Version: 1.00, by Adrian Schneider
Developer Last Online: Nov 2022
Category: Mini Mods -
Version: 3.6.3
Rating:
Released: 11-13-2006
Last Update: 11-13-2006
Installs: 600
Uses Plugins
No support by the author.
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.
It uses the posts counter, which is only updated by approved posts (AFAIK).There should be nearly 0 server impact. It will search the entry (while in memory) for all of your keywords very quickly, and if any are found the post will be marked as requiring moderation, which triggers the standard 'your post will not be visible' message.
Thanks, can anyone tell me where to adjust the redirect delay on the message they'll get:
Quote:
Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.
Mine redirected after only a second and a poster would not have had time to read it.
Is there any way to automaticly notify mods that there are posts/threads awaiting moderation?
Thanks,
Brandon
That's a job for another hack.
Quote:
Originally Posted by goteamsgo
Thanks, can anyone tell me where to adjust the redirect delay on the message they'll get:
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Mine redirected after only a second and a poster would not have had time to read it.
Again, that's a standard vBulletin thing and you should take it up with them.
Hi there. Excellent hack, just what we wanted. However I installed it and ran into a problem. Everyone on the board couldn't post attachments; it said they were over quota even though we don't set quota. Very odd. I turned this mod off, then they could attach again. Any ideas? We're on 3.6.4, I know this mod is for 3.6.3 and perhaps that's the problem? Thanks.
Personaly i just bann http:// and the url commands, I dont see any reason why someone with less that ten posts should be posting links and if he has a legit reason I will allow em through
Great mod! I just switched from a different mod to this one, and I got a couple of questions/enhancements?:
1. a quick edit to a post will allow the restricted post. For example, I make a post, come back and edit it and put in the link (spam part) using the quick reply - it is allowed.
2. quick reply doesn't show the user the 'moderation' message - so it just looks like their post doesn't show up.
Is there any way to get the 'this post has been flagged...' message to stick around for a long time, like 10 seconds? But still leave the regular redirect at the same time (2 or 3 seconds)?