Vanilla Anti-Spam Plugin Feedback
  • dkobiadkobia
    Posts: 6
    This discussion is related to the Vanilla AntiSpam addon.
    Plugin uses Akismet and StopForumSpam.com to flag spam discussions or comments.

    Again, another first version, so any feedback appreciated.
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  • zodiacdmzodiacdm
    Posts: 149
    Oooh, very nice.

    Vanillaforums.org could use this addon ;)
  • MarkMark
    Posts: 4,880
    This is dope!
  • tsabattsabat
    Posts: 15
    @dkobia, this is a nice plugin. I understand this is the first version, so here's the only criticism I have:

    If you have 'Delete Spam Automatically' checked, the items in the AntiSpamLog table are orphaned once the discussions or comments are deleted. In my perfect world, you could do the following things:

    1) Delete the discussion directly from the anti-spam tab (which, in turn, would delete the item from the AntiSpamLog table).

    2) If 'Delete Spam Automatically' is checked, a log should be kept of what was deleted. If the post was legit, it could be restored.

    Nonetheless, this plugin is a lifesaver. The discussions for Vanilla2 states that they are working on anti-spam features to add to the lineup, so maybe this plugin could be absorbed into the project.
  • drewjohdrewjoh
    Posts: 2
    Just installed Vanilla 2.0.10 and when I enable this plug-in and go to "settings", I get a blank page.
  • MikhaelMikhael
    Posts: 93
    May I add that I'm looking forward to some decent anti-spam features which don't use other sites like Akismet, etc. Drupal has some great stuff in this regard (but I like Vanilla - I know, I know...) The issue for myself and other web users I know is that many use 'mobile broadband' dongles which can vary greatly in access speed. If my sites connect to Gravatar, Akismet, etc., the page load times can suffer greatly as it depends upon the other service's access speeds as well. Nasty, and people often just close the page.
  • drewjohdrewjoh
    Posts: 2
    I continue to get a blank page with Vanilla 2.0.11. Is anyone else experiencing this?
  • sudeepsudeep
    Posts: 2
    test
  • sudeepsudeep
    Posts: 2
    sudeep said:

    test

  • mahakalimahakali
    Posts: 2
    I also got a blank page. I currently have this plugins enabled:

    Anonymize URLs
    CLEditor jQuery WYSIWYG
    DiscussionExcerpt2
    EMailDiscussion
    EMailSubscribe
    Emotify :)
    Facebook
    Flagging
    Force Guest Sign In
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    Mark All Viewed
    MaxImageSize
    Minify
    Quotes
    RecentActivity
    ShowDiscussionAuthor
    Tagging
    Vanilla Anti Spam
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  • RossiferRossifer
    Posts: 5
    drewjoh said:

    Just installed Vanilla 2.0.10 and when I enable this plug-in and go to "settings", I get a blank page.

    Exactly what happens for me too. Any word on a fix?
  • yu_tangyu_tang
    Posts: 159
    @Rossifer
    Open up vanillaantispam/default.php file in the text editor of your choice.
    Replace all: 
    (&$Sender)
    with: 
    ($Sender)
    It works for me.

    BTW, I haven't used it at all. Just to see if settings page shows properly.
  • AoleeAolee
    Posts: 228
    is this plugin good?
  • genegene
    Posts: 29
    I would like to be able to add username or user ID, so it was not considered a spammer.
  • bensinclairbensinclair
    Posts: 1
    yu_tang said:

    @Rossifer
    Open up vanillaantispam/default.php file in the text editor of your choice.
    Replace all: 

    (&$Sender)
    with: 
    ($Sender)
    It works for me.

    BTW, I haven't used it at all. Just to see if settings page shows properly.
    Worked for me too
  • crmarkscrmarks
    Posts: 32
    I've been successfully using this plugin on my forum for a few months now, but I ran into my first issue today. The stopforumspam.com website is currently offline, and this plugin doesn't appear to have any means of timing out when it cannot connect to check an IP address. This causes new posts and edits to not properly refresh once submitted, despite still being added to the database, creating user confusion.

    If any of you are having trouble with you forum today, this is the culprit.
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