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Restrict Private Messages to Public if not Enough Posts · **Released**: 01-26-2010

This is a very small mod which will prevent users from sending private messages to anyone except the designated staff group (like admin) if they are below a certain threshold of post count.

Recently I've had two spam attacks in quick succession made via PM to dozens of my users in my community from spammers who verified their email address and didn't bother posting. Those are very annoying to find and clean up via the database, so better to stop it at the source.

There are two settings in the Private Messaging options section, one is the minimum post count needed to have free use of the private message system, and second is the sole usergroup they can contact via private message if they do not meet that minimum. For example, someone might not be able to post due to some technical issue, but still needs to tell the staff about it somehow! Besides, my particular spammers made sure they did not target any staff members...

I made this in about ten minutes to solve my own spam issue, so I will most likely not expand on it, but I will help with whatever minuscule support might be required.

edit: thank you similar threads for finding pretty much the same mod from a couple vb versions ago! I tried searching before I began but didnt find anything in the first few pages. Oh well, mine's slightly more straight-forward internally

Black Tiger · #12 02-01-2010, 09:02 PM

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The settings are in the private message settings for vbulletin. Theres just two.

Is it perhaps these ones?
Minimum Posts to Message Public
and
Valid Recipient Usergroup When Restricted

If yes... maybe the second one could be changed because it's better if one can define usergroups. That way, the users can write to Admins and also to mods and/or supermods.
The way it is now if you choose supermods, they can't write to Admins, which is a pity.

AndrewRich · #13 02-02-2010, 02:04 AM

INSTALLED on mousepad.mouseplanet.com. Thanks!

accludetuner · #14 02-16-2010, 04:36 AM

Perfect! Thank you!

brute4c · #15 02-16-2010, 10:40 AM

THANK YOU!! Installed at m715zone.com

Anything to get rid of these jerks.

Darkwaltz4 · #16 02-18-2010, 06:30 PM

youre welcome guys

Selespeed · #17 04-16-2010, 10:29 PM

Love it, thanks! All I need now is way to prune the spammer's PMs

BeefyBeefo · #18 04-28-2010, 01:24 AM

**Installed**

Thanks so much! It works great!!

Alecsmith · #19 04-28-2010, 05:34 AM

Install thanks

me too facing similar problem few spammer sending spam online scanner mail to my forum members.

Darkwaltz4 · #20 04-29-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Selespeed

Love it, thanks! All I need now is way to prune the spammer's PMs

actually, if you go to that user's profile in admincp, there is a command in that big dropdown to delete all PMs!

Black Tiger · #21 04-29-2010, 06:56 PM

There is also a nice mod with inline moderation for that so you don't need to go to the admincp to clean these users and their posts.
One touch Spam Ban and Cleanup
I've got it installed together with Darkwaltz4's mod, works great against spammers.

To remove their pm's you still have to go to the ACP.

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