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

[Bluemax712]

Originally Posted by kh99

Hmm...could it be that the forum your thread is in is set to not count posts (in the forum manager, "Count Posts Made in this Forum Towards User Post Counts" set to No)? But that would only be the problem if the user you're posting as didn't have at least 6 posts in some other forum.

I'll take a look at it when I get a chance, there may be a setting when adding a post that will stop it from being moderated (or maybe I'll have to look at Spam-O-Matic to see what it's doing).

Thanks,

Count Posts Made in this Forum Towards User Post Counts was already set to yes

Switched it back to the admin user id=1 and verified spam-o-matic is set to ignore id=1
then created new thread id but still same problem with it being sent to moderation.

[Bluemax712]

I was able to get it working by changing this setting for Spam-O-Matic: AutoModeration URL count
-changed it from the default of 0 to a 1 (or anything higher)

if above is set to 0 the Glowhost log says: "Post put under moderation based on Auto-Moderation URL count"

but can't explain why spam-o-matic is not ignoring this since the Spambot Stopper poster id=1

[puertoblack2003]

since released.The mod blocked well over 3,000 unwanted users.:up:

[Bluemax712]

It's always good to see something like this in the server error logs (from a known spammer IP)

...probably,+registration+failed+%28activation+cod e+was+sent+/+there+are+additional+protection+used+on+forum

[TheSupportForum]

removed other spam bot products, using this one

will install and give some feedback

[kh99]

Thanks for the feedback everybody. Sorry the update's taking so long, but I am still working on it.

Originally Posted by apsrfvb4

It's always good to see something like this in the server error logs (from a known spammer IP)

...probably,+registration+failed+%28activation+cod e+was+sent+/+there+are+additional+protection+used+on+forum

I'm surprised they'd put that much information in a url.

[Bluemax712]

Originally Posted by kh99

Thanks for the feedback everybody. Sorry the update's taking so long, but I am still working on it.




I'm surprised they'd put that much information in a url.

yea I think it came from the evil "Xrumer" prog

[kh99]

Originally Posted by apsrfvb4

yea I think it came from the evil "Xrumer" prog

Hmm, I see. I'm not very familiar with those kinds of apps, I should probably do a little research.

[Bluemax712]

kh99,

Is there a way to add the Q&A answer they may have submitted to the Registration Rejected Email?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by apsrfvb4

kh99,

Is there a way to add the Q&A answer they may have submitted to the Registration Rejected Email?

There will be in the next version. Well, hmm...I need to look at it again before promising. It's easy to log the answer, but I can't remember if I figured out how to log the questions. I wanted that for myself because I like to keep an eye on it.