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D'oh! Thanks Smartys. Let's see how that does  over the next  24 hours.

Any chance this functionality will  be in a future release (or  plugin?)

Hmmm.... nope, that didn't work - still seeing .ru emails going out. Can anyone see what's wrong with the code change above?

I've got no problem issuing CLI commands, nor do I have any problem with editing include/email.php, but... *what* commands can I use to ban all of .ru? Or... *where* in the ban function would I add the tld? Here's the function:

//
// Check if $email is banned
//
function is_banned_email($email)
{
    global $db, $pun_bans;

    foreach ($pun_bans as $cur_ban)
    {
        if ($cur_ban['email'] != '' &&
            ($email == $cur_ban['email'] ||
            (strpos($cur_ban['email'], '@') === false && stristr($email, '@'.$cur_ban['email']))))
            return true;
    }

    return false;
}

I don't see any obvious place in there where I could a .tld. In another thread, it's suggested to use the Ban admin section and enter a partial, but it accepts neither *.ru nor .ru .

So... can anyone clarify the process a bit? Thanks.

Smartys -

Are you referring to the groups table in the db? If I look at that with phpmyadmin, I see a g_id of 3 for Guest. 

Guest is set to 0 for all other fields in that row except for g_read_board, which is set to 1. So if I understand you correctly, this board would appear to be configured correctly, but still mysteriously allowing guest posting. Or am I looking in the wrong table?

Thanks,
Scot

Well, I would not say that Akismet is automated - it depends entirely on users identifying comments as spam. It's automated in the sense that it does not require your intervention for each comment, but not automated in that its "intelligence" is purely based on what groups of humans designate as spam.

However, Akismet does require reliance on an external server / service. But I don't have a problem with that - it's been great, and with a very low failure rate.

Smartys - Interesting distinction -- very different from many/most systems, where a plugin can modify any aspect of the system (for example WordPress plugins can affect virtually any aspect of WP, not just the back-end). Out of curiosity, why is this different with punBB?

Absolutely brilliant - just what I was looking for. Note I couldn't find this at punres anywhere. For future searchers, the direct link is:

http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=5936&p=1

Thanks.

I totally agree. Except that I *don't* have too much time on my hands. I have NO time on my hands. Which is why every time I sign up for a new board, the first thing I do is go to my profile and select "Automatically subscribe me to all threads I post in." 

3/4 of the time, I'm  registering for a board not because I want to read everything that happens there or become part of a community, but because  I have some specific question or questions (e.g. in support forums like this one). There's no way I have time   to go look at a dozen or so  boards every day to see if my question has been answered. And if the default "subscribe" option is not checked, I may forget to check it manually and forget to ever come back. Heck, sometimes I receive an email from a thread I participated in two years ago, containing new and useful information. This is an indispensible feature.

Finally, it's a feature users have come to expect,  because it's so commonplace on other boards. Thus, its absensce from punBB is seen as a negative.

I totally sympathize on the bloat and resource thing (and yes, the question of whether this feature makes sense depends a lot on the popularity of any given board).   But to me, this one is important enough to be worth making the "bloat" compromise for.

Just my .02