[Urgent] Someone Spamming from My Site

[SwapsRulez]

I want to disable the facility by which user sends the mails to the other peoples in the forum. Someone sending spam mails to all members of my site.
How do i disable it ?

http://www.project-bb.org/index.php?action=emailuser;sa=email;uid=1

The action is generally in this form.

How to disable it. Thanks in advance. I've searched the forum. But haven't got anything.

Please help me.

[SwapsRulez]

Bump!

[SwapsRulez]

Bump!

[SlammedDime]

In the permissions for each membergroup on your board, disable the permission to send topics.

Send topics to friends

[aldo]

I don't think that will do it, they are just plain sending emails to people, not sending topics

[Bulakbol]

That is what a spammer is doing. They start a topic and send the topic to everyone.

[NickC]

I think SwapsRulez means they are clicking the email icon in peoples' profiles and sending them emails that way. You could suggest that members uncheck the "Allow users to email you?" option in their profiles.

[aldo]

I don't get why there is no CAPTCHA for Guests, or just plain, not allow Guests to email users...

[SlammedDime]

He specifically said they were using the emailUser action, which gets it's permission from where I said in my last post.  I don't understand the extra discussion guessing what he wants when he was perfectly clear in his first post.

[SwapsRulez]

Sorry for late reply. Actually i want to disable the email viewing and sending facility to all the members except staff. Means no member will be able to view or send e-mail to other member unless he is moderator or administrator. The spammers are doing a thing, they are sending mails to all members in my board about their site. & they are not sending the topics, but they are sending the mails. How do i disable that mail sending or viewing facility for normal members without telling them to manually hide the mail address ?

@SlammedDime : I've disabled the send topics to friends for normal members, but still it allows them to send e-mails to other members. I'm attaching a screenshot, it will clear your ideas.

[metallica48423]

I reccommend, in security and moderation, checking "Do not reveal contact details of members to guests"

[SwapsRulez]

I reccommend, in security and moderation, checking "Do not reveal contact details of members to guests"

Thanks for looking into my problem. But the option you've given here does not apply to normal members. I want to completely disable that mail sending facility. Is there any option for that or do i need to make some edits ?

[NickC]

You could run an update query in the database to set each individual member's option to not receive emails.

[SwapsRulez]

Thanks NickC, that will run

But is there any option to disable it completely. Otherwise i'll have to run the queries again & again to set the option.

[metallica48423]

there is another option which essentially disables the email system on the same page applying to hiding email addresses.  in this case it makes it user option to show/hide their email address, just like in 1.1.

coupled with the option mentioned above, you can avoid disclosing emails to guests and bots

[SwapsRulez]

I'm totally confused now. Can you tell me what i have to do exactly to sort out this thing ?

[greyknight17]

How about hiding it from everyone except admins? We can remove the email entry completely from the profile and just have it show under their names in the posts they make (show to admins only).

Open up /Themes/default/Display.php:

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if (empty($message['member']['hide_email']))

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if (empty($message['member']['hide_email']) && $context['user']['is_admin'])

Open up /Themes/default/Profile.template.php:

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<td><b>', $txt[69], ': </b></td>

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// Only show the email address if it's not hidden.
if ($context['member']['email_public'])
echo '
<a href="mailto:', $context['member']['email'], '">', $context['member']['email'], '</a>';
// ... Or if the one looking at the profile is an admin they can see it anyway.
elseif (!$context['member']['hide_email'])
echo '
<i><a href="mailto:', $context['member']['email'], '">', $context['member']['email'], '</a></i>';
else
echo '
<i>', $txt[722], '</i>';

[SwapsRulez]

How about hiding it from everyone except admins? We can remove the email entry completely from the profile and just have it show under their names in the posts they make (show to admins only).

Open up /Themes/default/Display.php:

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if (empty($message['member']['hide_email']))

Code (Replace with) Select Expand

if (empty($message['member']['hide_email']) && $context['user']['is_admin'])

Open up /Themes/default/Profile.template.php:

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<td><b>', $txt[69], ': </b></td>

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// Only show the email address if it's not hidden.
if ($context['member']['email_public'])
echo '
<a href="mailto:', $context['member']['email'], '">', $context['member']['email'], '</a>';
// ... Or if the one looking at the profile is an admin they can see it anyway.
elseif (!$context['member']['hide_email'])
echo '
<i><a href="mailto:', $context['member']['email'], '">', $context['member']['email'], '</a></i>';
else
echo '
<i>', $txt[722], '</i>';

Thanks, but someone again spammed from my site. Also i can't find display.php in /Themes/default/

Someone is sending mails to all peoples. Please help me its very much urgent.

[NickC]

If they've already harvested the list, they might not be doing it through your site anymore.

[SwapsRulez]

If they've already harvested the list, they might not be doing it through your site anymore.

They are doing same thing. Not for spamming. But for personal things against my website. My all members reported me this mail. Also i've banned that member. But still there is possibility of further attack.

You want see the mail contents...

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Hello, My pleasure meeting you here in http://www.project-bb.org I am Lauvett by name, nice and fine looking young girl insearch of a friend who really understand the real meaning of love as trust and faith in each other, rather than one who sees love as only a way of fun no, but rather one with nice vission of what the world is all about, so after seeing your contact i decided to contact you for an indication of extablishing a new relationship with you of which i will like you to reply me back via my mail box [email protected] so that i will send you my pics and tells you more about myself Yours Lauvett

Please help me...