Anti-Spam Options - Is Bot: Registration Time Check

This mod calculates the time it takes to go between these two pages:

• /forum/register.php?do=register
• /forum/register.php?do=addmember

The point is to try and prevent bots from registering at your forum when the time between the two pages is humanly impossible, assuming that humans actually take the time to complete the registration page.

Should a user be blocked from registering at your forum, an email will be sent to your vB webmasteremail address and the user will see the vB noregister phrase message, so no screenshot is necessary.

[scan-pa]

vBulletin should not be running on a shared webhost server. It is a resource hog!

You need a Dedicated server to run vBulletin without problems.

[RS25com]

I am running a dedicated server... So anyway, that feature would be good for everyone.

[BadgerDog]

Hi ...

I searched through 82 posts using "email" criteria and still can't find any information on how to turn OFF the sending of the emails.

Does anyone have a simple solution to have this mod stop sending emails?

It's a great mod, but the emails are killing us ...

Any help would be appreciated....

Regards,
Badger

[Clayton]

Try this .. this is what I have done

go to your Plug In Manager

find under IS Bot under register_form_complete

remove the following line

vbmail($vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'], $isbot_subject, $isbot_message, true);

That I believe sends the emails

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Clayton

Try this .. this is what I have done

go to your Plug In Manager

find under IS Bot under register_form_complete

remove the following line

vbmail($vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'], $isbot_subject, $isbot_message, true);



That I believe sends the emails

Thanks Clayton.....

I remarked it out like this, so I'll see what happens now.

 $isbot_message .= "\n\r\n\rAttempt was made from: ". IPADDRESS .""; 

        // vbmail($vbulletin->options['webmasteremail'], $isbot_subject, $isbot_message, true); 

        eval(standard_error(fetch_error('noregister')));

Regards,
Badger

[|Jordan|]

Originally Posted by scan-pa

vBulletin should not be running on a shared webhost server. It is a resource hog!

You need a Dedicated server to run vBulletin without problems.

Not true. VB customer support says you can run on hosted, its just that some shared web host companies don't allow it on their server. It mainly depends how active your forum is before problems start cropping up (any site that's very active needs its own dedicated server).

[MadKad]

I have mine on a shared web host and have had for 4 years nearly with no problems *touch wood*

great hack aswell, wish there was a way of testing it lol

[K2_02]

I just wanted to write real quick and say THANK YOU for this mod! My forum has been getting hammered by Spammers from China for the past week. I installed this mod last night on VB 3.7.1 and in the past 8 hours I've blocked 22 spam accounts.

THANK YOU AGAIN!!! +1 Highly recommend this mod. Install it BEFORE you get attacked.

[K2_02]

Originally Posted by MadKad

great hack aswell, wish there was a way of testing it lol

I did test it. Just fill out the registration form REAL fast with bogus info. Name=111, Email=222, Password=333. I filled it out in 13 seconds and got a "Sorry the administrator has temporarily disabled new registrations" notice. :up:

[munnakv]

Installed. What a cool idea. I never know about this mod so far. Thanks.