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]

1.5.1 has been posted as a vB 3.7 add on. I've reuploaded the old 1.0.5 code here for anyone using other versions.

[Smitty]

Any word on the 2.0 update? Will it still happen?

[ablaye]

Just installed this mod on my brand new Health Forum. I love it. Will make the job of moderating the forum much more easier.

[Venturer X]

This is the most amazing mod ever, I had a spammer spam me for 568 threads.

2 Clicks = Threads...GONE
2 Clicks = Spammer...GONE
2 Clicks = 1 Less Fail

[W1zzard]

Originally Posted by Venturer X

This is the most amazing mod ever, I had a spammer spam me for 568 threads.

2 Clicks = Threads...GONE
2 Clicks = Spammer...GONE
2 Clicks = 1 Less Fail

until you click that button on someone with 568 legitimate posts

[Smitty]

Well, a 'Requestor' box does come up when you click on the spam button in the post. That always prompts me to double check what I'm doing. I've been using this for a long time and have never had a problem. There are a couple bugs but my moderators and I like it a lot. I have never even used the one that's now built into vB.

I wish this mod had not been abandoned. I'm using the one in https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=183244 now on 3.8.2.