I installed the Anti-Splog plugin a few days ago, and I'm afraid it isn't working for me. No errors on install: API key, domain and IP address got the green "OK". Screens in Site Admin all appear without errors.
Problem starts when I go to Suspected Blogs, 'SPAM' the splogs, they disappear from the screen as expected. However, they do not appear in the Recent Splogs section and if I refresh the Suspected Blogs page, the same splogs show up again. I have 350 splogs created in the past 2 days that I haven't messed with, intending to use the new Anti-Splog tool. The Suspected Blogs section displays 8.
Furthermore, if I SPAM the IP address, I get the message: "You are about to mark 79 blog(s) as spam! There are currently 0 blog(s) already marked as spam for this IP (70.233.156.90)." I click 'OK' and they disappear from the screen in a flash of red.
But again, these are not added to the Recent Splogs and they reappear in the Suspected Splogs upon refresh.
No errors in the log except those indicating IPs blocked in .htaccess:
[Thu Feb 04 12:43:25 2010] [error] [client 71.226.161.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/bablogs/public_html/index.php
[Thu Feb 04 12:43:25 2010] [error] [client 71.226.161.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/bablogs/public_html/wp-signup.php
Marking a blog as spam from the normal blogs screen does work but DOES NOT appear in the recent queue. It appears to me that all those blogs I marked as spam BEFORE I installed the plugin are in there, but nothing recent. Consequently, all the recent splogs have a certainty of 0%.
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[Thu Feb 04 12:43:25 2010] [error] [client 71.226.161.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/bablogs/public_html/index.php
That's what you get when an IP address is blocked via a deny in the .htaccess file and it;s trying to reach your site. I have a similar plugin for my MT blog to block comment/ trackback spammers and my logs are full of those.
Sucks really as it just makes it harder to find the real errors.
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Looking at your stats Christofire:
This service has analyzed 469 blogs for your site(s). You have marked 1 blogs as spam, and 461 blogs as not spam. We have processed 1118 total requests from your servers!
So it looks like all is working but a big lack of marking splogs. How many have you tried to spam since installing the plugin? I'm wondering if it is an issue with the AJAX, though that doesn't make sense to me as all the other ajax actions seem to be working like unspamming, ignoring, etc.
Are you sure they don't show up in recent splogs eventually? It can take up to a minute for the spamming to take place backend and them to show there.
Thanks drmike, the blocked IPs are the only thing that I recognize as working properly.
I have only marked 10 blogs as not spam -- the only real blogs it asked me about when I first opened the Anti-Blog tool. Those 10 are listed in Ignored Blogs. In fact, they are the *only* blogs listed on that screen.
Recent Splogs shows 111 pages of (exclusively) "Manual" spam, the newest of which is 2010-01-31. See attached recent-splogs.jpg image.
I have been marking all of the spam in Suspected Blogs... As it turns out, the same ones over and over. Again they disappear in a flash of red when I mark them as Spam, but if I refresh the page the same ones return.
The latest Suspect listed is ID 1821, As of this writing I am up to 2264 (all splogs).
I checked to see if it was an issue with my Safari 4.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.6 but I get the same with Firefox.
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The new layout keeps telling me that my posts have failed when they haven't.
we're trying to fix that occasional bug.
For the 1719 splog, is that the one you marked through the blogs page or Suspect Splogs?
I have only marked 10 blogs as not spam
I'm a bit confused as we are showing 461 as marked as not spam or Ignored. Have you been running it on another server? The stats are tied to your user here, not per server.
As best I can recall, I did the 1719 splog manually... but probably not through the blogs page. The way I usually do it is to mark the user as spam, which marks their blogs as spam at the same time. A quick check verifies that the user "erick7938265" is marked as a spammer. I don't think that would be true if I just marked the blog.
This is the only server (I associated both of my static IPs) I have and I only have one WPMU installation.
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You can send login details to aaron (a) uglyrobot.com. I'm thinking it may related to restrictions in using set_time_out() imposed by your host. What host do you use?
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Alright, figured it out!
Anti-Splog includes a built in protection that prevents the spamming of active Supporters. Due to your site giving a free Supporter trial all new blogs are supporters. I will have to fix that bug in a new version, checking for the free trial option before enabling that protection. Unfortunately the bug also prevents checking of signups.
This also explains why you show so many unspams, as every time you spam it reverses it.
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Aaron, I've been meaning to bring this up but this is a good time to do so. With Supporter, we do an additional check of is_free, where a positive response is from either the trial period or site admin intervention. We do this for our clients who offer free trials but would rather not extend some benefits like an quota upgrade or CSS upgrade. When ever Paypal comes back with a positive result, ie they buy something and have a verified address with paypal, is_free is set to false.
This may be something of interest to look at. For us it's very rough as it;s just an on/off switch that doesn't check against current status of Supporter.
That sounds like a good addition, but please make sure that doesn't screw up those of us who don't use paypal and manually extend Supporter upon payment.
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That's a good idea. Similarly there have been a lot of requests for the trial period to be with paypal rather than just built in so they have to cancel it to keep from paying.
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Not a problem.
Similarly there have been a lot of requests for the trial period to be with paypal rather than just built in so they have to cancel it to keep from paying.
I've been holding out to use the updated plugin, but I've got almost a thousand new splogs in the last 5 days. Is a fix still coming "soon" or should I just start "spamming" users manually?
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Just a +1 for this update. I am running a wpmu install with the exact same scenario (Supporter + Free Trial) and seeing the same problem with the Anti-Splog plugin. Looking forward to the update. Also, I have the update plugin installed and it recognizes Supporter and Anti-Splog so I should theoretically know when this is updated, right!? Woo hoo! We're coming along now aren't we! ;)
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Is this anywhere near resolution? I added the supported plugin over the weekend and since then I have had 100s of spam registrations, none of them caught by splog...
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Are there any errors in you log? If you spam from the normal blogs screen does it work and they show in the recent queue?
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No errors in the log except those indicating IPs blocked in .htaccess:
[Thu Feb 04 12:43:25 2010] [error] [client 71.226.161.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/bablogs/public_html/index.php
[Thu Feb 04 12:43:25 2010] [error] [client 71.226.161.14] client denied by server configuration: /home/bablogs/public_html/wp-signup.php
Marking a blog as spam from the normal blogs screen does work but DOES NOT appear in the recent queue. It appears to me that all those blogs I marked as spam BEFORE I installed the plugin are in there, but nothing recent. Consequently, all the recent splogs have a certainty of 0%.
Suspected Blogs show certainty from 63-99%.
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That's what you get when an IP address is blocked via a deny in the .htaccess file and it;s trying to reach your site. I have a similar plugin for my MT blog to block comment/ trackback spammers and my logs are full of those.
Sucks really as it just makes it harder to find the real errors.
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Looking at your stats Christofire:
So it looks like all is working but a big lack of marking splogs. How many have you tried to spam since installing the plugin? I'm wondering if it is an issue with the AJAX, though that doesn't make sense to me as all the other ajax actions seem to be working like unspamming, ignoring, etc.
Are you sure they don't show up in recent splogs eventually? It can take up to a minute for the spamming to take place backend and them to show there.
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Thanks drmike, the blocked IPs are the only thing that I recognize as working properly.
I have only marked 10 blogs as not spam -- the only real blogs it asked me about when I first opened the Anti-Blog tool. Those 10 are listed in Ignored Blogs. In fact, they are the *only* blogs listed on that screen.
Recent Splogs shows 111 pages of (exclusively) "Manual" spam, the newest of which is 2010-01-31. See attached recent-splogs.jpg image.
I have been marking all of the spam in Suspected Blogs... As it turns out, the same ones over and over. Again they disappear in a flash of red when I mark them as Spam, but if I refresh the page the same ones return.
The latest Suspect listed is ID 1821, As of this writing I am up to 2264 (all splogs).
I checked to see if it was an issue with my Safari 4.0.4 on Mac OS X 10.6 but I get the same with Firefox.
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Sorry... DUPE. The new layout keeps telling me that my posts have failed when they haven't.
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we're trying to fix that occasional bug.
For the 1719 splog, is that the one you marked through the blogs page or Suspect Splogs?
I'm a bit confused as we are showing 461 as marked as not spam or Ignored. Have you been running it on another server? The stats are tied to your user here, not per server.
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As best I can recall, I did the 1719 splog manually... but probably not through the blogs page. The way I usually do it is to mark the user as spam, which marks their blogs as spam at the same time. A quick check verifies that the user "erick7938265" is marked as a spammer. I don't think that would be true if I just marked the blog.
This is the only server (I associated both of my static IPs) I have and I only have one WPMU installation.
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I'm a bit at a loss. What version of MU are you using?
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WPMU 2.9.1
Sploger pace is picking up. I'm happy to give you admin access to my site if you think it would help.
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No ideas? C'mon man, don't leaving me hanging out here. I'm just going to try reinstalling and see if that does anything in the meanwhile.
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You can send login details to aaron (a) uglyrobot.com. I'm thinking it may related to restrictions in using set_time_out() imposed by your host. What host do you use?
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Invite sent with admin role. Hosted by futurehosting.com
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I'll need a site admin role to view anti-splogs stuff.
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Sorry. You should be properly credentialed now.
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Alright, figured it out!
Anti-Splog includes a built in protection that prevents the spamming of active Supporters. Due to your site giving a free Supporter trial all new blogs are supporters. I will have to fix that bug in a new version, checking for the free trial option before enabling that protection. Unfortunately the bug also prevents checking of signups.
This also explains why you show so many unspams, as every time you spam it reverses it.
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Note you can delete my user now. I will release an update soon.
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Brilliant! I'm so glad you found the problem. At least your getting my splogger data contributions. ;-)
I'll eagerly await your update.
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Aaron, I've been meaning to bring this up but this is a good time to do so. With Supporter, we do an additional check of is_free, where a positive response is from either the trial period or site admin intervention. We do this for our clients who offer free trials but would rather not extend some benefits like an quota upgrade or CSS upgrade. When ever Paypal comes back with a positive result, ie they buy something and have a verified address with paypal, is_free is set to false.
This may be something of interest to look at. For us it's very rough as it;s just an on/off switch that doesn't check against current status of Supporter.
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Now, drmike, don't go slow'n down my fix. ;-)
That sounds like a good addition, but please make sure that doesn't screw up those of us who don't use paypal and manually extend Supporter upon payment.
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That's a good idea. Similarly there have been a lot of requests for the trial period to be with paypal rather than just built in so they have to cancel it to keep from paying.
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Not a problem.
Gotta admit that sounds scammy to me.
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I've been holding out to use the updated plugin, but I've got almost a thousand new splogs in the last 5 days. Is a fix still coming "soon" or should I just start "spamming" users manually?
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I think the weekend got in the way :)
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There was a weekend?!
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Just a +1 for this update. I am running a wpmu install with the exact same scenario (Supporter + Free Trial) and seeing the same problem with the Anti-Splog plugin. Looking forward to the update. Also, I have the update plugin installed and it recognizes Supporter and Anti-Splog so I should theoretically know when this is updated, right!? Woo hoo! We're coming along now aren't we! ;)
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And a holiday too apparently :)
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I didn't notice the holiday, but I just got home from work. ;-)
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I remember when we had President's Day off from school. Now a days, it;s just a normal day.
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I just uploaded the fix guys. Thanks for the patience!
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Awesome, Aaron! I'll give it a go in the morning. Please don't take all my whining seriously. I appreciate your talents and willingness to help. :-)
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Sweet. Splog carnage. Many thanks.
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Is this anywhere near resolution? I added the supported plugin over the weekend and since then I have had 100s of spam registrations, none of them caught by splog...
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The fix for supporter trials was added to Anti-Splog 2 versions ago.
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