Version: 1.1.0.2, by y2ksw
Developer Last Online: Feb 2023
Version: 3.5.4
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Released: 06-25-2006
Last Update: 01-02-2007
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This little product/plugin disallows automatic sending of spam through the Contact Us page.
Notes to version 1.1.0.0
Due to an almost personal battle against some spammers - intended as: high spam update rate, specially in the weekends when both me and spammers have nothing to do - I added an option to check the allowed number of hyperlinks in the message body, which makes this spam filter a little more intelligent.
The default number of allowed links is set to 12, which appears to be the lower limit from the latest research.
For customizing the message and the number of allowed hyperlinks, an option interface was added, which appears right below the vBulletin Options list - Site Name / URL / Contact Details, as 'Contact Us' Spam Filter Settings.
Version History
1.1.0.2 Additional recognition strings (repetitive 'http://')
1.1.0.1 FIX: Hyperlinks count bug.
1.1.0.0 Additional recognition strings; check of allowed number of hyperlinks in the message body; options interface
Install went just fine, and product showed up in the AdminCP panel. Yet, when I try sending a msg via the contact form it just goes right on thru as normal.
Any ideas? At first I was logged in as Admin and I thought maybe that was it, but then tried just as a regular registered user. Still, msgs came right on thru.
BTW, the default was 12 which I set back to only 1. In my msgs I tried sending 2 or 3 LINKS, and as I said they posted just fine for some reason.
What if you don't want even a SINGLE link to be able to be posted? Is that possible? It says "Please type '0' for no limit" in the AdminCP, but nothing about how to stop ALL links. Just curious.
The default number of allowed links is set to 12, which appears to be the lower limit from the latest research.
Are you saying the average spam email has 12 LINKs embedded into it?? :surprised: I often get some that has NO LINKS, just a graphic image that says Do not click, type in your browser www.xxxxxxx.com
Are you saying the average spam email has 12 LINKs embedded into it?? :surprised: I often get some that has NO LINKS, just a graphic image that says Do not click, type in your browser www.xxxxxxx.com
Ok, some spam will pass, but most of them are not. The spam kind of no link id sthe most difficult one because usually inserted manually - the spammers study us At the moment, this kind of spam is not considered because sooner or later they will give up.
To be links considered as valid links, they must include a number of href="x", or else it won't work. Since my contacts box has been completely abbandoned from spammers after installing this plugin I think this issue is only theorically present. However if you experience heavy spam of a kind, please paste me such a message in a PM and I'll see what I can do.
Can you please attach here a full spam email message (incl. headers) which isn't going to be filtered by this plugin?
Please note, it is going to filter only the typical link list pasted from spambots, not other spam. However through the settings you may define how many links may be pasted into a message before it gets rejected.
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09-23-2006, 07:49 PM
At the moment, this kind of spam is not considered because sooner or later they will give up.
