I don't use it any more I found something better ozzy has something out that works 100% not one spammer can register ever

Well, I would not say no spammer ever, but it does block 100% of spambots, you still will get a occasional human spammer, but they are few and far between.

I'm running VB 4.1.11 and have been using this plug-in for several years with great success. Recently it was brought to my attention that users got the follow error when trying to register:

Registration denied. We check new registrations against a database of know forum spammers. At this time, we are unable to contact this database to verify your registration.

I upgraded to the latest Spam-O-Matic today and the error still occurs. I've tried with and without a API key without any success. Anyone come across this or have any ideas to help?

Thanks!

How do you restrict this mod, so only certain users/certain usergroups can use it?

I don't want it to appear in the Moderation Tools for all my moderators to use.

This mod blocks many spam registrations which is great but I still get a about 10+ spam registration that go through every day.

I still have to manually check every registration to verify that it is legitimate.

I have both keys installed.

Is this normal or is there anything else I can do to prevent the spammers from getting through?

I have also added KeyCAPTCHA or you could add FunCAPTCHA the two should give you a 99.9% rate.

Just upgraded to my Vbulletin, to version 4.3.2

The spam o matic does not work anymore.... any chances of having an upgraded version?

4.2.3 is the current version of vBulletin, and spamomatic is working famously with my 4.2.3.

I have had it installed since early 2012, through every upgrade.

Mike

I created a new thread in my testforum with a new user and got this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function SOM_AkismetCheckComment() in /www/htdocs/*/*/includes/functions_newpost.php(555) : eval()'d code on line 26

Yesterday I changed made some changes to my photopost classifieds product plugins. Today I find spammers hitting my site without going through the glowhost "newbie" process.

The changes I made with photopost were related to Members scripts and were made in the plug in manager only.

When I go to the offending users, I don't find the "spam-o-matic - remove and ban user" at the bottom of the drop down menu. Not sure how to approach this, should I try a reinstall of glowhost?

I tried re-importing the .xml file, but it did not add the "remove and ban user" !

Is it possible there is a conflict between Photopost and Glowhost, both are reputable programs?

Thanks