• KeyDog
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Topic: Reporting Spam Posts via an Extension viable?

I was just browsing http://www.projecthoneypot.org and thought it would be great if I (& any other forum owner) could install an extension that

a. gives option to report spam posts (with IP)
b. before a post is published cross-check the posters IP against the [projectshoneypot] database
c. delete (or move to trash can) all posts from IPs that have been reported to spam databases every several hours


maybe also with an option to block posts coming from known proxy servers?

EDIT: also noticed a lot of registrations of  spam users who can't actually post, but bloat the database - reporting these web-wide would also be something to think about...
example: I see registration with email xxx@sexforumxxcam.org and know (also by checking ip and looking at signature that was entered) that it's a spammer, therefor I want to delete and report, so that not 100s of admins all over the world have to delete manually aswell (non-productive time)

  • KeyDog
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Re: Reporting Spam Posts via an Extension viable?

Maybe one that adds IP / username with one click  to
http://www.stopforumspam.com/add

or integrate API (http://www.stopforumspam.com/apis)

Stop Forum Spam wrote:

APIs
You are welcome to experiment with and incorporate this API in your application. Someday I hope to write some plugins for software packages like phpBB to make it any easier.

For premade scripts that probably integrate into your forum software, visit the downloads page.

How to Use
It's just an HTTP GET, and the page will return some simple XML indicating the type of search performed, whether it appears or not in our database, and the number of times it appears (frequency).