you could always upgrade ur vb forum or edit the files for 3.8 version and add that part

If i knew how to edit it I would have done it long time ago :/

As I know, there are many different functionality about this plugin for vb3.8 and vb4.x
I run 2 version of vbulletin 3.8 and 4.2.1 and run spam-o-matic too for vb3.8 and vb4.2 and without error.

So I think you better run spam-o-matic with the version of your vbulletin.

All I need is, if someone can make the version for vb3.8 have the stats to show on forum.

Wouldnt go that far for just a simple addition IMHO. But thanks anyways.

Folks how does the auto-moderation on specific words work?

Is it a wildcard or what?

If i have in 1 line to moderate the word thanksssssssssssssssssss
will it also moderate the word thanks? or it has to be the entired thankssssssssssss?
Im getting posts moderated that i have not set a specific word for it to do so and I believe its because it s ready parts of the words i have set and not its entirety...

Can someone explain?

I think its safe to assume that its the whole word, otherwise posts would get moderated if they contained a single letter from the word thanks (to take your example to the extreme).

Thats what I believe its happening..

I have the word thankssssssssssssssssssssss in moderation
but im seeing posts moderated with the word thanks in it or thank you :/

But then why not words with just 'th'? :confused:

Good question,
Would like to see the coder explaining.

But no sign of him/her

*tisk*tisk*

I'll be damned, you're right. Looks like this line is doing exactly what you said.

edit: Wait, maybe not. I'll look at it more later, gotta run.

you let me know.. thanks :D

Uninstalled..

Don't use it at all.

Spam Hammer seems to take care of the lot..Although I can't find the original link to what I downloaded..

Anyway...

Thank you sir... Correct you are..

Hopefully someone can help me out here... Sometimes the IP check doesn't work. I have it set to block registration if there is connection errors, yet somehow I am still getting people sent through the registration process when they are on the banned IP list. Example of my log from right now:

The first one is a banned IP for a few days now yet has been passed through, while just moments prior, another user was rejected due to the IP address. Any guesses?
Thanks!
Andrew

The first one is not in the spam o matic db the 2nd one is the plugin is doing its job

What spam o matic db? It says that it pulls the details from stopforumspam.com (SFS) ... which it is listed and has been for days. http://stopforumspam.com/search
Ones that I caught and were not in the above link I submit... I'm not aware of a seperate spam o matic db. ???

Does anyone know if placing the moderated words in brackets {dog} works better?

Like the censorship mod. if you use dog. it will ban any word starting with Dog. Thats what i think happens witg spamomatic.

In censorship mod if you place {dog} it will only ban the word dog not dogma for example

sfs = db its what i call it use to making games so I use this

Why not test it then you will see how it works

so if we are both looking at the same database, why do I see that the IP address has been listed there for a few days yet the IP is getting passed through on my board?

Strange it is now showing. Sometimes there db goes down have seen that in the pass. I use this along with the plugin helps when it does that

Couple of questions:

1. I have v2.1.0 - is it important to upgrade to v2.1.2? If so, how do I upgrade?

2. I am getting some errors:

Any idea why?

Maybe deleting the log file?

Talk to your host about this problem "MySQL server has gone away"

Not that simple. I'm getting similar errors with the other mod from which this was derived:

They usually also say

but that's a red herring. I'm on a dedicated server and that is the ONLY time I'm getting these errors. There are no other MySQL issues at the times these occur and it happens on two different 4.2.2 forums.

It's the Invalid SQL error that needs attention. Note the double occurrence of ";;" at the end. That looks malformed to me.

It may well have to do with upgrading to PHP 5.4.20 after the vBulletin 4.2.2 upgrade. I'm not certain.

A satisfactory workaround for now I think would be to turn off logging since the rest of the functions seem to be still working. There is no option to do that in vbStopForumSpam and I don't recall such an option for this mod either (I found it to be overkill for my needs so I reverted to the simpler version).

MySQL server has gone away is a server issue you need to talk to your host

Agreed. Something is happening to your SQL server. That's a PHP error and is happening at a lower level then this mod.

So which is it? PHP or MySQL? And why is it only happening when this mod or the other one tries to write to the log file?

Seems to me it has more to do with something in the mod that needs to be updated for 4.2.2 or PHP 5.4.20.

It's PHP alerting you that it can't make a connection to the MYSQL database. I take it you recently upgraded to 5.4? Maybe something with that upgrade?

One more point:

The log IS being updated normally and I am ONLY seeing this error when the SFS database can't be accessed: Note the [REMOTEERR] part of the error message. Any other time, there is no error.

I run two forums, four blogs, a directory, and several other PHP scripts on this dedicated server. Nothing else is having any problems connecting to MySQL.

Again, the only errors I am getting are with writing to the log when the mod cannot connect to the SFS database.

That's a little too specific for me to believe it's the standard "MySQL has gone away" error.

Remove the second ; and see what happens. Having a second ; will immediately try to redo the last mysql statement and if you're using myslqi in your vbulletin it will allow multiple mysql statements in a single query attempt.

The key is trying to find it. :o

Did the one I give you work better than the ops version

Awesome how the coder doesnt even pop up here to try to explain some of this issues :D

Just installed it tonight on 2 of the 5 forums. Will let you know.

Update:

On one of the forums, after installing, it demoted me from Admin to new member, des[pite the fact that I was set as an Unalterable Admin in the config file (???!!!???) and I could no longer log in to the AdminCP.

Luckily, I have a co-Admin on that forum who was able to intervene and promote me again.

Thanks anyway but I've reverted to vBStopForumpam again.

I think I might have found a problem.
When it's enabled it turns off the stock Vulletin IP address block system.
I keep getting spammers from the USA and China getting through even though there IP address is in the ban user box.
On a side note, only the spammers that get through and try to post have an ICQ address. I think they are using it some way to do the posting of there Ugg boots and crap. There is a connection between them.