I have just installed this on a bord i keep getting spam registrations onto; i had previously seen the API's on stopforumspam.com and wondered if anyone would ever implement it, of course someone has - GREAT WORK and i will see how this runs for me

C

I can confirm the latest release (.61) will work on 3.5.4 if you use the attached product XML file, which simply replaces the "select : pipe" sections with CDATA for select method code. Installed fine after that was edited. Installers should remember to refresh their ACP navigation window when they first install it so they can see the new log file menu item. This edit to the XML file should be forward-compatible.

Good job.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this mod. In less than 24 hours, it has allowed only 2 legit registrations to go through while blocking 15 spammers. Thanks again.

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Awesome! Works very well on 3.8.0 for me.

Working great on 3.8.2
Thanks for a great mod!

I am using cURL (as it was set by default).

Over the last week or two, things seem to have returned to normal and I'm no longer getting time outs so I'm a happy camper :)
As I mentioned earlier, this mod has saved me heaps of work removing spammers manually. Great work.

We are getting multiple entries in the spam log. One accepted user has 25 entries!
We are also getting rejections due to 'Result on field username' ???

Any idea's?

Barry

Hey Barry,

This has been my experience with this Mod -

The "accepted" listings in the stopforumspam logs could be either that the user did not respond to the email you sent during the registration process (if you sent one), or that the user got past the SFS Mod, but got stopped by your settings in VBulletin. The .logs show all who try to register whether they were able to or not.

The "Rejections" due to result on field username means that the Mod is doing its thing, and catching the spammers, then preventing them from registering on your forum.

What happens is, recorded spammers are reported to StopForumSpam by their username, IP address, and email address (these are the field results), so when the Mod goes to the SFS site, the site relays varification back to yours.

So basically, the logs are letting you know who is caught, and who was allowed to register.

Hope this helps ...

Mary

P.S. This Mod is a really great one. Let it do its job, and you will be pleasently surprised at how many spammers it stops dead cold! ;)

Thanks for the prompt reply Mary. I understand the multiple logs now.

I am still a little concerned that it looks at user names as it is rejecting quite legitimate users on my site. I have just had a user rejected because his chosen username was Andrew? There are no other Andrew's on my site, the spam database does not find any issue with his IP or email Address.

Other than this its been a great tool.

EDIT: I have just found out that usernames can be removed from the search.

Regards

Barry

If a legitimate user re-submits the new user registration multiple times, it will show up in the log multiple times. For example, where they change a setting, or fail the CAPTCHA, or edit their email address, each time it is resubmitted, it shows up in the log.

You have to be careful of the username searches. StopForumSpam.com searches for partial matches to username searches, which can result in high false positives. Your user "Andrew" did return a hit on StopForumSpam.com, but it also turned up false positives for other usernames that include the phrase "andrew" in it, even email addresses. I would prefer StopForumSpam.com to modify their username searches to only return exact matches, otherwise the username search becomes nearly useless.