Spinball
02-15-2005, 01:30 PM
Ok, here is an interesting one for you (I hope).
We have problems with people registering and posting several spam posts in several forums (free iPod stuff etc).
I would like to have, please, a single button under every post. It is available to moderators and/or admin only.
Pressing this button does several things:
1) Moves all this user's posts into a specific forum or deletes them. Personally I have a 'Spam pit' where all spam is moved by moderators. It's kept in order to track the IPs used by the spammers so that they can more easily be identified when they re-register. Probably need options on whether to delete or move and a list of forums to move to. But would definately want the default to be settable to make it quick.
2) Permanently ban the user. Probably need to the ability to temporarily ban them aswell with options. But permanent as the default.
3) Add a note for the user (in their profile notes) saying that they have been banned, when, why and by whome. Probably need to have the text editable before it's sent, but default created for you.
4) Automatically email them with a message telling them they are banned, why and why not to bother re-registering. Default message displayed in text box which is editable.
5) Search with the spammer's IP address to find any other registrations. If the only other registrations using this IP address are also banned then automatically add the IP address to the banned IP address list if it's not already there. (Doing so prevents them re-registering to spam again with the same IP address). Perhaps make this an option. Or even display other users with the same IP to invstigate them aswell.
6) Email the forum admin with the details of what has happened above.
A very good reason to have this functionality is to avoid giving the spammers the satisfaction of causing you any wasted time. It's annoying that we have to deal with them daily and it takes ages.
We have at least 1 spammer a day who has to be dealt with in this way. A 1 or 2 click solution is urgently needed at this point.
I have posted this request at vbulletin.com (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=817418) but I'm hoping some hero will write it here rather more quickly :)
Thanks for your consideration.
We have problems with people registering and posting several spam posts in several forums (free iPod stuff etc).
I would like to have, please, a single button under every post. It is available to moderators and/or admin only.
Pressing this button does several things:
1) Moves all this user's posts into a specific forum or deletes them. Personally I have a 'Spam pit' where all spam is moved by moderators. It's kept in order to track the IPs used by the spammers so that they can more easily be identified when they re-register. Probably need options on whether to delete or move and a list of forums to move to. But would definately want the default to be settable to make it quick.
2) Permanently ban the user. Probably need to the ability to temporarily ban them aswell with options. But permanent as the default.
3) Add a note for the user (in their profile notes) saying that they have been banned, when, why and by whome. Probably need to have the text editable before it's sent, but default created for you.
4) Automatically email them with a message telling them they are banned, why and why not to bother re-registering. Default message displayed in text box which is editable.
5) Search with the spammer's IP address to find any other registrations. If the only other registrations using this IP address are also banned then automatically add the IP address to the banned IP address list if it's not already there. (Doing so prevents them re-registering to spam again with the same IP address). Perhaps make this an option. Or even display other users with the same IP to invstigate them aswell.
6) Email the forum admin with the details of what has happened above.
A very good reason to have this functionality is to avoid giving the spammers the satisfaction of causing you any wasted time. It's annoying that we have to deal with them daily and it takes ages.
We have at least 1 spammer a day who has to be dealt with in this way. A 1 or 2 click solution is urgently needed at this point.
I have posted this request at vbulletin.com (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=817418) but I'm hoping some hero will write it here rather more quickly :)
Thanks for your consideration.