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

[SpanishHarlem]

Hoping to see this as an update for 3.7 as well.. Has been very useful

[Grampz]

Originally Posted by Mrdby

we need a update..this isn't working anymore.

I found this mod and am interested in using it to save time. I would like to know if it works with vBulletin? Version 3.6.7. If it does still work, I will be installing it.

[Servant]

sweet... just great when you have more than one admin approving users.

thx.

[MHC]

We are running vB 3.7.2. Once this plugin is updated, we will be using it on our forum.

[BigDog56]

I have 2 forums that it is installed in, works fine in both. (3.7.2)

[MHC]

Thanks for the heads up, BigDog56. Will try it out now! :up:

[Mrdby]

3.7.4?

[Mrdby]

it works in the MODCP but not in the admin.

[Danny_HR]

Great work mate.

Definitely makes things easier.

[dodgechargerfan]

I've had this installed for a while and loved it.
I made some change to my modcp and admincp directory names and that sort of broke this mod as I had to edit the links every time I tried to use.

However, I uninstalled the mod, deleted the files from my server and then re-installed and everything is working perfectly again. The menu links now use my renamed directories.

I'm running 3.8.1

The only difference: the menu link is under Users instead of under vBulletin options - where it was before... that's a change for the better, I think. It just took a few minutes to find it.

good work and thanks!