Add Anti-spam links to "New User" Admin email
 

This is modified from a suggestion by Feldon23 at vBulletin.com dated August 15, 2009. It is especially useful for vBulletin forums requiring Admin validation of new accounts.

1. Go to Admin CP | Languages & Phrases | Search in Phrases
   
   
2. Find: Varname $vbphrase[newuser], Text "There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]"
   
   
3. Click on Edit this phrase
   
   
4. Translation for 3.8.x and 4.x prior to 4.1.4:
   
   
   Code:

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   There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]

View Profile: $vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$userid

Check IP location in Melissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$ipaddress

Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$email
Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$username
Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$ipaddress

Delete this User: $vboptions[bburl]/admincp/user.php?do=remove&u=$userid
Ban this user: $vboptions[bburl]/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=$userid

Email Address : $email
Birthday : $birthday
Referrer: $referrer
IP Address: $ipaddress

$customfields

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   Version for 4.1.4 and up
   
   
   Code:

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   There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]

View member profile: $memberlink

Check IP location in Melissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$ipaddress

Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$email
Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$username
Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$ipaddress

Delete this User: $vboptions[bburl]/admincp/user.php?do=remove&u=$userid
Ban this user: $vboptions[bburl]/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=$userid

Email Address : $email
Birthday : $birthday
Referrer: $referrer
IP Address: $ipaddress

$customfields

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5. Click on Save

v1.01 Added option to ban user if desired, instead of deleting. Tested on 3.8.4 PL1. Works for me.

v1.02 Added links for IP check. Tested up to 4.1.4

Thanks for the Mod. Will try out when i get home.

i will try it later ! but i click installed ;)

Great little adjustment to check if the account is a spammer!

Nice idea and thanks for the implmentation

great and useful...thanks and gonna try this one...:p:up:

Thanks so much for this mod, it has made my life much easier

This is a nice and simple idea.

But instead of using and remove user, why not ban it ? In my opinion it would be better to include it in your ban list and not simply remove it. Otherwise Spammer will be able to try to register again.

I suppose you could do that. I prefer to minimize database size by deleting such accounts. If they are persistent, then I ban them but usually it's not necessary.

Try adding this line to the notification translation:

I haven't tried it yet but I think it should work.

installed and nominated great addition