XF 2.1 Approvals queue / Stop Forum Spam rejections

[CrispinP]

Hi,

I have the following settings for user registration


I get a huge amount of users (around 200-300 a week) defeating the Captcha (google) and the SFS catches them (which is brilliant)

I don't understand though why these are brought into the approval queue. Should the settings above not have rejected them?






On the question of rejection, I cannot test this but is a rejection told or is the user black-holed? I would prefer the latter as it lets them assume, for a short while, that it was ok.


Cheers
C

 

[Harvey]

I wonder about this too. Am I supposed to delete SFSers from the database, or does that allow them to come back?

I wonder if an add on could make it so that if the email is on the SFS list, the confirm email never goes out.

 

[Paul B]

Am I supposed to delete SFSers from the database, or does that allow them to come back?

If you delete the accounts then yes, they can register again with the same user name and email address.

Spam clean or ban them.

 

[Harvey]

Spam clean or ban them.

Which do you recommend?

 

[Paul B]

I don't understand though why these are brought into the approval queue. Should the settings above not have rejected them?

They only have a single flag each and you have the settings to moderate on 1 flag.
The value in brackets is the number of hits in the SFS database.

 

[Paul B]

Which do you recommend?

If they're spammers, I spam clean them.

 

[Chromaniac]

That only sends a ping to sfs if you have api key configured right? Otherwise I assume it is the same thing as reject?

 

[Harvey]

When you go to your users list, is there a way you can not see the spammers with a filter?

 

[Harvey]

When you spam clean they show as members in the online list with a strike through:


Anyway around that?

 

[Ozzy47]

When you spam clean they show as members in the online list with a strike through:

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Anyway around that?

Only staff sees that, not regular users.

 

[Chromaniac]

ah that explains why my css edits were not doing anything.

 

[DigNap15]

Annother reason why XF needs a fully comprehensive manual.
No one knows what really happens with every setting or feature.

 

[Ozzy47]

If you tried everything that could be covered in a manual, it would take less time than reading about it and still not understanding it.

 

[Harvey]

I have a new user that has been flagged by stop forum spam, but his name and IP check out as a legitimate user.

Does SFS make mistakes?

 

[TPerry]

I have a new user that has been flagged by stop forum spam, but his name and IP check out as a legitimate user.

Does SFS make mistakes?

Depends on how many checkpoints you use to flag them.
If you use 1, then it's a combination of ANY of the 3 available.. IP, email or USERNAME. So a common username like John could quickly get flagged.
Your Spam log will tell you exactly WHAT that user was detected based upon. What does it indicate?

 

[Harvey]

Depends on how many checkpoints you use to flag them.
If you use 1, then it's a combination of ANY of the 3 available.. IP, email or USERNAME. So a common username like John could quickly get flagged.
Your Spam log will tell you exactly WHAT that user was detected based upon. What does it indicate?


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It just showed in the registration cue that the user was on the SFS list. I approved him so it's gone.

 

[Mendalla]

It just showed in the registration cue that the user was on the SFS list. I approved him so it's gone.

It should show which criteria he tripped to get on there, though. Makes it easier to vet them, though I find it pretty rare for it to catch legit users these days.

 

[TPerry]

It just showed in the registration cue that the user was on the SFS list. I approved him so it's gone.

Unless you are using an add-on that does not log it and if using the default XF settings, then there IS a log there you can check.

ACP -> Logs -> Spam Trigger Log