I've also downloaded Gunner's file and am interested to see how it goes. Since my first post, the offending spammer has repeated with a new username. Same IP, same email provider, but changed the email account name and left out the signature spam. Hoping to crawl in under the radar, I guess. Sometimes they are nothing, if not persistent.
]]>Also, you might like to take a look at Forum Spam List Checker.
Very handy tool for checking and reporting spammers.
And..
Welcome to SFS!!
Apropos of this thread, I am a moderator on a forum whose admins have installed the GloHost Spam-O-Matic in our V-Bulletin software, but it doesn't function for the moderators (no response on button click). So, I searched out this thread looking to see what might be up. It sounds, from this thread's posts, like our forum lacks a key. I am going to link one of our forum Admins to this thread for information.
Meanwhile, what got me started on this quest was to report a spammer from the Philippines (IP addy: 124.6.181.179) whose email is hosted by, get this:
melbourne-internet-marketing.com (184.106.128.140 ; U.S. Registration, Wichita, KS)
Not exactly great camouflage for a spammer.
Signature was a spam selling pet products (no relevance to our forum). I banned him manually at our end, but came here hoping to report him, per the Spam-O-Matic header information; especially since it looked like there might be a good shot at stopping a number of spammers by blocking all sign-ups with that one email host. But, of course, I didn't have a key, either.
Anyway, I then joined the forum to get a key, but now see the sign-up requires the forum URL. No problem except, as I'm not an administrator, I am concerned I will mess up the administrator obtaining a key to make our Spam-O-Matic work if I use the forum URL to get one for myself first (for manual reporting).
Basically, trying to be proactive, but not mess anything up for the forum, either.
Nick
]]>only problem is there that there is no teenagers in my house ........ they know everything
Yepp i know with 50 i´m the Youngest in my House.
]]>although very frustrating i do understand this is how we learn
only problem is there that there is no teenagers in my house ........ they know everything
just in case anyone else reads this that is having a problem, i was extracting the files to my computer but not all were coming out and it was only when i 'right click opened' the downloaded folder that i was able to view the 'product file' many people were telling me to upload
Once i could view it i dragged it out of the folder and could then upload
]]>@ goroddy,
Don´t worry (be happy)
getting GlowHost to work is easy
Open Your vBulletin Admin CP
on the left side You see a List of Menue Items
goto "Settings" hit the little Arrow and click "Options"
on the right side a window opens "vBulletin Options"
scroll to the end of the List to "GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic" Double click this
scroll past "Aksimet"
now Enable "StopForumSpam: IP, Username and Email Check" (all 3)
under "Desired Action" choose "Log and block registration"
scroll further down and You find "StopForumSpam: API Key"
Yepp You guessed it, that is for Your Key
all the way down the Page hit "Save" and that is itHope this helps a bit
Tedd
Well i finally got there and basically everything you said above was already sert in place so i think i am offically ......with spam o matic
]]>sorry but still struggling but getting closer
i have seen .xml box in the plugins but not sure how to identify the correct file and not sure from where , example do i have to go to the database or something ?
Thanks so far butnot there yet
]]>love to know as i think i have successfully done the ftp but what next please ?
thanks
]]>http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248042
the link above offers the downlaod for licensed user ....... i am a licensed user but just arrive at the forrum frontpage ??
.......a little hint would be most handy thanks
]]>I can reach the explained route to vbulletin options at this point the last on the list vbulletin api and mobile applications
Now i have joined this forum and i have joined vbulletin.org ...... do you think i can just simply find the link to download spam o matic ????? no unfortunately in the answer and i am unsure if am missing something ??
I did tow posts yesterday and one replied saying to download zd blockers (from memory) i did that easily but the path to spam o matic seems slightly more difficult ?? to find
I am happy to say it is staring me right in the face but until i can find it and download it i am sttuck , i have not completely wasted my time , i have an api key for this site and i am close to getting it all to fall into place
But not quite there
It seems quite often when you are meant to turn right i sadly go left ..... sometimes it complicates things
can someone supply the direct link ? for spam o matic
Thanks Ted
]]>Hope this helps a bit
Tedd