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jamesnr
Starting Member
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 Posted - 20 January 2010 : 17:15:04
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I have a forum that's open to new members, however I am increasingly getting spam posts from new members. I have the forum set to have all posts moderated to I catch the spam and the people trying to post irrelevant items are quickly deterred. However, this does leave an increasing number of members with 0 posts. I would like to find a way of deleting the members with 0 posts. Anyone know of a mod or a way of doing this? I have 30 odd pages of such members and don't relish the thought of having to delete manually.
I'm running 3.4.07.
Many thanks!
PS it would be nice to only delete those members who had been inactive for a month as any new member intent on posting a valid post would have done so in say a month. Not too important. |
http://www.kidzcraft.co.uk |
Edited by - jamesnr on 20 January 2010 17:15:26 |
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MaD2ko0l
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1053 Posts |
Posted - 20 January 2010 : 19:11:00
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There is a mod called the "Inactive Users" mod.
i think its over at http://www.snitzbitz.com but i think it has a fix for it posted on these forums somwhere.
you may want to have a little search here and see what you can find |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20600 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 03:04:09
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just because a member has not made a post does not mean they are a potential spammer.
Also, by removing the account you are basically enabling that person to re-register with the same email address, you are much better off removing the spam and then locking their account so they cannot re-register.
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Classicmotorcycling
Development Team Leader
Australia
2085 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 03:51:10
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Exactly what I do as soon as I find a SPAMMER:
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Originally posted by HuwR
you are much better off removing the spam and then locking their account so they cannot re-register.
There is no way to 100% get rid of SPAMMERS, but by locking their account (I also change their title to be "SPAMMER - Account Locked") it helps. |
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David Greening |
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jamesnr
Starting Member
16 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 14:33:18
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Thanks one an all!
Agree a user who hasn't posted doesn't mean a spammer, just getting 5 a day and generally if a user hasn't posted in the first few months, they generally or historically don't.
Really appreciate the feedback! Will look for the "Inactive Users" mod. Ta.  |
http://www.kidzcraft.co.uk |
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jamesnr
Starting Member
16 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 14:50:50
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Downloaded that mod but got:
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'cInt'
/admin_inactive_users.asp, line 62
Some rework of the coding I suspect required. |
http://www.kidzcraft.co.uk |
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jamesnr
Starting Member
16 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 18:20:53
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| Actually this no longer works in terms of deleting the members but it will provide the necessary list of very old members to delete. |
http://www.kidzcraft.co.uk |
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2396 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2010 : 18:40:04
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| Try changing cint to clng |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 22 January 2010 : 05:38:13
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If you have any more problems with the Inactive Users mod, please start a new topic in the "Mod Implementation" forum.
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steve911
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 January 2010 : 08:12:25
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I found that Podge's Gatekeeper mod worked a treat in stopping spam. |
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