Ill back port the XML to work on PHP 4 and add a lot of error checking for results that arent a timeout or a valid XML response.. That should work things more stable and more people happy :)

Just for the folks "waiting for a more stable version"

I have been running this for a week or so on a live site with 10,000+ unique visitors a day. I average 100 spam registrations a day. I am running this plugin (VB 3.6.10) and the only issue I had is when stopforum.com went offline due to the power outage.

It cut my bogus registrations down > 50% .. anxiously awaiting the ability to add to stopforum direct from vbulletin!

Thanks for all of you great efforts pedigree!

Thanks skippy :)

Ive just completed v0.6, ready for testing

And just for skippy, Ive started on the code to integrate a submit form directly to the UI. Should be ready shortly, dependant on my work load in the office and my laptop battery life on the train :)

Installed and running.

Only feedback so far is the Db issue requiring uninstall before upgrade and the loss of historical logs when doing so.

Had a couple get caught already, seems to be doing its job.

I was pondering the logs situation. I guess I could code around them.. Dont delete them on uninstall and if I ever have to change the log database table, I can test for and then upgrade just that table....

Ill do that from now on with specific mention in the instructions that an uninstall wont remove the logs table, with instructions on just how to do that

Just installed, we'll see how it goes! Gotten a lot of human spammers in the past couple of days, but most are on that blacklist.

Just some notes to fix up the instruction file:

Thanks Wired1 - Ill make those changes right now.

With the next version, the templates will be automatically modded so no template changes will be required. Those that have changed them manually can safely revert, making vb patches much easier

Found the log, DAMN, in a 12 hour period, 21/46 registration attempts were blocked, SCHWEET :)

However, some names are duplicated, assuming this is because the registration page reloaded because the user didn't type in the password right or something.

Also, the permissions aren't working right for me. The buttons show up on the statistics page regardless of group. Rebuilt bitfields, no go.

The duplicates will come from two places
- The user refreshing and trying to reregister.
- Policy allowing a spammer. It will allow Spammer Allowed by Policy and then a Registration complete. This is to show that it has completed properly.

Ill retest the postbits, can you PM me a link or a small JPG, so that I can really concentrate on whats causing that error. Im going to remove the postfits and move to an options based group config. This will give a per group and a per user ganular control list and should work better for whitelisting control and group/user exclusion (dont want to submit your admin account right? :) )

It's the code for the MEMBERINFO_BLOCK_STATISTICS edit. I just removed the code for the time being, as it's not needed for the auto-blocking of spammers :)

I was trying to slap the edit into $template_hook[profile_stats_last] for awhile as well :)