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Originally Posted by max.

Why vbulletin don't include this with the latest version?

Back in the days of vB 3.0.xx when I first dealt with vB, purchased my first license and started my first site, I spend quite some time to learn php and vB's coding scheme. Seeing the various things that could be improved in the code, and after years of work, I've ended up with a heavily patched version of vB, which included a mod I published in here, called AWS (for Advanced Warning System). That mod included a number of anti-spam traps, a time limit for the registration process (just like this mod), comparison between the country entered by the member vs the location indicated by his IP address, comparison of the time zone he entered with the time zone of the country indicated by his IP address etc.

So vB knows about these things, since version 3.0. Why they do not bother to include them in their software?

The obvious answer is, because they do not care.

Originally Posted by toneloc

I installed this plugin 24hrs ago, right after installing vbstopforumspam and enabled it. I can see on vbstopforumspams log that they blocked 367 users so far, but I haven't received a single email about Is bot blocking any spam.

Spam is being blocked, so I'm happy about that. I just don't know if Is Bot is working on my boards.

Any other way to check?

Thanks

I would suggest you check vbstopforumspams to see if it also does the same thing as Is Bot. If that plug-in stops the bots too, then Is Bot may never see a bot, so it doesn't email you. I think you can disable the first plug-in for a while, to check my theory.