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Topic: Pun Approval Issues

Hey,

I've installed Pun Approval.

Two errors I see.
1. Only the Forum Admin seems to be able to approve posts
2. Topics in the Approval screen seem to 'hang' and there's no way to just delete them or approve them or whatever.

I have a spam user that comes in every month or so and just BLANKETS the forum with junk and harasses everybody.

I ban him.

Then he registers on a new IP and then he does it all over again.

Of course everyone is saying "We just have to get rid of him, DO IT!!"

So I'm looking for a solution.  I need something where new users posts have to be approved or where a new user can only post 2 or 3 posts a day in the first few days or anything that will make this one user think "blah, it's just too much trouble to cause trouble."

Thanks for any advice.

k

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Also, sorry that the topic title is asinine.  I'd edit it if I could.  It's been a long day.

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Seems that you have more of a "troll" than a "spammer" user.
Maybe you should allow only certain groups to post, i.e. users you've approved.

krackato wrote:

every month or so and just BLANKETS the forum with junk and harasses everybody.

.
how long does it take you to block him? delete his posts?
you as admin ban him or also moderators?

once a month seems annoying of course, but rather seldom in the grand scheme of things

EDIT :
Try
» Administration » Users » Groups » Edit existing group

and disallow new members posting....

Then move all your trusted members to another group...
?

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Thing is I WANT new members posting.  I want them to get involved.

But when this guy comes in, he creates a mess and everyone WHINES & BITCHES.

No, they don't program and they have no idea what it would take to make this go away.

And they come up with ideas like "Create a custom coded solution..." without thinking down the line of "I don't have a clue how to do that."

Anyway, if there's no fix, what can you do.

But yes, I have a troll and he makes us look like a bitch because everytime we get rid of him he comes back.

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

I don't know how many new members you get a day.
Depending on that...
if you manually approve them (with PUN APPROVAL) , you can decide then and there : Do I want to move this user directly to group "Member" instead of "New Member" and give them all permissions you want...
Also it's a good idea to have users who can ban users quickly (moderators) .
Collect stats from which IP the troll is spamming...

[below what permission you can give the groups...]
User permissions
Allow users to view the board. This setting applies to every aspect of the board and can, if disabled, not be overridden by forum specific read permissions. If this is disabled, users in this group will only be able to login/logout and register.
Allow users to view the user list and user profiles.
Allow users to post replies in topics.
Allow users to post new topics.
Allow users to edit their own posts.
Allow users to delete their own posts.
Allow users to delete their own topics (including any replies).
Allow users to set their own user titles.
Allow users to use the search feature.
Allow users to freetext search for users in the user list.
Allow users to send e-mails to other users.

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Administration » Settings » Features

Post approval

Allow registration approval      O   Enable new registrations approval

should probably be changed to

Allow registration approval      O   Enable new registrations approval
Allow registration approval      O   Enable new posts approval

Then you don't have to worry about your issue 1 in first post, right?
....If only registrations need to be approved and not posts


also use:

Verify registrations Require verification of all new registrations by e-mail.

in   Administration » Settings » Registration

7 Reply by krackato (edited by KeyDog 2010-01-22 13:01)

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

I see is this:
http://imgur.com/00sRu.png

Is there some way to turn on "Enable New Posts Approval" within that window?

[edited quote away - space]

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Not yet in the extension.  It's kind of beta wink
But I can imagine it will follow very soon! (hope so anyway)

Right PunBB Devs ?

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Are there any other possible solutions for Trolls that might be an extension on here?  I'll check and see if I can find anything.  Otherwise, I'm going to have to just turn Registrations back on and hope he gives me some peace while I find a solution.

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

It would help if you knew exactely what you're dealing with
like - which IPs (ranges) he's using
if he's using something like TOR (coming from chinese, indian, etc IPs) - block it by using this list in .htaccess

Should be easy....

Also check out who's online in your forum by using extension
improved online list

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

krackato wrote:

Is there some way to turn on "Enable New Posts Approval" within that window?

krackato, what do you mean? Are you speaking about an option when you can turn post approval on for all new posts of the forum no matter what group poster belonged to?

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

I'm talking about the Keydog post above my post.  He points to an option that I believe he means "should" be there in a future version but isn't in this version.

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Re: Pun Approval Issues

Yes something that should be added as option.

Pun Approval  is really two things now:
- Posts
- Registrations

both should be configurable seperately in my view... i.e. ON/OFF