Of my 3 sites one of them is having the exact same issue. Any ideas why?

ditto

hmmm.... where is the update I just got notification about? :erm:

VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED 1/10/2013!

I believe this should be:

VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED 2/10/2013!

I've had that released since back in January.

I just got an email an hour ago on an update.

** DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE **

* Automatic Update Notification *

The following modification has been updated (by GlowHost.com) ;

[GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic - Spam Firewall stops forum spam
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hreadid=248042

yeap. got the same update. downloaded the latest package and installed. i hope it is not malware :D

2.1.0 was released early last month...

Only Romanian Languages Packs Released ! No need update for English Languages.

That's right, all we did was add a Romanian language pack by Teascu Dorin.

When we attached the new file, the system emailed everyone about a new version. There is no need to update anything unless you want the Romanian language pack.

Hello Glowhost, I have an issue I think you can fix. The script works great for stopping spam registrations however moderation doesn't work so good.

I have an RSS Feed which is pulled in under the username MMT_CASTINGS on my forum. The feed pulls model & actor gigs from craigslist. The only issue is sometimes people post escort ads and other 'bad' things on craigslist which eventually get pulled into my forum.

The plugin sometimes recognizes my banned words and moderates the posts. This is what I want it to do. But many times it does not identify the banned keywords and allows the post to be made.

Should this not happen everytime? Even if a user is approved and registered I want certain keywords to trigger moderation. Excluding administrators and moderators of course.

Any ideas?

<a href="https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/416336-Registration-fails" target="_blank">https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...stration-fails</a>

same happened for me after installing this. Any ideas? thanks.

edit: I checked all my uploaded files and traced this back to an FTP error. I had a corrupted file.

Yes, it should happen every time. I can only fix it if you can show me how it happens or explain it in exact detail so it can be duplicated on this end. If it is a big problem for you then setup a test case that we can verify on this end and we will look into it.

Isn't there a query around you can do that will allow a specific username or IP to register? It's a false hit and I do not wish to disable the product altogether. I used it before but I've lost it since :(

Most people disable the username check. Why not add the user in the vBulletin admincp?

Users > Add new user.

removing then reinstalling then disable the user name check works

Thanks Glowhost for an awesome spam filter! Its been running for 5 days now and i already have 5138 denied in that short time and i have seen over 600 online at 1 time (only 40 members, forum is 4 weeks old). Is this normal?

There is now :)
Check out Lee Robert's vBMQN Moderation Queue Notifications + Desktop App
It sends out an email if there is something waiting in the moderation queue

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=294999

This mod is a life saver, thank you. I was starting to despair that I'd never keep spammers at bay

My only real comment is a plea to vB to include something similar in stock vB 5.x. It just seems to me that if the current state of affairs is such that an administrator cannot hope to keep a forum free of debilitating spam without a solution of this nature, then those solutions must be baked into the products themselves.

That said, thank you again for developing this excellent mod.

Now that is awesome.

Installed upgrade (was on 2.0.1) on 4.2.0 PL3, no issues.

Thanks for keeping this GREAT mod going. It saves us all a TON of work each day!

Thanks for this mod. I've installed it and i'm testing it. One question though. Is it possible to check the already created users with your system?

Just went to remove the first users from the "user" on the admin CP and I too am getting "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/admincp/glowhostspamomatic.php on line 108"

Any ideas yet? Not sure I read the "fix" on here.

did you fill in the Akismet key

Yes, it is there

Had another user this AM, same thing. I used the ADMINCP option to ban this user also.

I have now set it to "remove" the user but I cannot test until I get another spammer signed up.

It seems that everything is working as it should from a function standpoint, it is just tossing this error.

You filled it in both places for the akismet key

Back with the second post and still waiting for your help. I am using 4.2 vbulletin and i can't see any easy cleanup option anywhere. my administrators have full permisions under administrator permissions tab, including me. i have the akismet key set, still, i'm not able to check the already created users to see if they are spammers (and they are, like 400 of them). please give some more details of how should i moderate the already created users...

LE: i also, in my usergroups under edit usergroups i don't have any option like Filter posts with Akismet as it is mentioned in the installation intructions

4.2. Get API key for Akismet and enter it in settings. After this edit your usergroups and you will see the option to "Filter posts with Akismet". Only check groups with untrusted users (i.e. Unregistered / Not Logged In, Registered Users).

As far as I know there is no way to check your already registered members to see if they are spammers are not. This mod checks to see if they are in the SFS database before allowing them to complete their registration.
You can manually check their IP and email address here but it's time consuming.

what about the easy cleanup option and the filter posts with akismet. What's wrong with those?

If it's a spammer post then remove it using moderation tools in the thread or under search for users in the admincp

Finally upgraded from 1.27 version to latest 2.1

Never realized how much extra traffic to the SFS servers the old version caused till now.
It was logging about 10 users per hour but now down to about 10 per day
(I guess due as mentioned to the vB built-in Human Verification now occurring first before this)

Combined this with Spambot Stopper - which I imagine kicks in before this to stop the bots from registering.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2406414
So far everything works great!:)
(vB 4.1.12)

I only see one place to put the akismet key. I see (and have) the stopforumspam key too

There is only one place for the Akismet API Key and the other is for the SFS API Key.

It also goes here as well
Admincp/settings/options/spam management

Don't tell me, I know where it goes.

Weave is asking the questions! :rolleyes:

You said it only goes in one place it does not it goes in two places for the akismet key

And were are the two places? I only know of one place in the options and the other is for the SFS key also located in the options [which is different].

The one I said above and also inside this plugin you need to input the akismet key

I see nothing in the read me file about imputing the akismet key in the plugin [other than in the options] nor do I remember doing this myself. SOM works as penned on my 4.2.0 PL3 site.

Why dont you take the time and look at the settings for this plugin you will see the option to put the akismet key in it and also the place I posted above

Mate I have looked at the settings, I've been running this mod for 2 years. You make no sense in what you're saying. You are saying there is a 3rd setting in the mod and I say I don't see it and don't recall it either.

In the admincp/options/settings group/Glowhost - Spam-O-Matic there are two (2) places for a key. One you get from Akismet [link] the other from StopForumSpam [link]. The two are different and the only two places you can input a key [other than Affiliate System: Affiliate ID and we are not talking about that].

So tell me, where do you input the Akismet key a second time? There is only one place that I know of.