If you assume that the forum in question uses email verification (as all should) then the above is rubbish since they need to receive an activation email to be able to post.

The thing now is to prod RaidenDAWG2 into updating this mod.

When i delete my users who spam they still seem to remain partly in the system - they still have member profiles for example.

Is this how it is supposed to work or am i missing something?

banning is not deletion.

this add-on does not offer deletion.

so profile pages still are online.

It Bans the poster Permanently, but doesn't delete the user record. This is good because it blacklists the email address the spammer used (not that they don't have more than one email account, and assuming you use email activation/verification in your forum).

Edit add: As an aside, by keeping the user record it keeps the IP(s) so when investigating spammers it can help. I've used it to ban IPs when a bunch were coming from the same one.

You can use the user group options/permissions for banned users to do some stuff as well.

However, should this mod be updated I'm sure an option people would like would be one to delete the entire record.

how about integration with stopforumspam.com when a user is banned his details can be submitted to help other websites from same spammer ?

I got it setup on 3.8.4 but when I click the button I get a vB page saying I don't have permissions to access /decimator.php

any idea where I can fix that?

Go into vBulletin Settings->Spam Decimator Settings, make sure your user group ID number is entered in one of the fields.

It is, all the groups are still default. My primary is admin, moderator and super moderator as additional.. I get the spam button, which should indicate my group is okay.

It almost seems like some vB security setting. I tried changing file perms on decimator.php to see if that helps and it didn't.

Thanks for the quick response, seems like and awesome mod... now I just need to make it work. Also waiting from the mods there, perhaps it'll work for them and I'll not worry about it. I just manage the server and vB installation.

One of our Mods used it, so I'm guessing it's just my account.

man i love this plugin, i hope its updated for vBulletin 4!!!!