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coderphp has not been online in over 6 weeks, but hope springs eternal...

SUGGESTION:
1 - Excluded Members is a nice idea, but it would be more useful if it was Excluded UserGroups. I don't want Admins, Super Mods, and Mods auto-replied. If I exclude these user goups, I'm done. If I can only exclude by individual member ID, I have to revise this list everytime the membership of these groups change. Double work.

ERRORS?
1 - Installed, but the first auto-reply went off at 300 seconds (5 mins), even though I had set it to 7200 (2 hours). Is there a max value for this parameter?

2 - If (a) two threads are created just a few seconds apart (less than the flood check setting) and (b) both are being auto-replied, this hack seriously breaks the display of the forum in question. It appears that the auto-response tries to execute on the second thread before the flood-check limit has passed. I'm also guessing the auto-reply event trigger is the display of the forum specified in this hack's admin settings and that is why there is an error in the display of the forum page. I assume this situation could be avoided by increasing the Auto Reply Delay by the flood check amount for each reply that is to be made within the current flood check limit. If "time since last response" > "flood check", then "Auto Reply Delay" = "Auto Reply Delay"; else "Auto Reply Delay" = "Auto Reply Delay" + "flood check" (or something like that).

INSTRUCTIONS:
Part of the explanation for "Auto Reply Sender's IDs" reads:

Caution: to avoid flood errors, these members must be at least Moderators in the posting forum, Or you must set Auto Reply delay to a value less than the flood time check .

I think it should read:

Caution: to completely avoid "flood" errors, these members must be at least Moderators in the posting forum. Otherwise you must set Auto Reply delay to a value greater than the flood time check.

QUESTION:
What happens to auto-replies when new admin settings for this mod are saved? Does this hack apply to new threads only at that point? Or do the old setting apply to old threads and new settings apply to new threads? Or do the new settings apply to all threads? Or do the new settings apply to only those threads created after the installation of the hack?