Anti-Spam Options - Spam Decimator

Description
Handle spam with two fast clicks.

Features
- Ban user
- Delete all forum threads by user (soft or permanent)
- Delete all forum posts by user (soft or permanent)
- Delete all blog comments by user (soft or permanent)
- Delete all blogs by user (soft or permanent)
- Delete all cms comments by user (soft or permanent)
- Move soft deleted threads to specific forum (option)
- Send auto mail to spammer
- Send auto mail to webmaster
- Set maximum posts for display spam button

Install
1.) Upload all files from the "upload" folder to your forum root
2.) Import the product
3.) Done

Update
1.) Upload all files from the "upload" folder to your forum root (override existing files)
2.) Import the product (override the existing)
3.) Done

Changelog


2.0.1
[BUGFIX] - Blog entries deletion

2.0 Beta 2
[UPDATE] - Improved Decimator view (See: Attachment #3)
[FEATURE] - Added checkbox for blog entry deletion
[BUGFIX] - Textarea (send mail to spammer) only visible if setting is on now

2.0 Beta
[UPDATE] - Updated to vBulletin 4.1.5
[UPDATE] - Made full XHTML valid
[UPDATE] - Updated delete_blog_entries() function (for soft and permanent delete)
[UPDATE] - Replaced all hardcoded text with phrases
[UPDATE] - Various changes
[FEATURE] - ON/OFF Setting for send mail to spammer
[BUGFIX] - Fixed wrong forum/thread rebuilding (reported here: #125)

Note
This is only a beta. Update will follow. Please report bugs and issues in this thread.

Credits
Special thanks to RaidenDAWG2, who's written the original addon. He gave me the permission to update & release it here.

[Mulet]

Do I win a prize or kick in the ass?

[Mulet]

See boys a girls, this is why you don't use phpbb3 and then get taken away from your forums by a new job on short notice.

[Fraxter]

Originally Posted by Kzyl-orda

I guess "2.0 Beta 2" is a more updated version of the mod rather then "2.0 Beta", however I find it a bit ambiguos.

Yes, sorry for that. Think it will be more clear if i released the final 2.0.

Originally Posted by Kzyl-orda

Also I can't find the option menu, so I can't choose to wich forum move the deleted posts and neither to hard delete them.

Go to ACP --> vBulletin Settings --> Spam Decimator Settings

Originally Posted by Kzyl-orda

Also I think that the "check IP adress" should only tell moderator if anybody used the same IP adress and then give him the possibility to choose accordingly, giving them some kind of link and not brutally deleting. This may lead to errors. Painful errors.

The "check IP Address" option only tell all users which have the same ip. It takes no action against the other users, only against the choosen one.

Originally Posted by Kzyl-orda

Also I should be able to disable to the moderators the ability to ban// check the same ip adress.
I can't allow moderators to use this mod untill you give us the possibility to limit the "check same IP adress", in some enviroments is a too risky option, you know how are customers...

If you need it, i can implement an on/off option for that feature in the next release.

Originally Posted by Kzyl-orda

To give you some examples:
-People in China who live in a big many-family-one-house
-Students at university
-People at work
-Internet caf?s
-Hostels, dormitories.
As you see it's not so hard to find you people that match the same IP while registering and in that precise moment, and maybe just one of them is a spammer, not everybody is so luck to have a private internet connection at home.

Yeah, i fully understand what you mean. That's the reason why this option has only the job to show the users, not ban/delete anything.

[Kzyl-orda]

Originally Posted by Fraxter

Yeah, i fully understand what you mean. That's the reason why this option has only the job to show the users, not ban/delete anything.

I misunderstood its use then, you may wisely describe this for the new users to come.

Originally Posted by Fraxter

Go to ACP --> vBulletin Settings --> Spam Decimator Settings

Found thanks, you may also want to add this too in this page mod description.

Originally Posted by Fraxter

If you need it, i can implement an on/off option for that feature in the next release.

No, I said this while misunderstanding how the mod works, it's fine like that.

Thanks for your help

[datoneer]

Amazing MOD. Installed, nominated for MOTM. Thank you so much for this!

[Hostboard]

Post #36 really really needs to be implemented replacing the current SPAM link. Spammers that don't touch the forums can't be decimated

[phdev]

Can I use this to scan for spam and mass delete spam?

[Fraxter]

Originally Posted by phdev

Can I use this to scan for spam and mass delete spam?

Scanning: No.
Mass delete: yes

[cayne]

I got a question, I want all threads/posts to be moved into a specific forum, I see there's an option to do that:

- Move Threads to Specified Forum? - Yes
- Which forum shall be used as the "junk" forum (i.e. what forum threads are moved to if Move To Forum? is enabled)?

I enabled this option, but when I use the mod it doesn't seem to "move" the thread to the specific forum, but deletes it completely. I've tested it with a user and a post of myself, but wasn't able to find the thread or my reply in the thread, which was created by a user I used this mod on.

(The id, is the number at the end of the url, when I click on the forum, right?!)

Besides that, great mod, def. going to use it!

[amin]

Hi

I kind like this Mod at beging but on private message there is an icon you can spam any user! one if my moderator spammed himself!!!!
sorry I have to uninstall it until this bug get fixed