Administrative and Maintenance Tools - New Registrant Analyzer

Description:
At the forum I maintain these are the general measures taken to determine if a new registrant is a spammer:
- google username see if it has been used elsewhere and if it has been banned, if there are a lot of results, try searching using: $username vbulletin, or, $username phpbb, or $username forum
- go to domain of email address if unfamiliar
- google first part of email address
- google second part of email address if unfamiliar
- check IP on DNS Stuff

So, to make it easier for the other admins to check this information I wrote this which basically has quick links to get this information. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

In the contained zip file, import the product via 'Manage Products' and upload the rest of the file to their appropiate locations

After installing, you'd need to refresh the admincp/modcp area with your browser then look under 'Users' in the admincp, otherwise look under 'New Registrant Info' if in the modcp

changelog
0.1 - initial release
0.2 - make it work for both mods and admins (shows in admincp and modcp)
0.3 - use dynamic modcp/admincp variables, move 'New Registrant Info' under Users menu

NOTE: remember to look under Users when browsing in the admincp

[maaref]

Thanks for the mod
is excellent one.

[Fungsten]

Installed!

On Edit:

Love it! Works great! NOM!

[bacanze]

Great idea, many thanks for the plugin

[Doctor Death]

Great mod and simple install. Will be looking for updates!!

[BoredOutOfMyMin]

Originally Posted by scan-pa

The Admin must have "canedituser" permissions in the Admin user permissions control area.

if you uploaded the files to the proper place, you can find the link under the users category in the adminCP nav panel.


installed and works great on vB 3.6.4 & 3.6.5

I have tried this three times and I have done EXACTLY as it said, and it does not show in my AdminCP at all. I am not new at installing software in the least and this did not work.

[Queball_Beast]

I really like this, it goes great with the prevent spam hack.

clicks install :up:

[PoetJA-1975]

Very nice - Thanx for the sharing

Jacquii.

[Bounce]

nice , cheers for this

[Cyburbia]

Again, I love this hack.

With dnsstuff turning into a pay site, it would be nice to have an alternative to look up the IP.

[Nokia Tech]

Clicks INSTALL here

Just had a VB update done today, By Jelsoft. This is one of selection of cool hacks i have installed

Many thanks to the author for this..