Anti-Spam Options - Spambot Stopper - Prevent Spambots from Registering

What is it?
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This mod rejects registrations where the form is filled out in less than a minimum time. You can configure one of the following actions to be taken when an automated registration is detected:

- Show a "No Permissions" page
- Display the "Successful Registration" message but without creating an account
- Redirect the user to any URL you choose
- Reload the registration page with an error message of your choosing

You can also provide a list of email addresses to be notified each time a registration is blocked.

Added for version 1.1.1: Time delay enforcer, maximum time option, time limits to cut down on email notifications, posting to a thread.

In the future, I'd like to add some simple logging and statistics, and a summary type of email notification (because people seem to quickly get tired of the single emails).

Note: I coded this myself from scratch, but I would like to acknowledge a couple of previous mods that used this same idea, by users Calorie and noppid, and maybe others. In any case, I believe this one adds some features that the others don't have.

Other advantages: no ads or links, no abuse of update notifications, no disappearing features, no threats to delete the mod (it will never be deleted, at least by me). Also, translations are allowed.

Installation:
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1) If you have "Is Bot", "Stop the Registration Bots", "Spammers Suck!", or another mod that works on registration time, note any admincp settings for that mod then uninstall it.

2) Import the product XML file from the Product Manager.

3) Go to Settings > Options > Spambot Stopper Options and configure the desired settings.

4) IMPORTANT: try to register a new user to make sure that there are no problems with humans registering. If you want, you can also temporarily set the minimum time to a higher value (like 60 seconds) and test to see if the spammer rejection is working.



History:
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1.1.1 (Feb 16, 2013)

• Added timer for enforcing minimum time
• Added maximum registration time limit
• Added time limits for email notifications
• Added posting notificatiosn to a thread

1.0.1 (Feb 01, 2013)

• Fixed bug
• Added check for fake timestamps

1.0 (Jan 31, 2013)

• Initial Release

[Max Taxable]

Such conflict, could it also keep the auto template edits from being accomplished, Kevin?

[markoroots]

I put min. 45 second
a maximum 6 minutes

I think that like this is really good.

[ozzy47]

45 seconds is way to long, I would stick with something around 25.

[ozzy47]

Hey Kevin, how come sometimes the mod reports this for the timer in the post it makes, - Missing or invalid check value ?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Hey Kevin, how come sometimes the mod reports this for the timer in the post it makes, - Missing or invalid check value ?

I don't know, I don't think anyone mentioned that before. I'll look at it when I get a chance.

[ozzy47]

Ok cool, lemme know what ya find out.

[compunerdy]

I have been seeing those as well.

Any chance the E-mail could display the country the IP originates? Would be a quick visual on the ones that do make it through.

[409industries]

Excellent mod. Very simple to install and configure.

Marked as installed.

[apleschu]

Is there a way to get the time the Bot used into the notification? I believe that is another important piece of information, if nothing else to find out if spambot learned to deal with it (at some point in the future this will most likely happen)

[kh99]

It's a little embarrassing, but it's been a while since I've used this myself with notifications turned on, but IIRC the time should be in the email or thread notification. I'm not sure what you mean by "learned to deal with". Do you mean knowing whether you have the cutoff time set correctly? If I understand what others have said here, normally all bots take a very short time.