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[release] Spambot Protection · **Released**: 03-07-2003

Author: filburt1
Description: a powerful, admin CP-integrated set of options to automatically perform actions on users and posts who appear to be flooding your forums with spam. This is a relatively complicated mod to install so read the instructions. Requires PAPI 1.0.8.
Screenshot: attached for admin CP, n/a for actual usage

Read This!
The number of queries that this mod uses is dynamic but execute on every page. If you are not in the Registered usergroup or have turned off the spambot protection, it uses none. If you only monitor spam threads or replies, it uses one query; if you monitor for both, it's two queries.

The query for actually detecting spam is relatively server-intensive. However, if you make the threshold higher, the query gets much more intensive. Choose an intelligent value. Something along the lines of 100 could cripple your server because the query would have to search the entire huge post table before quitting.

So, if you have a large board, configure with intelligence!

This better work for everybody, that's all I can say *yawn*

I do expect people to report bugs to the complexity of the mod so I'll be ready for them...tomorrow.

filburt1 · #32 03-10-2003, 02:25 AM

Please do continue to test things.

Do you think that it's intuitive how a thread counts as a reply as well?

jrotunda85 · #33 03-10-2003, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filburt1

Please do continue to test things.

Do you think that it's intuitive how a thread counts as a reply as well?

What would you do without Guinea Pigs?

I think its cool, I guess looking at it objectively it should count anyway because even though it isn't a "reply" it is a post. So I like the fact that its counting posts not neccesarily replies. Maybe you should change the install deal to make it posts instead of replies? That way it won't throw people off?

filburt1 · #34 03-10-2003, 02:36 AM

True. I don't think it's intuitive myself although I think it should be simple to fix so it doesn't count threads as replies.

jrotunda85 · #35 03-10-2003, 02:39 AM

BTW, I had enabled the e-mail function and this is what I got, it was from "Apache":

Quote:

The user "spammerbot" (http://www.senatesim.com/testvb/memb...info&userid=12) appeared to be spamming Senate Sim Version 3.0. Action according to the spambot protection options is taking place. You should visit your site to ensure that no errors occured in the cleanup process.

filburt1 · #36 03-10-2003, 10:42 AM

It'll be from whatever your server is set up as.

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