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About Developer · **Released**: 06-25-2005

There's also a vB 3.5 version: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=83486

vBouncer is a handy tool for busy forums (or those that do not require email verification) to control the amounts of bogus emails sent from and to your server. This was initially released for vB 2.x and vB 3.0.x as a Perl script, and is now fully integrated with vB as scheduled tasks with admin panel control.

What vBouncer does: vBouncer monitors your mail spool file, and identifies members responsible for large amounts of bounced emails. It then issues a PM warning, and when the unsubscribe threshold is met, it will will unsubscribe them for all threads, and sets them to the "no email" subscription level.

After a couple of runs, this should significantly reduce your server load.

Features:
Manual or auto processing option
Collect logs via IMAP/POP or mail spool file
Uses vB's cron files (Scheduled tasks)
Custom filters to match patterns in bounced emails
Encryption header to authenticate bounces.
Stats on members with bouncing emails, and error codes
Tuning options
Verbose cron logs for diagnostics
Option to send PM warning prior to reaching the limit
Option to send PM notifications after reaching the limit
Option to change the member's subscription default
Option to all thread subscriptions to "no email"
Option to all forum subscriptions to "no email"
Option to move offenders to a different primary usergroup
Option to process 5.0.0/550 errors (email unknown) upon a single email, isntead of observing the bounce limit

Installation:
1. Extract the files into the corresponding directories (admincp => admincp, includes/cron => includes/cron)
2. Run the installation script in the admincp
3. Fill out the settings menu in the vBouncer section of the admin panel (see the how-to post below)
4. Edit includes/mail.php
Find:

PHP Code:


			
if ($minusf)

        {

            $this->success = @mail($toemail, $subject, $message, trim($headers), "-f $fromemail");

        }

        else

        {

            $this->success = @mail($toemail, $subject, $message, trim($headers));

        }

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
global $vboptions;

                if (is_valid_email($vboptions['vbouncer_spool_account'])) {

                        if ($vboptions['vbouncer_header_return_key'])

                                $headers .= 'X-Return-ID: ' . md5($vboptions['vbouncer_header_return_key'] . $toemail) . "\n";

                        $this->success = @mail($toemail, $subject, $message, trim($headers), '-f' . $vboptions['vbouncer_spool_account']);

                }

                else

                        $this->success = @mail($toemail, $subject, $message, trim($headers), "-f $fromemail");

In admincp/index.php, find:

PHP Code:


			
                                  if (can_administer('canadmincron'))

Add before::

PHP Code:


			
                          if (can_administer('canadmincron'))

    {

        construct_nav_option('vBouncer Settings', 'options.php?do=options&dogroup=vBouncer', '|');

        construct_nav_option('Stats', 'vbouncer.php?do=stats', '<br />' );

        construct_nav_option('Diagnostics', 'vbouncer.php?do=diag', '<br />');

        construct_nav_group('vBouncer');

    }

5. Once ready, add the cron scripts to your scheduled tasks: vbouncer-collect.php (should be run daily, or more frequently) and vbouncer-clean.php (weekly, equal to Bounce limit period)

Change log:

- July 11, 2005 v1.2 Bug fix for some server/PHP setups; resolve aliases for return keys, otherwise some aliases would be considered forged.

- July 5, 2005 v1.1 Bug fix in standard report pattern matching

- July 4, 2005 v1.0 Added encrypted header for authentication (suggested by Paul M).

- July 3, 2005 v0.9.1 added fixed a bug preventing IMAP/POP log collection.

- July 2, 2005 v0.9 added IMAP/POP option and custom filters file vbouncer.ini

- June 27, 2005 v0.51 for 3.0.7 Corrected installer file.

- June 27, 2005 v0.5 for 3.0.7 Add setting for custom header strings.

- June 26, 2005 v0.2 for 3.0.7 Initial release No changes, just removed the plugin

Screenshots from 3.5 beta, but it looks the same on 3.0.7...

Eagle Creek · #**112** 08-23-2005, 02:47 PM

Is there a 3.5?

tamarian · #**113** 08-23-2005, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagle Creek

Is there a 3.5?

Yes, click on my profile and it should be linked there.

Eagle Creek · #**114** 08-23-2005, 03:04 PM

Thx dude!!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=83486

gbechtel · #**115** 08-29-2005, 03:11 AM

When trying to run vbouncer-clean.php via the Scheduled Task Manager I get the following....

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL: DELETE FROM vb3_vbouncer WHERE vbouncer.dateline < 1124683668
mysql error: Unknown table 'vbouncer' in where clause

mysql error number: 1109

Can someone point me in the right direction on what to edit to cure this?

Thanks,
Gil

tamarian · #**116** 08-29-2005, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbechtel

When trying to run vbouncer-clean.php via the Scheduled Task Manager I get the following....

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.8:

Invalid SQL: DELETE FROM vb3_vbouncer WHERE vbouncer.dateline < 1124683668
mysql error: Unknown table 'vbouncer' in where clause

mysql error number: 1109

Can someone point me in the right direction on what to edit to cure this?

Thanks,
Gil

In vbouncer-clean.php find:

PHP Code:


			
$DB_site->query("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "vbouncer WHERE vbouncer.dateline < $TestPeriod");

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
$DB_site->query("DELETE FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "vbouncer WHERE  dateline < $TestPeriod");

gbechtel · #**117** 08-29-2005, 04:06 AM

Thank you that did the trick...

Gil

Devices · #**118** 09-15-2005, 08:38 PM

Hi

This is a great hack. Thanks for your good work

It all seemed to install ok and it does catch a few but most bounces are not caught. I expect i just need the definitons to go in the .inc file. So if some kind soul could help me out here is one that is not picked up.

Code:

X-Kaspersky: Checked 
Date:     Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:47:39 +0100
Message-Id: <10509150747.AA78381076@domain.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
From:     "Postmaster" <postmaster@domain.com>
Sender:   <postmaster@domain.com>
To:       <admin@domain.com>
Subject:  Undeliverable Mail
X-Mailer: <SMTP32 v8.00>
Status: U
X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 0 1 P32Z4HA0.CNM                        

undeliverable to username@myforums.com

Original message follows.

Received: from server [IP ADDRESS] by domain.com
  (SMTPD32-8.00) id AB25620110; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:23:33 +0100
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 03:23:30 +0000
Subject: Reply to post
To: username@myforums.com
From: "My Forums" <support@myforums.com>
Return-Path: support@myforums.com
Message-ID: <200509150228.fd8e26864301@myforums.com>
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: vBulletin Mail via PHP
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Return-ID: [deleted ;o)]
X-Declude-Sender: admin@myforums.com [IP ADDRESS]
X-Note: This E-mail was scanned for spam.

If that what is needed i can post the others too.

Thank you.

tamarian · #**119** 09-15-2005, 09:04 PM

First, delete this line from your post "X-Return-ID:" No big deal, but you never know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devices

It all seemed to install ok and it does catch a few but most bounces are not caught. I expect i just need the definitons to go in the .inc file. So if some kind soul could help me out here is one that is not picked up.

Add this to the end of vbouncer.inc

Code:

[case_5]
email_regex = "undeliverable to /<(\S+@\S+)>/mis";
apply_email_regex_on_body = yes;
email_append_host = no;
email_append_host_regex = "";
apply_append_regex_on_body = yes;
consider_as_5_0_0_regex = "/This is a permanent error/mis";
consider_as_550_regex = "/(user unknown|said: 550|unknown recipient|domain not found|mailbox not found|Mailbox unavailable|invalid recipient)/mis";
forged_if_no_return_id = yes;

Devices · #**120** 09-15-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamarian

First, delete this line from your post "X-Return-ID:" No big deal, but you never know.

Add this to the end of vbouncer.inc

Code:

[case_5]
email_regex = "^undeliverable to /<(\S+@\S+)>/mis";
apply_email_regex_on_body = yes;
email_append_host = no;
email_append_host_regex = "";
apply_append_regex_on_body = yes;
consider_as_5_0_0_regex = "/This is a permanent error/mis";
consider_as_550_regex = "/(user unknown|said: 550|unknown recipient|domain not found|mailbox not found|Mailbox unavailable|invalid recipient)/mis";
forged_if_no_return_id = yes;

Thank you for the fast reply.

I just added that and i got this error

Code:

Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found in \includes\cron\vbouncer-collect.php on line 103

tamarian · #**121** 09-15-2005, 10:03 PM

Try it again, I edited out the ^

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