Jelly Belly™ Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I bought my IPB licence way back at the beginning, it was called Life but its since changed, I get the upgrades but not the extras such as the spam service and fancy skin editor.My question is, just how effective is the spam service compared to other services such as SFS and how much will it cost me to upgrade my old licence ?I'm currently getting lots of spam registrations per day and its getting to be a pain going through them manually, I assume the IPB spam service automates their removal ?thanks in advance :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiga Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 There's a mod for sfs and honestly it's not much different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The spam service in the latest version of Board does have an option that you can set, so that if a spammer is flagged during registration by the spam service, it won't let the account be created. That does make "cleanup" must less work. Between the Spam Service and the Q&A Challenge Question feature, I have had.... well, less than a dozen spammers get through this entire year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly Belly™ Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'm getting over 100 spam registrations per day so I think I might upgrade my licence so I can get the spam servicethanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Man Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 It's good and a great idea, but I think it could really do with a boost... Can't believe some of them that get let through... Log in name: NKtXEDYQbg Display name: NKtXEDYQbg Email: windland10862@yahoo.com IP Address: 46.119.113.116 Date: 19 December 2013 - 12:16 PM Log in name: pansyfq11 Display name: pansyfq11 Email: roseannaz3@pop3.mx.twitpost.info IP Address: 37.218.245.74 Log in name: Seequejer Display name: Seequejer Email: gifsbreeptgit@pillsshop.info IP Address: 178.137.85.93 Date: 10 December 2013 - 05:48 AM Log in name: Seequejer Display name: Seequejer Email: gifsbreeptgit@pillsshop.info IP Address: 5.248.83.27 Date: 26 November 2013 - 04:04 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Our spam service includes the stop forum spam data in it's calculations, however it also adds so much more into the mix.. If you would like to upgrade your perp or life license, please submit a ticket and we can take care of that also provide you with an extra perk as well. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DKiwi Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I run both the spam monitoring service and the free sfs hook. I have the sfs hook configured so that if the IP or email address is listed even once then the registration is declined. I get virtually no spammers at a busy forum. No need for the Q&A although I do use Keycaptcha instead of the regular recaptcha. Those IP's listed above would have been caught by the sfs hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfarber Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I run both the spam monitoring service and the free sfs hook. I have the sfs hook configured so that if the IP or email address is listed even once then the registration is declined. I get virtually no spammers at a busy forum. No need for the Q&A although I do use Keycaptcha instead of the regular recaptcha. Those IP's listed above would have been caught by the sfs hook. You do realize any site that uses SFS integration can submit any user "once" at least, which means if you block anyone listed even once you are potentially blocking many valid registrations? All it would take for me to be blocked would be to upset a single forum admin somewhere, and have them submit me as a "spammer" in retaliation. From a personal standpoint, I feel like there should be a balance between blocking spammers and blocking real users. Only you can decide what that balance should be, however, on your own site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DKiwi Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 All it would take for me to be blocked would be to upset a single forum admin somewhere, and have them submit me as a "spammer" in retaliation. On the rare occasion that this occurs they can use my contact form to get in touch with me. I'll then work with them to get them off the sfs list / or I'll create an account for them if I think they are genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibragim Pupkevich Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Dears, I really see too many "INVALID_KEY" entries in spam service error log. Generally it works well, but as this error occurs too often, daily I get few normal users f***d off unfairly and it brings daily workload as they all write emails to admin mailbox like "why I'm inactive?", which I don't want to get, friendly speaking :smile: How to debug this "INVALID_KEY" error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibragim Pupkevich Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 And one more question: in client area - where I can check expiration date of my license? So far I only found Purchased: 21 Apr 2012. But for sure I did renewal few times already... and the point is that I don't remember when I have renewed last time and for which period. So, how I should know expiration date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Ashbrook Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I would recommend submitting a ticket for those items - unfortunately, that's not something we can address here on the forums. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibragim Pupkevich Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Just pruned error logs few minutes ago and you may see how frequently new errors occur :sad:Ok, sorry, I will submit as a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibragim Pupkevich Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Is it okay that I have no packages to select when choosing "General support" in ticket submit form? O_o I think that's actually concerning my question on license expiration... strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Ashbrook Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Select Customer Service instead - we would need to look into your license problem first, which likely relates to the Spam Service problem. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibragim Pupkevich Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Sorry... I found, that my license has just expired :smile: ha-ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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