Mini Mods - Prevent Spam Posts

Description
This will allow you to automatically scan new posts from new members for common spam keywords. If any are found, the post/thread will be sent to the moderation queue to prevent their spam from having any affect. If your filter is very strict, and a regular user happens to trigger it, no harm is done because your moderators can just approve the post.

Options

• Maximum Posts - this will only scan posts posted by users who have this many (or less) posts. Usually spammers only post 1-5 times!

• Keywords - a list of keywords (or any strings) to be searched. Remember it doesn't match a whole word, so a keyword of "[url" will block the user from posting any links. This is NOT case sensitive!

3.5 Users:
A 3.5x version XML file is also included.

[dilbert]

Originally Posted by Freesteyelz

The Inline Spam Management takes the issue after fact, unlike your mod which prevents troubled posts. I think vB and your system will compliment each other very nicely. If possible, I'd like you to continue with this mod.

BTW...It does seem to function properly in Beta 3. :up:

I agree that this is a great mod and offers ability that vB doesn't. I need to be able to prevent sensitive info from being posted, not catch it after the fact.

Hopefully you'll continue to update it.

[Venturing]

First, SirAndrew, thanks for the great mod!

Originally Posted by Maerten

... with this plugin members cannot see there own post that's being moderated and they will try to post the message again. This is a time consuming work for the moderators. I'm not sure if there's an other solution for this but I changed the plugin so that showthread displays a member own posts even if there posts are being moderated. Other members down't see there posts.
...
Is anyone interested in my solution?

Maerten, yes, I'm interested in your solution. What exactly did you have to change to accomplish this?

[dilbert]

Just tested in Beta 4 and it works. Still hoping you'll reconsider this Adrian for the final 3.7.
Thanks, Cliff

[Skywoolf]

I installed this a couple of days ago and tested it with a new account. It worked perfectly but the spam kept on coming. Huge posts with long lists of URLs, etc are still appearing in the forums.

I thought maybe they are posting a simple, harmless message then editing to add the spam so I added all the letters of the alphabet, numbers, the most common words like in on at, etc expecting to stop every first post but still the spam keeps coming and not being caught.

If I can just set it so that every post by a user with less than the minimum post count is moderated it would be good enough for me but I can't seem to do it.

Anyone got any suggestions?

P.S. I suspect many were being posted by users who registered a long time ago so I deleted all old users with zero posts but I don't see how that will make a difference.

[rwoscott]

Saw this a while ago and didn't think I'd need it. After this morning, I need it.

Thanks

*installed.

[Skywoolf]

Sorry guys,

I just realized that I am seeing all the spam posts because I am admin. They are in the moderation list. Its working fine.

[Skywoolf]

I just realized I never did say thank you to the author. The spam has been driving me crazy and this stopped it dead. It was only my own senility that made me think it wasn't working right from the start.

Thank You. This is probably the best and most useful script I have ever used with vBulletin.

[Ohiosweetheart]

Is this working on 3.7, anyone?

[uyuni]

I changed this plugin:
1) also searching in title

2) send email to moderator when message with spam detected

3) For this change to work emails to moderators need to be set ON. But with this change only emails for spam messages are sent.


* 1)
changed XML-file see attachment:
I added a global parameter for the emailsending. I know this is quick and dirty, but it works.

* 2)
add in file includes/functions_newpost.php below line 1015:

$emails = array_unique($emails);

#### NEW
if($GLOBALS['EMILE_spammessage'] != 1) {
$emails = array();
}
#### END NEW
return $emails;

[co0kz]

Is there a way to get the post to show to the person that posted even tho its sent to the mod queue? Although this is a great system and its catching everything, i'm actually not using this as it was originally intended. My board is an auction site, and as such im actually using this to catch ppl using the kind of terms as "buy now" and things like that. However because the post doesn't show, we are getting members come back to us saying they can't post even tho they have. What i would like to do is maybe alter the code slighly so that the person that posts, gets to see their own post and it still get sent to moderation queue of which i have the pop alert installed so that my staff know that an auction has just been won.

The main problem is when someone uses the quick reply as most of my members do, you don't the message telling them the post has been sent to moderation. The only way i see round this is to allow the member posting it to see it so they are none the wiser or maybe a pop up alert informing them that there post has been sent and will not show until a moderator is available.

Hope someone can help with this soon as it is confusing some of my members.

Thanks in advance.