Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Add Anti-spam links to "New User" Admin email

This is modified from a suggestion by Feldon23 at vBulletin.com dated August 15, 2009. It is especially useful for vBulletin forums requiring Admin validation of new accounts.

1. Go to Admin CP | Languages & Phrases | Search in Phrases
   
   
2. Find: Varname $vbphrase[newuser], Text "There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]"
   
   
3. Click on Edit this phrase
   
   
4. Translation for 3.8.x and 4.x prior to 4.1.4:
   
   

   There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]
   
   View Profile: $vboptions[bburl]/member.php?u=$userid
   
   Check IP location in Melissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$ipaddress
   
   Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$email
   Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$username
   Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$ipaddress
   
   Delete this User: $vboptions[bburl]/admincp/user.php?do=remove&u=$userid
   Ban this user: $vboptions[bburl]/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=$userid 
   
   Email Address : $email
   Birthday : $birthday
   Referrer: $referrer
   IP Address: $ipaddress
   
   $customfields

   Version for 4.1.4 and up
   
   

   There is a new user, $username at $vboptions[bbtitle]
   
   View member profile: $memberlink
   
   Check IP location in Melissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$ipaddress
   
   Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$email
   Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$username
   Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$ipaddress
   
   Delete this User: $vboptions[bburl]/admincp/user.php?do=remove&u=$userid
   Ban this user: $vboptions[bburl]/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=$userid
   
   Email Address : $email
   Birthday : $birthday
   Referrer: $referrer
   IP Address: $ipaddress
   
   $customfields

5. Click on Save

v1.01 Added option to ban user if desired, instead of deleting. Tested on 3.8.4 PL1. Works for me.

v1.02 Added links for IP check. Tested up to 4.1.4

[BlackJacket]

Thanks for the Mod. Will try out when i get home.

[VB1r@n]

i will try it later ! but i click installed

[BSMedia]

Great little adjustment to check if the account is a spammer!

Nice idea and thanks for the implmentation

[princeedward]

great and useful...thanks and gonna try this one...:up:

[Cmangum]

Thanks so much for this mod, it has made my life much easier

[Leo Brazil]

This is a nice and simple idea.

But instead of using and remove user, why not ban it ? In my opinion it would be better to include it in your ban list and not simply remove it. Otherwise Spammer will be able to try to register again.

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Leo Brazil

This is a nice and simple idea.

But instead of using and remove user, why not ban it ? In my opinion it would be better to include it in your ban list and not simply remove it. Otherwise Spammer will be able to try to register again.

I suppose you could do that. I prefer to minimize database size by deleting such accounts. If they are persistent, then I ban them but usually it's not necessary.

[djbaxter]

Try adding this line to the notification translation:

Ban this user: $vboptions[bburl]/modcp/banning.php?do=banuser&u=$userid

I haven't tried it yet but I think it should work.

[sphinx]

installed and nominated great addition