Module: StopForumSpam

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stopforumspam-0.3.zip	8.9 KB	open | download	Thomas Seifert	10/27/2016	Read message

This module allows to check registrations against the stopforumspam.com database.
It allows to select which one of the 3 checks (ip, username, email) should be run and blocks or unapproves a user which fails the given check(s).

Changelog:
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2016/10/27 version 0.3 by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann <oliver@riesen.org>
- Added german translation.
- info.txt and README extended.

2012/01/10 version 0.2 by Skye Nott <skye@f4.ca>
- Renamed lang/en.php to lang/english.php.
- Changed default to check IP and email (those seem to get the best result).
- Added new "force_generic" option to show less helpful message. I do not want
  spammers to get any hint as to why they are being blocked (e.g. many spammers
  have a pool of IPs to use).
- Added new "freq_min" option for finer control over blocking threshold. All
  checked fields frequency is added, if it is above this score it's considered
  spammy. Use value 1 for maximum blocking (like version 0.1).
- Fixed duplicate "check_email" URL arg which was supposed to be
  check_username.

2011/11/28 version 0.1 by Thomas Seifert <thomas@phorum.org>
- Initial release.

ToDo's include:

• option to send a given user as a spammer to stopforumspam.com (the only point where the apikey is really needed otherwise it can be filled with random characters)
• ... your ideas?

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Thomas Seifert



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2016 04:08AM by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann.

Thank you!!! I just started working on this today, I'm glad to see you beat me to it.... I'm quite the slowpoke.

I've actually been running stopforumspam lookups in a module for some other software for a few months now, it works quite well.
Just didn't get around to making it a module. I have two Phorum installations that need this really bad, I had to completely close registrations on one.

Thanks again

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Skye Nott
Corvus Digital



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2011 10:50PM by Skye.

I'm developing the module further, what is the best way to contribute changes? Attach a patch diff in this thread?

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Skye Nott
Corvus Digital

Yeah, that would be great. Or send them to me personally, I'll add them either way.

Btw. how did you post this message, anything special about it? I got it as unapproved, maybe from spamhurdles, thats why I'm asking.

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Thomas Seifert



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2011 01:37AM by Thomas Seifert.

I'm not sure why my post was held for moderation; I have had this thread open in a tab for a few days, that's the only thing I can think of (stale auth cookie?)

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Skye Nott
Corvus Digital

Here's my patches. I'm running version 5.2.15a

[pastebin.com]

1. Renamed lang/en.php to lang/english.php
2. Changed default to check IP and email (those seem to get the best result)
3. Added new "force_generic" option to show less helpful message. I do not want spammers to get any hint as to why they are being blocked (eg many spammers have a pool of IPs to use)
4. Added new "freq_min" option for finer control over blocking threshold. All checked fields frequency is added, if it is above this score it's considered spammy. Use value 1 for maximum blocking (like v0.1)
5. Fixed duplicate "check_email" URL arg which was supposed to be check_username

When checking by IP, some web proxies like *.proxy.aol.com will cause a bunch of false positives, I recommend setting the score to >= 5 or even 10 if false positives are more important than the occasional spammer getting in.

Hopefully this won't be held for moderation again....

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Skye Nott
Corvus Digital

stale spamhurdles post form data probably ;)

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Thomas Seifert

Thanks for the patches. I'll try to review and release them in the next couple of days.

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Thomas Seifert

New release uploaded with skye's changes.

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Thomas Seifert

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Thomas Seifert
Btw. how did you post this message, anything special about it? I got it as unapproved, maybe from spamhurdles, thats why I'm asking.

That's a good hunch. I use the module "Moderated User Groups" to keep newbies in moderation, but sometimes an unmoderated users post will get held in queue. Then, the other night I fell asleep typing a message, and finished it in the morning and clicked Submit - and then MY post was labeled an Unapproved Message - and I'm the administrator (LOL!).

I'm running Spam Hurdles too, and now I think I am onto the problem.

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Robert Angle
Phorum lover, nothing more.
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