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one or the other depending on the version

First I'd like to thank you for taking the time to do this while you've obviously been busy at home.

I installed this mod easily this morning. Here is an excerpt from the log.

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horoscopey 2008-09-27 10:40:29 horoscopey@ebaysweep.com 71.239.75.95 Result on field ip - 71.239.75.95 [REMOTEERR] Unverfied but allowed by policy
horoscopey 2008-09-27 10:40:29 horoscopey@ebaysweep.com 71.239.75.95 Result on field email - horoscopey@ebaysweep.com [REMOTEERR] Unverfied but allowed by policy
horoscopey 2008-09-27 10:40:29 horoscopey@ebaysweep.com 71.239.75.95 Allowed registration

I have email and username set to enabled, but left ip disabled in the admincp vsStopForumSpam settings.

Since horoscopey is the spam lists, can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong?

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Originally Posted by edward hamilton (Post 1631837)

First I'd like to thank you for taking the time to do this while you've obviously been busy at home.

I installed this mod easily this morning. Here is an excerpt from the log.

I have email and username set to enabled, but left ip disabled in the admincp vsStopForumSpam settings.

Since horoscopey is the spam lists, can anyone tell me what I might be doing wrong?

if you see "[REMOTEERR]" the stopforumspam service is down (or something has gone wrong while checking) in this case you need to set the option to block registeration on remote connection errors.

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Warning: Unknown(includes/functions_vbsfs.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/register.php(385) : eval()'d code on line 3

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required 'includes/functions_vbsfs.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR:/usr/local/share/pear') in /hsphere/local/home/ic3dnet/forums.ic3donline.com/register.php(385) : eval()'d code on line 3

I am just starting out in VB...so kind of not sure what to do now. Can someone please help me? Thank you...I greatly appreciate it. I'll remove the product in the mean time.

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Originally Posted by IC3D (Post 1631930)

Hello.

First off, the idea of this mod is absolutely amazing. Great work.

I'm having some issues running it on version 3.7.3 Patch Level 1.

The install went smooth as butter...hooks were placed...and etc. etc.

When I went to try and 'sign up' as a new user using one of the names off that site...I got the following:

I am just starting out in VB...so kind of not sure what to do now. Can someone please help me? Thank you...I greatly appreciate it. I'll remove the product in the mean time.

your functions_vbsfs.php is missing you need to upload this file from the zip to your vBulletin /includes directory and this error will be gone

heh, thanks for

a. The feedback
b. Delphi for the helping hand. This is what happens when you take your kids out to the beach :) - you miss these postings

When installing vBulletin mods, there is usually an "upload" folder. There are the files that you have to upload to the (usually) root of your forum (dont upload the upload folder itself, just its contents).

While lots of modders do try to keep PHP contained within the XML product plugin, its not always possible to do so, hence the extra files.

Well done. The last day or so I have been hit really hard by forum spammer, posting some pretty explicit sexual content. I been looking at this mod the last few days, and decided to give it a try, as I GOT to do something about this damn spam! It's been a few hours now, and it has blocked & logged over 10 registrations. By looking at the log, these its apparent that these are spammers, and not legit users (e.g username of FeMaleAnimeP0Rn, etc).

Thanks a lot for this mod!

Must be a sensitive liberal!
LOL

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Originally Posted by StepOnFrog (Post 1587127)

WOW !!! That was an unnecessarily defensive reply to my post, for which mine was just helping one user be aware of the IP dynamics of t'internet.

------- Please skip past this thread if you don't like long posts -------

Pedigree, where in my post do you think I've attacked your creation?

Apologies to any users, including yourself, Pedigree, should you believe this post is 'Threadwaste/Postwaste', but surely some of you will have got to a point with users misunderstanding the context, or entirety of the posts you make - this is one of those very moments; I am really *sick* to the back teeth of posts not being read correctly, and then someone taking their hat off at some poor user about it.

I really do not see why you have come to be so defensive from what I have written, and so, I feel I should make myself much more clearly understood...

In fact, I do not *try* to *tell* you anything about flawed systems at other locations, and I certainly do not, at any point, comment on the level of quality your MOD provides.
I haven't complained about collateral damage. I haven't complained about any of my members not being able to register due to IP blocking. I did, however, directly inform a single user that IP blocking can be a problem for board registrations, other users will read the same post and understand the same. With regards the Conact Us page, should you happen to read any of the many quality articles that other experienced Bulletin Board Admins have written (not just vB), you may come to realise that when an internet user searches, and happens to come across a website, if the information they are seeking is not within the first several clicks, they are more likely to move onto another website; Contact Us, is no guarantee that you will keep a customer in your shop, so to speak. (this is not a criticism to your post, btw).
Now, that part of your post was, IMO, the only constructive part, in response to my post. Although, looking through your MOD listing description, at no point do you mention any switching of IP blocking facility, or any facilities, as I come to read the description again; only after looking at the second attached screenshot, do I spot a selection box showing ENABLE, and then one must logically assume there is a DISBLE selection too, though, unfortunately, this fact of logic may not be readily obvious to some (honestly, there are users that just don't know, we've all come across them, and we help them).
And, this does seem quite an over-defensive response to something I haven't written; your use of "*I* can" is what pushed me to write this lengthy tome. It appears, judging from your sentence, that you believe I have somehow attempted to stop you from preventing spammers..? Sorry, I fail to see where I have restricted your use of your MOD.
I haven't said that I don't like the idea of blocking 'some poor innocent person'. And, why should I code a MOD? I had come to this MOD thread to examine your MOD, to check whether it was the product for me. I did suggest an addition, not only to your MOD, but to any MOD that attempts to prevent spamming registrations by using the points I had listed so many times before, and herein.
You really have misunderstood the suggestions I have made....
You know, as well as I, that vB sets a cookie on your system (or spambot system) each and every visit to your vB board. So, if you record the cookie with each registration, then if that registration fails and another attempt is made with the same username/email, and the cookie is different the second time round, then your vB software will know that the registration MAY be a spambot. For this suggestion to work, you must assume that people are not THICK, and that they will try registering again within the same cookie session, should their first attempt 'balls up', somehow. Ergo, humans register and reregister in the same cookie session, whereas spambots go away and come back later to try again.
Exactly! So, why be so defensive?
It's nice to know some people care, and know perfectly well what they're on about...! :D

But, aside from clearing any misunderstandings, I would really like to hear your views on the suggestions I've provided, ie. the failed spambot registrations due to the image verification process.

I hope this has made things much clearer. However, please do not hesitate to contact me with regards any of the above.

Yours,

;-D

nevermind ... found my answer

you have to love liberals, makes the world a funnier place :)

unicorn - Im glad

Madmunki - thanks :) Its always good to hear positive feedback, unlike liberals

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