did u know... that this mod is probebley my most useful and important addition to my forums...cheers

-b6

BUGS?

1 - Please move all the phrases into the Phrase library

2 - Fix the custom phrase bugs
I ended up having to edit the XML file to change phrases there.

3 - Have Report threads indexed in search properly
I have reports sent to a dedicated Mod-only forum with "Index New Posts in Search Engine" set to Y. Usernames are not found when searching this dedicated forum unless I go into admincp and reindex.

4 - Have report threads update the post counts properly
The Bot that generates these threads always has a "0" post count.

5 - Some unintended interaction between PM and thread generation
Had both PM and thread generation set to Y. Everything worked fine for weeks. Changed PM option to N. Threads no longer generated. This was reported as a problem on the AED for 3.5 thread also.


RECOMMEND ADDING A USE TIP TO YOUR ADMIN POST:
1 - Set up a bot account to be the author of any AED threads and PMs.
This will save people a lot of grief as otherwise the admin IP shows up associated with all the overlapping accounts.


POSSIBLE ENHANCEMENTS

1 - Skip user overlaps that have been previously reported
I realize that detecting this on the user's machine is unreliable for cookies, especially if the perp is using different computers and what not. Perhaps AED can detect if an identical post in an existing thread already exists? Or by comparing the userID's in the cookie to a logfile of past matches on the server?

2 - Automatically change new overlapping user's group assignment based on prior account's group
E.g., move new account "B" into usergroup "3" if earlier account "A" is in usergroup "2" (e.g., if member account A is in a "banned" group).

3 - Option to flush cookies
Or possibly an option to change the cookie domain; or add a trigger date to the cookie.
If a forum resets userID's, this plugin becomes worse than useless.

4 - Option to add current IP's to PM/thread for reported overlaps.

5 - Option to force acceptance of cookie
As pointed out by another user on the AED 3.5 thread, troublemakers with 1/2 a brain can get around this utility. Forcing cookie use (an option to deny access if cookie not present/written and/or detecting matching accounts against the logfile) would not affect most members at all.

6 - Create username variables for all cases
It would be nice to have variables for each reported username in both linked and unlinked states as well as for "all" user names.

Well, I installed as this was one of the most useful that I used in 3.5.x but it does not work on my 3.6.1 board....it does not generate a PM or start a new thread....

Well, i used this hack and it is still one of my favoured, but since today it does not work :( I've upgraded to vb362 and don't get messages if users share their login. Is there a way how i can test the functionality?

I do have v3.6.2 and this hack is running smoothly.

Also running 3.62 with no problems....

I must have a conflicting hack installed or something as this is not working for me at all :(

Im running 3.6.2 & im having the same exact problem.

kudos :)

If for some reason your board changes userids, please refer to the second post:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....79&postcount=2