I tested it on myself (actually, my other account, regular user one) and I needed to change IP address. I couldn't even log to AdminCP. So, use this with caution. And, check time for denying server response, if it's too long, you may receive error, PHP scripts on my server have 30 sec to be executed...

<font face="courier new">LOL!
This is a work of art. I love it.
Kind regards.</font>

Will that be ported to vB4?

amazing, thank you!

I uninstalled the previous version (I did not know how old it was). I did not create a new Miserable users usergroup as one already existed..

I re-installed as per new instructions. I created a test registration and associated it with the Miserable users usergroup and it does not seem to be functioning (seems like there is no limitations or stalls).

Should I delete the "Miserable users" usergroup and create a new one from scratch? Would that help? Is the spelling of this group causing the problem ? (miserable users, Miserable Users)

Never mind. I forget to set the hacks in vb options. works perfectly now.

4.0 Update anytime soon? :D

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hreadid=231106

On redirect. Default is the index.php

If I wanted to redirect users to another site, how would I go about that?

When I tried to do so, then tested it, it came up as the site was not on the server. So is it possible to do?

Thanks and awesome hack:D

What did you actually put (for another site I think you would need the full url).

Fantastic Paul,
1. Why do they get a blank page with the word ( here ) only !
2. How do I let them see ( Database Error ) ?
3. How can we make it logical random, meaning one from lower limit, next from higher limit, may be difficult ! because now if we put it e.g 50% they will get it many times !

Thanks,,

Paul, this is a great mod and I have been using it succesfully for a long time now, but I came across an anomoly that may or may not need to be addressed. It should probably at least be addressed in the documentation somewhere.

I had a man bot register on the site and one of the supermods immediately banned him after his first spam post. The bot refused to give up and kept hammering the site, which is typical of these types of bots... not much you can do except put a ban on their ip... but my co-administrator had the bright idea of putting miserable user as a secondary group to the banned user primary group to slow it down. This created a flood of database errors. Between 2a.m. this morning when he added miserables to the banned user and 2p.m. this afternoon, I received over 400 MySQL database error messages "database has gone away" in my email inbox.

No big deal, I took miserables off of him, banned the IP and deleted all but one of the emails for reference. All of the problems ceased immediately. Just thought you might like to know about this weird interaction between banned/miserables groupings for future head scratching.

Edit: latest version of miserables running on vB 3.8.4 PL2

1. No idea, there is no code to output the word "here" ...

2. Create a fake database error page and re-direct them to it.

3. Sorry, I dont understand what your saying.

You actually have a database error page already
includes/database_error_page.html
------- :D

I just put in the www.theothersite.com

I did not put in the http:// with that also and just put it into the re-direct destination area. I will try it again but with the full url.


Edit* - It works, now that I added the full addy. Thanks Paul

Does this work for vb 4.0? can anyone confirm, please.

I love all of Paul M, products and this is a must for my vb4 forum.

Nope, but the vb4 version does ;)

Installed and been having fun makes spammers and problem users miserable!!!!

hah is this the one that punishes members and keeps track of it with a cookie? If so, there should be a %25 of login failure.

Very funny, thanks :)

Will this work for VB3.8.4?

Yes.

I love this hack thanks man.

Got this error on install:

A conflict was detected in the bitfields. You cannot continue with the installation of this product until this has been fixed. The conflicts found were:

* Bitfield Collision: credits_cantearn = prefixrequired

Any ideas?

Yes, its nothing to do with this. You have two mods installed that are clashing.

Whenever you install a mod vb runs a bitfield check, and its failing.

Hi !

Thanks for this hack, which is very usefull, I love the idea.
This morning I ran a test and it appears that each time I put someone in the "miserable" usergroup the display of the username (postbit legacy) is broken. It's written :
instead of the nickname.

Maybe it's a problem with another hack I'm testing, but the fact is I don't know where to search. I tried to add an
with the ID of a member in the miserable group or even put with the good usergroup ID, in the condition of the postbit legacy but it fails.

(my version 3.8.0)

Im afraid I dont really understand your issue or what you are trying to do.

This thing is the bomb. <3

Ditto! Of ALL the MODs I've ever used, I've never had a single problem with any of PaulM's modifications and this particular one just warms my heart to the core. ;)

Having run a TeleGard BBS back in the pre-internet communication era with similar features to this MOD, I was SO PLEASED when I tripped across it. :D

Kudos PaulM on all your jobs, which are VERY well done! :up:

mwuahahahahaha...love it...*evil grin*

installed and activateddddd....lol

As someone who's had this used against them I can say it's no fun...

It also results in thousands of "F5" clicks. ;)

I've used this several times and it's far more useful than banning or tachy. ESPECIALLY when you set a preset re-direct page. You can really shock the annoying member/s.

best mod ever!

I love this. I have one guy who makes the most insane accusations against people. He thinks he is anonymous, he doesn't think that I know who he is, so I redirect him to his own Facebook page.

He still doesn't get it.

Wait... :confused: That happens to me all the time... are you the admin of http://www.centextalk.com ?

LOL if it were you, you wouldn't be so nice about it. That guy hates me...hahaha

Hi Paul

Thanks for this mod.

Is it possible to add a userid option? I prefer that instead of using a usergroup. Thanks.

(If not, can you explain how to code it in?)

A userid option would simply be duplication, since you just add individual users to the usergroup, so I wont be adding it. I cant really explain in detail how to do it as that would basically be coding it - very loosly, it would be similar to the ip option, but for the members userid, not ip address. Special care would be needed not to affect guests.

They don't need to be the primary usergroup so really there's no reason not to setup an extra usergroup called "miserable users" or whatever and just add the 1 user to it.

Is it essential to create a new User Group for this? Is 'annoying by IP address' sufficient (leaving user group ID as '0')?