all files to the vBulletin directory.
Import Product
Edit MEMBERINFO template
Find
<if condition="$show['giveinfraction']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[give_infraction]</a></td>
</if>
Add Below:
<if condition="can_moderate()">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="asc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[report_spammer]</a></td>
</if>
Options
Go into the "Anti-Spam Centre" options via the AdminCP
In here you will be presented with a forumid. you need to follow the link in the Options to Here (http://icora.co.uk/vbulletin/asc/token.php) where you can enter in your forum url domain (without www) and the forumid to generate a token key. Take this new token and add it to your settings.
Next you need to set how many strikes a newly registering user can have before they are considered a risk.
eg if you set this to 5, that would mean that if a new user that has been voted against 6 times by other forum users would be put in the moderation queue.
I hope that explains it all, and I hope i've not made some major fudge up ;)
The idea is to fight the spam at it's source - the spammer.
What this product does:-
When a new user registers with your forum, this product will check with a central server to see if there have been any reports by other forum owners about this user based on their email address. A score will be returned to show how many reports have been made against this email address, and depending on your preference will move the new user to the awaiting moderation usergroup for you to review as you see fit.
If you have a spammer that slips through the net, you are able to report and ban this user with a single click. Again this will communicate with a central server and update the reported spammer to the list.
I am expecting criticism on this (for some reason) but my theory is that If we make it difficult for a spammer then maybe they will just give up. Imagine having to create a new email address for every new forum because we all work as a team to fight the spammer!
Open to suggestions, but please be aware that my time is somewhat limited and may not be able to address everything straight away. If you have an issue with product that is causing your forum serious issues, please disable it and contact me.
Install
Upload all files to the vBulletin directory.
Import Product
Edit MEMBERINFO template
Find
<if condition="$show['giveinfraction']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[give_infraction]</a></td>
</if>
Add Below:
<if condition="can_moderate()">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="asc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[report_spammer]</a></td>
</if>
Options
Go into the "Anti-Spam Centre" options via the AdminCP
In here you will be presented with a forumid. you need to follow the link in the Options to Here (http://icora.co.uk/vbulletin/asc/token.php) where you can enter in your forum url domain (without www) and the forumid to generate a token key. Take this new token and add it to your settings.
Next you need to set how many strikes a newly registering user can have before they are considered a risk.
eg if you set this to 5, that would mean that if a new user that has been voted against 6 times by other forum users would be put in the moderation queue.
I hope that explains it all, and I hope i've not made some major fudge up ;)