Moderators Functions - Spam Decimator

This is an updated version of my previous extension, Spam Decimator 1.0.x. This is for vB versions 3.7.0 and up. It may work with 3.6.8PL2 and up, but I cannot confirm this.

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)

-NEW! Delete any spam comments and log them as well.

-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 and import the product file, and voila! you're done and ready to take on any spammer who comes your way.

***NOTE: if template hooks do not work for you, see the install file included in the package for instructions.

Other Stuff

**UPDATED!!!

Tested and functioning with vBulletin 3.7.1. I make no guarantees about compatibility with other versions.

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

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.

1.5.0 - Added post count limit to be decimatable, added plugin to control display of Decimator button. Fixed minor issues, rewrote several functions for improved performance.

1.5.1 - Fixed bugs, added vBulletin blog comment compatibility.

-RD

[Sushubh]

arrived here hoping to see it updated for vb4 as well.

[AlBDJ-Net]

Nice mod ..Thx..Installed

[carrlos]

4.0?????????????

[Sean James]

Originally Posted by carrlos

4.0?????????????

vB4 comes with most of this default, only just realised last week.

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[Spinball]

Can I report a bug please?
If you decimate a spammer and one of their posts in a thread gets soft deleted, if it's the last post in a forum, in the FORUMDISPLAY view, the post is still displayed.
The first attachment shows the post deleted at the bottom of the thread.
The second attachment shows the post still visible on the forum display. This is as viewed by people without permissions to see that post.

Originally Posted by Griffin80

vB4 comes with most of this default, only just realised last week.
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This functionality is actually in later versions of 3.8, but it doesn't do as much as the spam decimator. It doesn't send the spammers an email, for example, which is something we take great satisfaction in doing.

[Sushubh]

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

[Spinball]

Originally Posted by Sushubh

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

Roll back to vBulletin 3 then. It has hundreds fewer bugs and is more efficient with the database. Why anyone is downgrading to vB4 is beyond me.

[Sushubh]

hehehe... i thought about doing that. but in the end... if i have to continue using vb i would have to update to v4 eventually.

if vb4 does not get any better than vb3.x.x in the coming months (or a year or two)... i would probably think about changing the platform once again.

i moved to vb from ipb... won't mind doing it all over again... for now i am pretty disappointed with what i did not get from vb4.

[Sean James]

Originally Posted by Sushubh

vb4 still requires multiple clicks and page updates to clean up the mess. and if the spammer has posted 50 posts... you have to take more steps. i miss this plugin in vb4...

There is the option to delete all posts by user.

I had a spammer post about 15 posts on my board and i removed him and banned him in about 10 seconds.

[Sushubh]

the problem is magnified if spammer has posted more than 50 posts.