Registration Form Timer 2.0

[Chris D]

You realy broke this update

Helps if I actualy upload the files first.....

You're fired.

 

[Slavik]

You're fired.

 

[Chris D]

Would be fantastic to hear some feedback on the latest version, especially now that it includes the StopBotters API

Any statistics?

 

[Slavik]

Would be fantastic to hear some feedback on the latest version, especially now that it includes the StopBotters API

Any statistics?

68 pages of registrations blocked since Wednesday.

95% being detected by StopBotters.

 

[Daniel 'RTRD']

Would be fantastic to hear some feedback on the latest version, especially now that it includes the StopBotters API

Any statistics?

Will upgrade now!

Edit: When I access admin.php?reg-form-timer/log I get this error:

 

[ineedhelp]

Just about to install this... Is the Stopbotters and APIs all included and set?

 

[Daniel 'RTRD']

Just about to install this... Is the Stopbotters and APIs all included and set?

Yes.

 

[ineedhelp]

1 more thing.... Does this block the registration before the bot can sign up? Because one of the biggest problems is, they use fake emails and all "waiting for confirmation" state members get piled up in the Search Users section. Plus for each fake email used, I get a bounced email.

 

[Chris D]

Will upgrade now!

Edit: When I access admin.php?reg-form-timer/log I get this error:
View attachment 39121

Ignore that - forgot to fix it

The logs can be accessed at Admin CP > Tools > Reg Form Timer Log

 

[Chris D]

1 more thing.... Does this block the registration before the bot can sign up? Because one of the biggest problems is, they use fake emails and all "waiting for confirmation" state members get piled up in the Search Users section. Plus for each fake email used, I get a bounced email.

Yes, they are stopped before any data is written to the database.

 

[Daniel 'RTRD']

Ignore that - forgot to fix it

The logs can be accessed at Admin CP > Tools > Reg Form Timer Log

Noob

 

[ineedhelp]

Yes, they are stopped before any data is written to the database.

Perfect! Validate Username Against Stopbotters is unchecked.. Leave it as it is or tick it?

 

[Chris D]

Probably leave it as unchecked for now.

If you still get bots coming through then activate it.

The reason it is probably best to leave it unchecked is if a spammer ends up in the database called "ineedhelp" it may incorrectly block you from registering on some forums that run StopBotters.

Obviously it's unlikely because it no doubt checks for other metrics that you won't match, but that's just an extreme example. You don't want it to accidentally block legitimate members.

 

[Deebs]

Chris,

What would be good is a nice graph under Statistics.......

 

[Chris D]

Chris,

What would be good is a nice graph under Statistics.......

I've been thinking the same thing

 

[yavuz]

This is so far the most effective spam combat addon I've used. My records shows over 2k stopped registration attempts. More than powerful, exceptional addon.

 

[Shelley]

installed add-on >> enabled registration by the time i search for the logs (about a minute) 2 bots (whatever they're called ) stopped.

Excellent work Chris.

 

[ineedhelp]

Works amazingly, not a single successful sign up so far!

 

[trichome]

For me it has been much more effective since the stopbotters addition. Blocked registrations from my other spam prevention addons are down to a handful a day from thousands before the addition. Excellent work Chris!

Any chance of adding stopforumspam to the mix?

 

[Daniel 'RTRD']

After upgrading to 2.0 it has stopped 50% more spammers! Thank you!