Author Topic: Report, Ban and Delete  (Read 1096 times)

Anonymous

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Report, Ban and Delete
« on: February 11, 2010, 05:33:02 AM »
Hi,

I would like to be able to add spammers to the local blacklist, by clicking the "Report & Delete" link on each spam message.

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David

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Re: Report, Ban and Delete
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2011, 06:13:40 AM »
Hi, since 2 weeks I'm using AVH Spam Blocker and I was going to suggest the same thing.

Greetings, Martin

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Re: Report, Ban and Delete
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2011, 02:35:15 AM »
Unless I'm terribly mistaken, that functionality is there already, but via an indirect route.

Let's see if I understand the behavior of AVHFDAS correctly... When a comment is marked via "Report & Delete" the corresponding IP address is not only reported to StopForumSpam but also purged from the whitelisted table in the local DB (this is to avoid that the next visit from that IP is given a pass). Upon the next visit with undesirable behavior from that IP, it will be found in the remote SFS blacklist, and results therefor in a block. Also, that IP is included locally in the blacklisted table of the local DB (via the local cache of AVHFDAS). So, if a subsequent (third) visit from that IP pops by again, it'll be found in the local blacklist and be presented with the access denied sign.

That's why I think clicking on the Report & Delete button functionally already implies a ban, supported by the local DB. It's not directly however, and as far as I can see that's not a bad thing (it makes tracking the bad & good guys tougher, with "immediate" bans, and can lead to all sorts of false positive as well as false negative problems).

Then again I may have completely misread the AVHFDAS flowchart of course.  ;D

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Re: Report, Ban and Delete
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 08:17:40 PM »
You are right,

An IP will be added as spam to the cache if it is identified as spam by either Stop Forum Spam or Project Honey Pot. This will only occur if that IP reaches the threshold you have set in the settings (default is 3).

I guess what's wanted is the option to add the IP directly to the Blacklist of the plugin and I do agree that this "immediate" ban can lead to false positives, false negatives.
But if that's what people want. I'm currently busy with another project, but I'lls ee if I can add an option for this functionality.
Peter van der Does
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