301 is set in the redirect, i don't think i will be able to set the redirect back to the bots own source but certainly i can make the redirect selectable (and will next day or so) and i don't know whether i'll venture in to getting it to work with cms at the moment (as i have a lot on) but anything in /forum and lower i.e /forum/blog.....etc will benefit from the mod (or should!)

Thanks. Looking forward to this. (is there a suggested redirect url that is effective and safe?)

No problem.

Thanks for everything on this.

Added user redirect entry box, now you can select where you send them bad bots ;)

Suggestion to redirect them to:
http://www.klikhierniet.net/
It's dutch ( meaning, don't click here )
I think you'll find it's very annoying and I think you could find simular ones in english

Thanks for the option of where to redirect.

I set it for www.baidu.com,... checked it on the checking link you posted,.. and it shows a successful redirect back to them.

I know all bots entered will go to baidu.com, but I am not concerned with that.
(I thought funny the link you suggested ;) )

Thanks for reporting back that it works ok, i just dashed it off and was about to mark this as a beta when i realised i hadn't tested it so THANKS for being a guinea pig!

That link is annoying though :)

Is there a setting yet for the redirect link?

Yes, and I tested and it works

any word when the Forum ID and Thread Username options will work

Im still working on that, i'm trying my best to keep it all in one xml product, at the moment i'm experimenting with a seperate php file called from the product but thats not my goal.

You can use the thread creation...etc but without actually banning the spider at the moment.

There will be an update notice sent to you when i replace the xml or files here just as you did for the "use your own redirection url" change :)

installed and thanks :D