Spam Decimator Version 1.0.5

First of all, credit for the idea goes to zsdave, with his Spam Killer 3000 hack (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=76503)

That being said, this is a slightly more powerful 3.5 version of that rewritten from scratch.

Features Include:

-Ban a spammer with two clicks.

-Delete all threads by a user (soft or permanent, ACP configurable)

-Delete all posts by a user (again, soft or permanent, choice is yours)

-Permit or deny mod/super mod access through ACP

-Email the spammer saying pretty much haha, caught you sucker (default email can be configured using ACP)

-Email the webmaster informing him/her of the attack

-Option to move all soft deleted threads to a specified forum (for safe keeping in case IP addresses or whatnot are later needed for legal proceedings or whatever)

Most everything here works with vB native functions (i.e. delete_thread, etc.), so forum, thread, and post counters are automatically updated.

Install

Installing is quite simple. Simply upload the included files (three of them, decimator.php, includes/functions_decimator.php, and images/misc/spambutton.gif) preserving hierarchy, do precisely ONE template edit (a copy and paste job if there ever was one ), and import the product file, and voila! you're done and ready to take on any spammer who comes your way.

Other Stuff

**UPDATED!!!

Spam Decimator 2.0.0 is slated for a late June 2008 release, with a features list to follow.\

Spam Decimator 1.5.1 for 3.7.x is posted as a vB 3.7 add on.

Thanks to everyone here at vB.org for being a fine community to be a part of. Thanks to Marco for helping me out in one of the changed variables for 3.5 threads, really helped a lot . Thanks to my staff over at Pigskin Heaven for putting up with me while I was working on this.

That's basically it. Enjoy, and as always, click install

Changes:
1.0.1 - Fixed problems with xml product file, validated for use with vB 3.5 Gold release.

1.0.2 - Fixed mod/super mod access bug as well as fixed templates for non-vB default styles.

1.0.3 - Fixed all known remaining bugs, rewrote email system to properly parse emails using native vB functions.

1.0.4 - Attempted to fix bug I can't find...updated main template.

1.0.5 - Fixed no mod access bug.

-RD

[Freezerator]

I understand, the solution Colin provided worked. Thanks for your reply and good luck with your project you are working on

[styleforum]

Would there be a way to make this only apply to users who signed up in the last x time, or who have less than x posts? Maybe inline code in the template change, so the button only shows up for some users? I can't tell if it's a bug or one of my mods getting drunk but a couple of regular users have been decimated lately and I don't want it happening again.

The decimator definitely works, though!

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by styleforum

Would there be a way to make this only apply to users who signed up in the last x time, or who have less than x posts? Maybe inline code in the template change, so the button only shows up for some users? I can't tell if it's a bug or one of my mods getting drunk but a couple of regular users have been decimated lately and I don't want it happening again.

The decimator definitely works, though!

Alright, shouldn't be too difficult of a template change here...let's see...

Add something to the effect of...

<if condition="$post[posts]<=X">
<!-- decimator postbit code here -->
</if>

Where X is the number of posts you want to disallow decimating at and the comment is the general template edit for Decimator...

-RD

[styleforum]

Seems to work! This should prevent anyone but newbs and spammers from being accidentally decimated. I set it to 15 based on our average spammer's habits. Most of them never get near that far before we catch them.

Thanks!

[OttawaGolf]

Love this mod will it work in 3.6?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by OttawaGolf

Love this mod will it work in 3.6?

Haven't tested it, but it should theoretically work with 3.6 assuming none of the functions it calls have changed...

I should know here within the next couple weeks for certain though. Still need to upgrade my development environment to 3.6.

-RD

[Mouse_cats]

thanks alot but does it work with vb 3.5.4 because i have tried some hacks for old versions and they work with vb3.5.4

[RaidenDAWG2]

Yep, I just never updated the vB version...should work flawlessly with 3.5.4 (at least it does on my install).

-RD

[Yorixz]

I've been using it with vB 3.5.x and 3.6 since the first releases (of both vB and SpamDecimator) and it works flawlessly, it actually seems to work better on 3.6 than on 3.5, but that might also just be the removal of quite some extensions I was using.

The main thing that is still missing is an undo feature, I'm still hoping that will be added anytime soon

[Mouse_cats]

thanks alot i will try it in my vb