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[GlowHost] Spam-O-Matic - Spam Firewall stops forum spam
Developer Last Online: May 2013 
If you install this mod, please mark this as "Installed."
VERSION 2.1.0 RELEASED 1/10/2013! About Spam-O-Matic 2.1.0: Spam-O-Matic 2.1.0 (SOM) is a spam firewall for your vBulletin Forums version 4.x and later. It prevents known spammers from registering on your forums. If they can't register, they can't spam! Languages Packs Available English German - Courtesy of Alex@bulletin (included in zip) Romanian - Coutesy of Teascu Dorin's (as a download below) How it Works This data responsible for blocking user registrations comes from the stopforumspam.com (SFS) spammer database. After the user who is trying to register passes the built-in vBulletin registration checks which you have configured in your vBulletin settings, SOM then checks the SFS database to see if the IP, username, or email address that the user is trying to register with has been recently tagged as a known spam source on other forums around the Internet. Also can be configured to check the Akismet service for known comment spam. This is without a doubt, one of the most important mods that you will be using on your forum. Other Notable Stuff It also does a ton of other cool stuff like moderating posts automatically if the post is found in the Akismet database, or if it contains words on your "Bad Words" keyword list which can be configured within the mod itself. The mod WORKS with vBulletin's new Facebook integration. This module works with all of the Facebook functions that are built into the vB4 series. Similar mods do not handle Facebook integration completely. This module has the ability to submit new spammer details to the StopForumSpam or Akismet databases automatically, all without any new templates or manual template modifications!  This means other forums that are running Spam-O-Matic will not have the same spammer on their forums if you have (automatically) reported the spammer to the SFS database. Just install the product in the product manager, upload a few files, configure the system and you are done. (Estimated time: 5-10 minutes) What's new in 2.1.0:
Feature List:
A) StopForumSpam: The StopForumSpam Module lets you:
NOTE: You should use some sort of human verification checking in vBulletin's built-in options to limit the number of requests to the already heavily-loaded StopForumSpam database servers. This will also prevent additional load because SOM will not have to do anything if the bot/spammer fails preliminary registration validation which is built-into vBulletin itself. It is completely invisible to humans who are registering that this process is taking place. Bots are stopped dead in their tracks. If a spammer is able to sneak past the first line of defense, and manages to post, then there are secondary, tertiary, and, uh...4th level protections too! B) Auto-Moderation: Auto Moderation lets you:
Spammers that make it past the StopForumSpam and Auto-Moderation will be checked against the Akismet service. If they manage to make a post, and then are found on Akismet, they can be auto-moderated. The Akismet settings let you:
Should you decide to enable this option, you can create a new usergroup and then tell Spam-O-Matic about it. Once SOM knows about this usergroup, and once enabled, all new users will be part of the Newbies group. The idea here is that you make a Newbies group that has limited forum permissions. For example, no signatures, no BB code, no images, and etc. This group is created completely in the vB admincp. Spam-O-Matic simply makes it the graduation process to the normal Registered Users group, automatic. Learn More and Discuss the Newbies Manager here. Punitive Actions: If you find a spammer has made it past your 4 front-lines of defense, and has managed to post on your forum, then you can help the community... The spammer's details can be sent to the Stop Forum Spam and Akismet databases automatically, preventing them from registering or posting on other forums. When other forums do the same, the protection is reciprocated. Simply moderate a post and choose the option to "Delete Posts As Spam..." an then choose the option to "Ban User." Banning the user sends their details to either Akismet, StopForumSpam, (or both) depending on how you set it up. API Keys: API Keys are not required for this system to stop spammers on your forums. But you should obtain them so that your forum can contribute to the real-time block lists. A StopForumSpam API key is required if you want to contribute to the StopForumSpam blacklists by adding your spammers to their database. By submitting spammers you help keep other forums and blogs clean. An Akismet API key is required if you want to enable any Akismet auto-moderation features in this module. Akismet API key is not required for all Auto-Moderation functions. You can obtain a Stop Forum Spam API key which is free from stopforumspam.com. Get your StopForumSpam API Key Here You can obtain an Akismet API key from Akismet.com. Akismet offers free and paid API keys so choose your version based on your situation. Get your Akismet API Key Here Why it is better than the other anti-spam solutions on vBulletin.org:
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x Server Requirements: Curl or allow_url_fopen must be compiled/enabled into PHP. Ask your web host to enable curl or allow_url_fopen if it is not already available on your server's PHP configuration. (Or just host with GlowHost, where it already is  ===================== Donations: If you like this mod, sure, you can donate! Donations can be all sorts of things: 1) The "Give Thanks" option in your settings is an optional link back to GlowHost Web Hosting. 2) Tell your friends and others about this mod. 3) If you are in need of web hosting, please consider ordering it from the hosting and development professionals at GlowHost.com who were able to develop this mod to you. 4) Help others who are having trouble with this mod by posting tips and suggestions in this forum thread. 5) Cash! Use the "Support Developer" option on the top right of this page. When you choose to donate, you are contributing to the product development, bug fixes and new releases for SOM and are helping to feed our hungry developers and their families! In other words, your donations helps to cover the time and money spent to develop this system. The entire team at GlowHost thanks you for your help and support! We hope you enjoy the mod! ===================== Installation: 1) Download the attached file 2) Mark As Installed 3) SOM 2.x does not support updates from the v1.x series. When upgrading to version 2.x, please, be sure to remove any other existing version of SOM 1.x from the product manager before installing v2.x series. Also make sure to remove /forum/includes/xml/bitfield_glowhostspamomatic.xml from version 1 if you had it installed. 4) Extract the zip file, and view the readme file for the rest of the instructions. ===================== Original concept credits go to the authors of vBStopForumSpam, MonkeyStop. Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots Show Your Support
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17 Nov 2012, 16:04
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This is the bomb (I'm so old). Installed, and nominated for MOTM.
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#2237
17 Nov 2012, 19:35
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Hello,
Im getting the following error:
PLEASE HELP! No members have liked this post.
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#2238
17 Nov 2012, 19:48
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Alibass No members have liked this post.
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#2239
17 Nov 2012, 20:08
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I'm about to install this mod and I see there is a DB error when installing and a fix for it.
What I'd like to know is: Should I do this fix before installing it for the first time or just install it and see if I need the fix? No members have liked this post.
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#2240
18 Nov 2012, 00:14
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Originally Posted by gajinoz
MUST be changed before it will install correctly,
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#2241
18 Nov 2012, 08:53
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Originally Posted by bzcomputers
OK, thanks for that.
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#2242
18 Nov 2012, 10:16
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Help Please
I installed in this fantastic Add-on yesterday and it caused all new post to error and didn't allow anyone to post. Is there a setting I'm missin please?
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#2243
18 Nov 2012, 11:28
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Originally Posted by schuhby
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=289463
see if this one works better for u No members have liked this post.
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#2244
18 Nov 2012, 12:29
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Originally Posted by ForceHSS
Does this mean I can't use spam-o-matic?
Philip No members have liked this post.
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#2245
18 Nov 2012, 14:55
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Originally Posted by schuhby
spam o matic needs updated and some things fixed I have no idea why it is not working for you. Wrong install or bad install hard to tell as there is no error message you have given, screenshots or links to your site
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#2246
18 Nov 2012, 15:08
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I will post a screen capture later today.
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#2247
18 Nov 2012, 19:42
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Hi
I have added a screen shop of the error message my users get when they try to post Error message Philip No members have liked this post.
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#2248
18 Nov 2012, 20:36
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Can you make a test account for me need to see the error when I post. Also check server logs and post what errors it shows
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#2249
18 Nov 2012, 20:39
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Hey, I just installed this and it seems to work great.. Many thanks.
Is there a way to restrict the user email and IP info, or preferably the entire spamomatic dialogue, to admins only? And keep mods or super mods from seeing it or using it? No members have liked this post.
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#2250
18 Nov 2012, 20:56
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Do you mean the Spam-O-Matic Statistics? For now no unless it is recoded, I know the coder is making some changes and will come out with a new version soon so it might be added but you can hide the stats from all in the settings on it
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