Akismet Anti-Spam

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This extension will automatically check new posts against the Akismet spam rulesets and identify spam if it is posted on your site. All spam is set to moderated status until an admin/moderator approves/deletes it.

This setting can be set on a usergroup basis so only certain usergroups are scanned.

I have no affiliation with Akismet, I just know that it catches about 99% of all spam I get on my blogs.

You will need an API key to use this product, but they are free and you can get one immediately at wordpress.com when you sign up.

Installs easily, just upload the included files, and install the product file. NO TEMPLATE EDITS!

You should probably use a promotion strategy outlined here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=18

This will reduce your Akismet usage and not filter your regular users who you are pretty confident will not post SPAM.

A good mod that works with this hack is the "Moderation Queue on FORUMHOME" hack here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=120150

The only other thing you need to do is:

CLICK INSTALL

This modification is FREE of charge, but if you wish to reward me for my work, and encourage future modifications by me, please donate below - :

[mickknutson]

I do not see an option for filtering on my usergroup.

I installed the plugin, and have another user groups I created and created a promotion, but I can not find where to filter user groups.

[Jafo232]

Did you upload all the files?

[mickknutson]

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Did you upload all the files?

There where 2 xml files and 1 php file I uploaded to my forum ROOT folder.

[Jafo232]

Ok, the XML files do not go in your root folder. They go in in the includes/xml folder.

[mrrijo]

i have downloaded and installed this. But how did not find how to run this against current forum. I wanted to clean up posts in my forum which are spammy. Or is there a way i can schedule this to run every day at some time so that it will either delete or move the threads/posts to moderation queue?

[lowlight]

It would be really awesome if we could set it so that it only checks for spam on users with under a certain amount of posts. It looks like VB 3.7 has that OPTION in the control panel, but the rest of the Akismet stuff is missing.

[Josh_1]

Originally Posted by Jafo232

Ok, the XML files do not go in your root folder. They go in in the includes/xml folder.

There is only one xml file, bitfield_ak_spam.xml, and it says "invalid file specified" when installing. Won't work...

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by Josh_1

There is only one xml file, bitfield_ak_spam.xml, and it says "invalid file specified" when installing. Won't work...

Nooo, there are two, you are trying to install the wrong one. Please read the readme.

[Masiello]

Edit: ops, sorry the mistake, vB 3.7.3 PL1 have an askimet antispam integrated

[pj10]

Can someone post a better explanation for installing this mod, like

when you download the mode it has a product-Akisment Anti-Spam.xml file and a folder named upload with ak_spam.php file and folder named includes/xml/bitfield_ak_spam

so i get that you need to upload the bitfield_ak_spam into the includes/xml/ folder on the server.

I am guessing that the ak_spam.php file need to be put on the root of the host www ?

then in the vbulletin admin what do you do from there? please be detailed and leave a click path for each link to get to the right location you need to alter for this mod. t
many many thx