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Re: Spam Problem - 14 years ago

It's also a good idea to log failed logins. Then use fail2ban to block IP addresses that have been trying to hack into accounts.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Spam Problem - 14 years ago

I had this problem a few months ago. I wrote a small module that checks it IP address at httpBL.abuse.ch for known forum spam sources. If there's a hit, the module also syslogs the event and I have fail2ban configured to block the address based on that log entry. The module could use some more work to make it pretty. But it does the job for me.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: New password harassment - 15 years ago

I considered the captcha option and came to the same conclusion you did. Tried re-enabling the lost password feature last night and he started harassing the user he hates most with it again. So, for now, I've left it enabled but I've put in a check for that user. His attempts are syslog'd and fail2ban is watching the log.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: New password harassment - 15 years ago

QuoteMaurice MakaayIsn't it possible to fully block the IP-address that he is coming from via the webserver or firewall configuration? He's using open proxies.

by Rick - Phorum Support

New password harassment - 15 years ago

The latest trick of my disgruntled attacker has been to repeatedly request password resets. For now I have disabled that function. Anybody have a better idea on how to handle this abuse?

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Restricting PM use for new users - 15 years ago

That worked well (although it does annoy some legit users). So now he's banging on login trying to guess passwords. <sigh>

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Restricting PM use for new users - 15 years ago

Thanks, that looks like what I need.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Restricting PM use for new users - 15 years ago

There's a disgruntled person that has created accounts through open proxies and used them to harass my users via PMs. Is there any way to restrict the PM feature for new users?

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Module: Twitter new posts - 16 years ago

This module no longer works. Just got a "timely" notice from Twitter: Starting August 31, all applications will be required to use "OAuth" to access your Twitter account.

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: PostgreSQL - 16 years ago

This is what I have so far. I've been using it for almost a year for two forums.

by Rick - Phorum Development

Re: Naughty user - 16 years ago

Thank you, Joe. I'm trying it now.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Module: BBcode Video - 17 years ago

Just found out the button doesn't do anything at all when using Opera (10.0 for my test). Works fine with Firefox.

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Downloading PM folders - 17 years ago

I have a user that wants to download his PM folder contents before clearing all the old messages. Anyway to easily do this?

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: How to use Forum with PostgreSQL - 17 years ago

I'm current using Postgresql with phorum. It took some work but seems to be quite stable now.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Naughty user - 17 years ago

That's what I thought you'd say ;)

by Rick - Phorum Support

Naughty user - 17 years ago

Is there a way to automatically mark some users' posts as unapproved? I've got one user I'd like to moderate due to his bad habits.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Moving threads - 17 years ago

QuoteMaurice MakaayIt really should appear for admin-only users as well. And it does on another installation of mine.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Module: Embed Images - 17 years ago

This module was working fine for me until I tried a URL like this one: The ampersands got turned into & and the server didn't like it.

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Moving threads - 17 years ago

Never mind. It just didn't show for me as an admin; I had to make myself a moderator.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Moving threads - 17 years ago

Ok, I'm probably just being blind. But I can find a way to move a thread to a different forum.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: Module: Topic Poll - 17 years ago

Seems to work just great now. Thanks for your help, Maurice!

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: Topic Poll - 17 years ago

QuoteMaurice MakaayYou are not running the latest version of Phorum apparently. I was afraid you'd say that. QuoteWe urge you to do so, since this is a release that has several security enhancements. I intend to to that upgrade. Just haven't got to it yet. QuoteI updated the 1.0.12 package from the first message. I changed the code and I think it will now run on Phorum 5.2.10

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: Topic Poll - 17 years ago

I just tried this module but got an error: Tue Jun 09 16:09:50 2009] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function phorum_check_posting_token() in /var/www/html/yosemi tenews/forum/mods/topic_poll/topic_poll.php on line 370, referer:

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: Post Previews - 17 years ago

Ok, I've installed it in both of the 5.2 forums I run. I'll let you know if there are problems.

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Module: Post Previews - 17 years ago

QuoteJoe Curia Ok, I have patched the header.js file. Please upload this new version to the mods/post_previews folder and you should be set. Is this something we all should update?

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: Adding module - 17 years ago

Usually you just unpack the module and put the resulting directory in the mods/ directory. The module should then show up in admin. Make sure you read the module's documentation as there often are other things (e.g. template edits) that have to be done.

by Rick - Phorum Support

Re: PostgreSQL - 17 years ago

QuoteRick Ran into a problem with search today. I'll try to fix it myself. Meanwhile, here's the error page: Phorum Database Error Sorry, a Phorum database error occurred. Please try again later! Error: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type boolean: "%half%" (22P02): SELECT * FROM yose5_messages WHERE status= 2 AND forum_id in (1) AND body ilike ('%half%' AND &

by Rick - Phorum Development

Re: Module: Phorum 3 Link Parser - 17 years ago

This module saved me some work. Thanks!

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons

Re: PostgreSQL - 17 years ago

Ran into a problem with search today. I'll try to fix it myself. Meanwhile, here's the error page: Phorum Database Error Sorry, a Phorum database error occurred. Please try again later! Error: ERROR: invalid input syntax for type boolean: "%half%" (22P02): SELECT * FROM yose5_messages WHERE status= 2 AND forum_id in (1) AND body ilike ('%half%' AND '%dome

by Rick - Phorum Development

Re: Module: User Avatar - 17 years ago

Just a suggestion: setting an expires header (perhaps as an option) would help browsers cache the avatar images. This could be a help for busy servers.

by Rick - v5/v6 Modules/Add-Ons