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I finally updated my forum to 7.5.8, partly to take advantage of the "stop forum spam" features. But I am not sure how SFS works. I hope someone can help explain... Example: Today I have an obvious robo-spammer signup. They are really easy to spot with the nonsense entries. If left alone, in a few days, they will post spam to the forum. IP Address: 221.150.243.183 Email Address: ooodhhu@outlook.com Username: sbqotxls Display Name: abcdef568906 I check on the SFS site and see the IP has been entered: Email Address: ooobnjg@outlook.com Username: wgcxslld Date is about 7 days prior to now. If that IP is logged on SFS, shouldn't they be blocked from registering on my site? Thanks in advance!
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Dumb question, did you turn it on? I have a Wiki entry here on the various settings. There is a modification to extend the feature here at UBBDev.
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What setting are you using ? Manual with 1-click check Semi-Auto with Member management checks before display Auto with Message Auto with Silent Fail They may have no been submitted as a spammer at the time of registration. i'm using Manual with 1-click check, just to see how the sfs works over the human eye ![wink wink](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/wink.gif) ive had mine going about 5 days
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It's quite common actually when it's human's registering for them to slip through (you may think, hey these are really good bots, but in actuality it's humans being paid pennies per submission); that's why the Login Detection portion was created, which is not in the stock product. I use "Suto with Message" for all of my SFS configurations.
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Dumb question, did you turn it on? I have a Wiki entry here on the various settings. There is a modification to extend the feature here at UBBDev. Dumb answer: No. ![confused confused](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/confused.gif) Didn't know I needed to. That's why I came here. Thanks for the pointer, I found it in CP > Master Settings (Primary Settings) > Tab=Stop Forum Spam. Nice! And thanks for the links. I'll get to them next. ![cool cool](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/cool.gif)
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Just to Hijack this one,
Stop Forum Spam. I'm working toward auto as a setting. What happens to a registration that only meets 1 of the criteria.
Good e-mail Bad Ip
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Bad e-mail Good Ip
Is that user dropped ?
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Actually not a hijack at all. I'd like to see the answers to all the questions here in one place.
Just a thought, and don't know how difficult it would be to program: There is no way we can test to see what happens to a user or registration flagged by SFS as bad. It would be nice if there were a specific username we could use that would trigger the same action as "SFS bad". Something like a special username such as "ubb_sfs_bad"
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They should be denied, but if they're matches at all the user is a spammer unless they request to be removed from their database.
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For a test why not just visit SFS. Find a vaild spammer and attempt to login as such.
You would need to logout as admin. register , then login as admin again. The unique email feature in ubb would be the hurdle.
Last edited by Ruben; 10/23/2014 5:21 PM.
Blue Man Group There is no such thing as stupid questions. Just stupid answers
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Oh! Will that work? I thought it was primarily IP-based.
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Oh! Will that work? I thought it was primarily IP-based. http://www.stopforumspam.com/searchSearch for "batman" ![grin grin](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif)
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Well nice: I deleted the one signup today, after reporting it, and tried to register. I have the Level 3, "Auto with Message" SFS Protection Level set in the CP. Your Email address is currently listed in the Stop Forum Spam database and as such your account cannot be registered. To proceed you'll need to contact them to clear yourself from their database. ...but... I have the email response turned off (too many emails are blocked due to my server being shared), so registrations appear to be getting through. I don't see an option to simply reject the registration. Is that correct?
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There is a login detection addon at ubbdev that you might find handy as well.
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I edited/added to my post above.
Login detection would still allow the registration to get through, no?
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Hmmm... Burned my fingers on the oven! ![whistle whistle](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/whistle.gif) ... I registered using one of the spammers usernames & email, and now MY IP address is flagged in SFS. ![cry cry](https://www.ubbcentral.com/forums/images/graemlins/default/cry.gif) Now I get to try to clear it. Edit: removal was easy, so no worries.
Last edited by Steve C; 10/24/2014 2:03 AM.
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Yeah, they're pretty cool about removing legit users who've gotten tagged.
Login detection simply won't load the login page for users who're flagged; think of it as detection for spammers who register only to come back at a later time and mass spam sites (sleeper spammers).
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Bots
by Outdoorking - 04/13/2024 5:08 PM
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2 members (Ruben, Nightcrawler),
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Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
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