lol go back a few pages, which you should of done in the first place,
myself including many have already posted this info

look here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2096
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2097

there are plenty more

Incidentally, it is probably a bad idea to remove the Type=MyISM as that creates the tables using the default table type that is set for mysql, this is not guaranteed to by MyISM. The better option is to change Type=MyISM to Engine=MyISM as this removes the error and preserves the table type as the author intended.

After installing Spam-O-Matic I found that I couldn't post new threads or replies on my board.

Goes to a HTTP 500 Error.

Found that by disabling the items below I can then post OK.

Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

I installed this last night, and already everyone on the board is impressed with it! Good job!

I installed this plugin and added a bunch of bad words that are being blocked successfully.

However when a user enters the bad words in the title of a new post (and not in the body) the plugin does not block that post.

Is this inline with everybody elses experience? Is there any way so that the bad word block also applied to the titles?
Thanks!

use the Censorship Options for words will work better

Does anyone get false positives on this? Is there a way to remove all US based IP's.

Also; do you need to go to a specific post and click Glowhost, or can I just "delete posts as spam" right from the main forum page?

clicking glowhost sends it to there db and in turn builds it up so it stops more spammers. Disable username so you dont get the false positives

Anyone?

I also don't get any Glowhost details in the Statistics and I'm set as a SuperAdmin.

Tried upgrading Vbulletin to the latest version and uninstalling Spam-O-Matic then re-installing but no luck.

On a plus note I've had no spammers register (that I know of) in the past 24 hours.

spammers are not going to contantly register on your sites 24/7

i get hit 2 maybe 3 a week, sometimes 7 in 1 day
it depends on bot activity too

I'm having an issue that shows glowhostspamomatic_stats table cannot be found. Error Number : 1146

I've checked the phpmyadmin and I don't see any glowhostspamomatic table either. I've uninstalled and re-installed it but no joy.

I think this might be blocking way to much. A lot of members that want to come in to apply for our clan seems to be getting banned or moderated also. Anyone know what the settings need to be so it's not banning or moderating everything?

First do NOT check usernames. That will help a lot. You may still have a few that are blocked because they use a proxy. If the proxy IP is registered with stop forum spam, then your user will need to register with their standard IP address. Not having usernames selected should help.

Turn off auto moderation if you do not want posts to be moderated.:up:

Seems that no one can Register on my site, that's one way to stop the spammers. :)

It just goes to a HTTP 500 error like my message before about posting and replying, looks like I'm out, will have to uninstall this and try something else. :(

For some reason newly registered users are not put in the Newbie usergroup. So they are not being moderated. Any suggestion why this may be happening?

looks like you have not installed in right

make sure you dont let them register from facebook

Great mod I'm sure, but I'm getting this error:

Anyone know what I should do?

Seems so, tried installing, uninstalling, reinstalling, updating vbulletin but all with the same result.

Not much else I can do but give up and move on..... :confused:

why give up, tells us what you did step by step

you need to upload the files

I've installed the MOD as per the instructions in the first post here.

Checked that the allow_url_fopen is active by uploading an info.php file and running this and it says its enabled.

Get the SPAM-O-MATIC option in "Control Panel, Settings, Options" and also in the Plug In manager.

No option listed under "Statistics & Logs"

There is a Stats option shown on the forum page above the Who's Online but no stats listed.

At this point no one can post new threads (goes to a HTTP 500 Error) or replies unless I disable:

GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic: Replies Control postdata_presave
GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic: AKISMET SPAM filter newpost_process
GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic: First Post/Thread Control threadfpdata_presave

Then noticed that no one could register (HTTP 500 error) unless I disabled these options too.

Don't know what else to do at this point.

One thing I was thinking it maybe could be is that the AdminCP & ModCP folders are renamed to something else on my board.

Maybe this could be something to do with it?

It's really just new registrations I'm bothered about as the forum is just used for downloading service support items, happy to moderate each registration but it would be good if the spammers were all just sent to where they belong.

the admincp folder in GlowHost_-_Spam-O-Matic_v2.0.2_VB4\upload
all files within that should be placed in your renamed admincp folder
its common knowledge

Many thanks :up:

Seems to have done the trick, now have Glowhost in the Status & Logs and I can post with it running.

I just wanted to ask something about this fantastic mod.

On my forum we allow unregistered guests to post in certain forums. (It uses a captcha system) and I do believe this mod is responsible for catching those spam attempts, and auto deleting them. (Even tho they are NOT registering or attempting to)

Every once in awhile we get a legit message that goes to moderation (as I want it to) but the 100's of others (all spam) never make it to moderation and are deleted automatically.

The footer stats in the WGO box indicate that:

392 Spammers Denied Registration
959 Spammy Posts Automatically Moderated

One of those unexpected happenings I noticed this mod is doing.

Fantastic work.....lol.....it is this mod doing that right?

I have Facebook registration disabled. New registered user are not being moderated and placed in the newbie user group. Any suggestions?

check custom plugins

create a copy of Registered User, give slightly less permissions
then if there legit move them to registered users

spammers are using blog posts, so i suggest a newbie group with blog posting turned off

First, Thank you for this plugin!

I have the plugin installed and set up with keys from both Akismet and Stopforum. I believe the plugin is working because I see 3 new accounts to moderate in the admincp (even though I don't have moderate users enabled in vb settings).

I don't see the stats showing up in the forums though when I look at the footer. Also, I put the "Give thanks" in the copyright, but I don't see it ( I also tried footer)....and I really want to get that in their to give thanks!

Thank you for any help
SnaKe
www.warishellgaming.com

I've had over 100 new spamming members join up over the last few weeks, it seems this mod is missing quite a few now.....

www.staffs-vw.co.uk

right. same behavior here. they do not post. but tons of weird name appearing as new members:

bdizzycjniory742
agregoraspitay3555
Alencysewcesk
apittyswft3204
bolgaumaaleya5726
aamexiguoume66

most of them are using yahoo mail. i wonder what has changed!

Weird. I barely have any spammers get through at all. Are you (hopefully) using other human verification?

I am getting the following error when I try to delete posts:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/seismi7/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php(4637) : eval()'d code on line 4

I haven't found a solution to fix this. Any ideas?

disable this mod first then try again
see if you get the same error, if you do you know its not [GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic

Thanks for response Simon, I've tried that already and the error is definitely coming from SpamOMatic

Also, how do I use the Easy Cleanup tools?

look similar to some of the new members I'm getting

AFAIK, it's not possible in the AdminCP to make a usergroup that bans BB code, much as I really wish I could! It's a forum-wide setting only.
So, how can I do this?

Those are bots, either from a botnet or spoofing addresses and IPs that are not in the database.

Add the Spammers suck! mod - it will work in tandem with SFS to stop bots even when they're not yet in the database.

When the spammer's post gets moderated, it's not showing in the regular moderation queue. Does it send it to another queue that I don't know about?