(08-02-2011 08:03 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for the replies.
(08-02-2011 05:59 AM)Shemo Wrote: [ -> ]zinga, do you think this plugin should be activated once spamming becomes a problem or before it?
It doesn't matter. This plugin doesn't clean up any existing posts, only attempts to screen new ones.
thanks, I'll try it out on 1 of my more popular forums to see how it does.
spamalyser zapped its first spammer on my forum.
zinga, is it possible for the plugin to ban the user that was zapped for spamming?
The plugin won't auto-ban - it's somewhat designed to be more permissive, as well as give legitimate posters who somehow trip the filter a chance, so it won't go that far.
I might make a task which looks for users with high amounts of blocked posts and auto-ban them, but at the moment it won't do that.
(08-07-2011 10:48 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]The plugin won't auto-ban - it's somewhat designed to be more permissive, as well as give legitimate posters who somehow trip the filter a chance, so it won't go that far.
I might make a task which looks for users with high amounts of blocked posts and auto-ban them, but at the moment it won't do that.
no worries. just throwing it out there while it was in my head.
to be honest, had your plugin not been installed, the spam it did pick up would of made it through with the other anti-spam plugins I got installed. kudos for the plugin.
ps- I've been promoting in on mybb.
Thanks for the feedback.
If that's the case, I'd guess that it's because the post had a lot of links?
(08-07-2011 05:07 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for the feedback.
If that's the case, I'd guess that it's because the post had a lot of links?
usually 2-3 links when human spammers start to spam. your plugin caught 2 spammers; one where it automatically deleted the post and the other was reported by your plugin. in the one it deleted automatically, there was 3 links while the one it simply reported only had 2.
Updated to v0.93:
- Spamalyser Log
- fix the "filtering" option (which doesn't actually filter anything yet)
- format usernames (makes seeing banned users easier)
- limit messages shown on the main page to 5 lines + strip excessive consecutive newlines
- only show the reported icon in the logs if the post was _actually_ reported (eg it might not be if duplicate reporting is disabled)
- Weighting Calculation
- fix bug where some links may wrongly be considered twice
- fix some auto-link matching bugs
- don't consider [video] code as a link
- 'keywords' in URLs now carry neutral weighting [this is a rather fundamental change in regards to keyword weighting calculations]
- don't consider image URLs as keywords any more
- Actions/Behaviour
- don't try to unapprove posts if it's already going to be done (eg, forum requires post moderation)
- don't attempt to analyse posts if post is going to be rejected anyway (for example, poster didn't submit a message)
- add option to disable blocking post edits; this option is enabled by default
- Settings
- add some numerical examples to settings
- minor tweaks to some settings' defaults
- Other
- fix bug where IP wouldn't be picked up correctly for a post edit
- reduce SFS cache expiry time from 24 hours to 6 hours
- fix SQL error in task
To upgrade, uninstall your current installation (noting any changed settings), upload the new files, then reinstall.
Thanks for the update ZB. I have been pluggin this plugin on every site I visit. To date, it's the only one that blocks spam from appearing on the forum at all. It has done a marvelous job so far and I know it will continue to do so.
Thanks for the update, Yumi.
I am missing this one image.
action_.gif