Stop Forum Spam

[lisaf01]

Hi, I've been running this mod on my forum for a few months and it's helped a lot. However, in the last couple of weeks it just stopped working and I am getting about 30 spam registrants a day now. When I check their IPs and/or email addresses in SFS, they are listed there, but they are being allowed to go ahead and register on my forum.

When a spammer registers and you see that it is listed, what is the time that it has been added to SFS? It might be possible that this spammer has been added in the time between its registration and your visit to SFS. I've noticed this to several times. There are thousands of forums and you'll have to understand that there HAVE TO BE forums on which a spammer can register before his details can be reported to SFS. So in some cases you might be one of the (un)lucky ones...

Nope, Just deleted another 24 spam users, most of whom had been in the SFS list for several weeks.
Anyone got any other ideas or ways I can stop this problem? I don't have time to delete this many users twice a day.

[Kindred]

one thing is -- if they get shunted into the SFS "possible spammer" check list, then they can't post on your forum. There's no rush to delete them (I handle it once a week at this point)

[lisaf01]

one thing is -- if they get shunted into the SFS "possible spammer" check list, then they can't post on your forum. There's no rush to delete them (I handle it once a week at this point)

How do I know if that's happened?

[Bob Mueller]

If they're listed at Members Awaiting Approval (yourdomain.com/forumdirectory/admin/?area=viewmembers;sa=browse;type=approve), then they can't post until you approve them, even if they have all yellow flags on their entries.

[lisaf01]

I don't have the forum set up to approve all members, I allow self-activation and some of these spam users are self-activating, and I don't know what you mean about yellow flags against their entries, I don't see yellow flags anywhere.

I need to stop as many of these people from registering in the first place so that they do not clog up my forum and waste my time. This mod used to work, now it doesn't. Can anyone help with this, or suggest another mod that does work so I can stop this problem once and for all please?

Running 1.1.12

[MarkRH]

Running this on my 2.0 Final forum.  I uncovered something related to this mod that causes errors in the error log. When I use the search option for Task/Setting from the Administration Center, it complains about the following indexes not being set:

setting_sfs_enabled
setting_sfs_enabled_desc
setting_sfs_ipcheck
setting_sfs_ipcheck_desc
setting_sfs_usernamecheck
setting_sfs_usernamecheck_desc

I think the reason is that when it searches for the settings, your custom language file is never loaded to set the values. If I copy them into default/languages/Modifications.english.php then I get no errors.

Anyway, thought you'd like to know.

[fractal_moonshine]

First-time user, new to SMF as well. I recently upgraded a forum installed by someone else to SMF 2.0. Tonight, I chose to install SFP. I followed the instructions for manual installation. Then I enabled SFP via Admin > Registration > Settings. I'm still not sure whether I installed it correctly. What do I do with these other files: package-info.xml, StopForumSpam2.xml, StopForumSpam.xml, and redirect.txt? Thank you.

[MarkRH]

First-time user, new to SMF as well. I recently upgraded a forum installed by someone else to SMF 2.0. Tonight, I chose to install SFP. I followed the instructions for manual installation. Then I enabled SFP via Admin > Registration > Settings. I'm still not sure whether I installed it correctly. What do I do with these other files: package-info.xml, StopForumSpam2.xml, StopForumSpam.xml, and redirect.txt? Thank you.

Those files are only used for the automated installation process as they instruct the installer what files/code to look for and modify.  I'm guessing the reason you went through the manual installation was the automated process was failing the tests or something?

[fractal_moonshine]

I'm guessing the reason you went through the manual installation was the automated process was failing the tests or something?

No. According to this page, http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1519, the only way to install SFP on SMF 2.0 is manually. I've never used the automated install process. How did you do it?

[MarkRH]

Put the entire .gz or .zip file you download into the /Packages directory of your forum.  Then go to Admin -> Package Manager which will list all the packages it sees. From there, click on Install Mod for Stop Forum Spam (or whatever other module is there).  When you do that is does a test run so to speak to make sure it can find what it's looking for before it actually changes anything.

The Manual Installation is only needed if the tests fail for some reason due to conflicts with other mods, other customized code, or just incompatible with the version of SMF you are running.

Hope that helps,

[un_vizitator]

where is check this member link in smf 2.0 (upgraded from 1.1.14) with default template?!

[un_vizitator]

or where can i find this link in smf 2?

[loonerix]

Hello
I have fresh installed smf 2.0. Only this mod set to "Enable check Email user..." (no ip, no username)
I can register on my forum with email from SFS database with no problem.
If I'm right this mod should block my registration?

[neilbombd]

At the submit on the registration page check if the Email (and the IP address) is in www.stopforumspam.com and denied the registration action. If detected, a message to user will be shown and write in log forum.

Where should this message show up, in the error log? 

I intsalled this a few days ago, and usually get two or three spammers per day, at the most.  But I'm being shown the message "325 Spammers blocked up until today" which is very, very high, so I really need to be able to see which users have been marked as spammers.

[effex]

I've been using this mod for a while now and it's helped so much, I'm very thankful for it. However, there is one issue that is a little troubling. Although I reject all the spammers who attempt to sign up, the "New Members" count under the Statistics Center is still accumulating. The number is pretty much showing the amount of people who ATTEMPTED to register, but where later rejected. Is this happening by design or is this a glitch? It's troubling that it shows more new users registered than actually exist on my forum. Making the whole break down useless.

Any suggestions?

[gaz12321]

Is anybody else's mod not working, I have been hit with over 100 spammers in the last 3 days! This mod has worked excellently since installing it up until now and I don't know what's changed.

[ITA003]

Send me in PM the url.

[topbuyer]

Looks very nice Mod. Thanks. Trying to installing.. stuck

I am using 1.1.10, with dilbermc theme

Execute Modification    ./Themes/default/Register.template.php    Test failed

I also tried manual install, there are no Register.template.php, Who.template.php under ./Themes/dilbermc folder

Please advice... Auto install would be good. Attached ./Themes/default/Register.template.php

[topbuyer]

ITA003,

Please advice as you get time. Appreciate your help.

[snadge]

tried to install on 2.0.1 and it says i must be logged in?? when iam already logged in?  loggin in takes me to forum and when i check its not installed and when i try again it says i must log in?