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]

Originally Posted by mentalrz

screens?

Hopefully have some by the end of the day. For some reason, my production site's working, but the private test site on the same server isn't...weird...

-RD

[Bubble #5]

Has this been tested on Gold yet?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by Bubble #5

Has this been tested on Gold yet?

Yes and no...I've tried it on my gold installation, but I had a couple of DB/config errors to deal with so...

Also, in the current file, the numbers for super mod and mod groups are switched. For some reason, my old RC1 installation had 5 as super mods and 7 as mods, but RC2 and subsequent versions reversed them.

Again, I'll try to get that running tonight if possible, release a gold certified version.

-RD

[ironlogik]

thanks raiden. im getting db errors too. something to do with arrays. but it does the job, which is weird. it just doesn't completely finish gracefully.

thanks for the hack. saved my ass today from an annoying cross-posting spammer

[ironlogik]

it seems that db error im getting only happens when i check either of the email notify options when doing a spamkill.

[RaidenDAWG2]

Hmm...I'll take a look at that, see if I can't figure out what's going on with it.

I'll probably do a cleaned up release over the weekend. There were certain aspects of the original I wasn't totally happy with, I just haven't gotten a chance to get back to them with school so...hopefully I'll be able to fix everything over the weekend and get a new release out by Monday.

-RD

[RaidenDAWG2]

Fixed xml product file, and validated for use with 3.5 Gold.

-RD

[michaelbenson]

<i>self edited, fixed myself</i>

[ConqSoft]

The SPAM button shows up on PMs also. Does this also delete all PMs the user has sent?

[RaidenDAWG2]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

The SPAM button shows up on PMs also. Does this also delete all PMs the user has sent?

Not yet, although I will be adding that in the next release, which given that I'm no longer going home for the weekend, could come as soon as this weekend at some point (depending on how much studying I actually decide to do for my assembly/computer architecture exam).

-RD