Just insdert a page into the spam/ban process. Don't know if there's any hooks in there though. Worst case you can make a hook and put it in there.

I see the 2 products as two parts of the spam battle. This mod is proactive (assuming they've been caught somewhere else already), whereas the other mod is retroactive (they've already spammed your forum).

I can see the One Touch Spam Ban and Cleanup growing into a major utility (assuming it is integrated into the Delete and Ban option), in that after banning, it could do some basic searching in the user DB and find similar members. I know the Delete and Ban option does this to a certain extent, but it could go a bit deeper and look for users w/ the same class C subnet or domain, etc. Maually approve bans of course. If it could let you ban multiple users from the AdminCP search result area, I'd be eternally grateful. I have tons of spammers to ban lol! Anyway, this product could definitely benefit from the plugin that sends data to vBstopforumspam.com.

I can easily add an option that shows other users on the same class-c subnet when showing details about a user

Thanks for the hack.

Just installed and registered for an API key.

I hope this helps get rid of the spam I have recently been having.

Wired1,

I've never added a plugin before. I undertand the product setting (vbStopForumSpam). But which hook location and execution order would I need to tag if any? Thanks!

Just go to the Plugin Manager, add a new plugin and upload the XML file that Wired1 posted (theyre in my first post in the thread as well) - but just one of them. One is for just the admin account to use, the other is for all admin accounts to use. The // QUICK LINKS thing is if you want to manually edit files, which I doubt you would want to do.

Aha! Got it! I didn't notice the 'upload' category earlier. Thanks again, pedigree. You've helped stop a thousand spammers in the past month on our small board, and your consistent support is admirable. Nominating for MOTM.

Hi Pedigree, just installed your addon, but I have a question.
If I don't have cURL installed, will your addon still work?

yes it will use file_get_contents() if cURL is not availible

Ok, thx, delphiprogrammi for your quick response

Delphi is dead right. cUrl support is there for those that have it and want to use it. It provides a more robust connection system but doesnt require it. I just like using it myyself which is why its there :)