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

[RaidenDAWG2]

Quick update...working on 2.0, slating it for a mid-December release.

Once I finish up my finals for the semester, I should have plenty o' time to fix the problems you guys have found (as well as add new features).

-RD

[lukemax]

I tested this function out, I went to another, created a user (test) and made a post, then I went to my main computer, logged in as Administrator, open the post, clicked on the spam button, on the next pace, when I clicked the decimate button Iget this error?

Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
Called set_existing in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/includes/functions_databuild.php on line 164
Called build_forum_counters in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/includes/functions_decimator.php on line 107
Called move_spam_threads in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/decimator.php on line 176
in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235
Am I missing something?

[mossy710]

Hey, really nice mod, I have used it before on another forum and want to use it on my own. However when I follow all the install steps, I cannot see the spam button on any posts. I checked the templete edit many times, still nothing. :/

This is my postbit templete:

<div style="margin-top: 10px" align="$stylevar[right]">
<!-- controls -->

<if condition="!in_array($post[usergroupid], array(5,6,7))">
<if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7))">
<a href="#" onclick="window.open('decimator.php?userid=$post[userid]
&amp;threadid=$post[threadid]&amp;postid=$post[postid]','spam_decimator'
,'statusbar=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars =yes,resizable=yes,width=800,
height=600'); return false;"><img src="images/misc/spambutton.gif" alt="Spam Kill"
border="0"></a></if></if>

<if condition="$post['editlink']">
<img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by lukemax

I tested this function out, I went to another, created a user (test) and made a post, then I went to my main computer, logged in as Administrator, open the post, clicked on the spam button, on the next pace, when I clicked the decimate button Iget this error?

Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
Called set_existing in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/includes/functions_databuild.php on line 164
Called build_forum_counters in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/includes/functions_decimator.php on line 107
Called move_spam_threads in /home/lukemax/public_html/forum/decimator.php on line 176
in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235
Am I missing something?

If you're missing something, then I and everyone else who's had that problem is missing something

All joking aside...yeah, no idea what's causing that, but the new version (should be finished by the weekend if my idea of crawling into a hole tomorrow due to the Buckeyes embarrassing performance tonight holds out) should fix it.

Originally Posted by mossy710

Hey, really nice mod, I have used it before on another forum and want to use it on my own. However when I follow all the install steps, I cannot see the spam button on any posts. I checked the templete edit many times, still nothing. :/

This is my postbit templete:

That should work, the only thing I can think of is maaaybe your usergroups aren't the default numbers. Check your mods, admins, and supers, if their usergroup numbers aren't 5,6, and 7, just edit the array(5,6,7) to array(your usergroups here comma separated) and make the appropriate changes in the settings in the vB settings.

To recap, new version hopefully this weekend. Hope to have it ready for testing tomorrow.

-RD

[mossy710]

I checked them and they are 5,6, and 7 :/

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by mossy710

I checked them and they are 5,6, and 7 :/

Stupid question then...did you upload the entire package to the server (i.e. the image and the files)?

[lukemax]

thanks

[mossy710]

Originally Posted by RaidenDAWG2

Stupid question then...did you upload the entire package to the server (i.e. the image and the files)?

its all there :/

[styleforum]

Hey, I've been using this a while and it's great. Just now setting it up on 3.6.4 which I've just upgraded to, not sure if it will work yet, but I wanted to ask:

Is there some way to keep the spam button from showing up on users with at least X posts? Most spammers we kill off have only ~20 posts max, so I set up a conditional:

<!-- spam decimator -->
<if condition="$post[posts]<=80">
                <if condition="!in_array($post[usergroupid], array(5,6,7))"><if condition="in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7))"><a href="#" onclick="window.open('decimator.php?userid=$post[userid]&amp;threadid=$post[threadid]&amp;postid=$post[postid]','spam_decimator','statusbar=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=600'); return false;"><img src="images/smilies/spam[1].gif" alt="Spam Kill" border="0"></a></if></if></if></if>
<!-- / spam decimator -->

But there is a problem - the spam button shows up on people with under 80 posts, and also on people with over 1000 or so. I'd rather not have the chance that one of our 1000+ posters would get accidentally decimated by a drunk mod, because it would be a serious pain to fix. Is there a good way to do this so the button only shows up below X posts?

Thanks for all your work writing this, it's saved us a ton of time.

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by styleforum

Just now setting it up on 3.6.4 which I've just upgraded to, not sure if it will work yet

So did you ever find out if it works on 3.6.4?



We keep getting this error message:

Fatal error: Existing data passed is not an array
Called set_existing in /home/domain/public_html/forum/includes/functions_databuild.php on line 165
Called build_forum_counters in /home/domain/public_html/forum/includes/functions_decimator.php on line 107
Called move_spam_threads in /home/domain/public_html/forum/decimator.php on line 176
in /includes/class_dm.php on line 235