README

Block access to your Web Site (singe pages or whole Internet presence) for spam robots. All IP or e-mail addresses are identified as Spam (suspicious access) or Ham (allowed access) based on BlackList or WhiteList or provider checks.

You may use one or more of the following providers

• Intern Caching of testing results. Definition of BlackList or WhiteList.
• Spamhaus Testing IP address.
• Honeypot Testing IP address.
• StopForumSpam Testing IP and mail address.
• Spam and Open Relay Blocking System (SORBS) Testing IP address.
• SpamCop Testing IP address.
• BlockList Testing IP address.
• NixSpam Testing IP address.
• UCE Protect Testing IP address (Level 1+2+3).
• Abusive Host Blocking List Testing IP address.
• Weighted Private Block List Testing IP address.
• BotScout Testing IP and mail address.
• FSpamList Testing IP and mail address.
• IPStack Allow access for selected countries.

Installation

• Install Plugin
• Create a new Frontend module of typ *SpamBot-IP *or SpamBot-Mail. Configure which provider should be used.
• Create a new page (optional) to which suspicious visitor should be redirected or check and update template mod_spambot according to your requirements (existing template supports German and English messages).
• Include module either in Page layout or on one or more pages as Page element.

Usage

• All visitor IP / mail addresses are checked and in case of suspicious visitor (Spam) either a message is displayed or visitor is redirected to a preselected page.
• Using a new menu option in BackEnd (in Account management) you can specify addition IP / mail addresses or regular expressions in BlackList or WhiteList.
• After checking the IP address, the following InsertTags are available in all templates:
  • {{SpamBot::clientIP}} IP address checked.
  • {{SpamBot::Typ}} Spam typ.
  • {{SpamBot::Engine}} Spam provider name (probably with link).
  • {{SpamBot::Status}} Status message.

Specifics

• Search engines were called in parallel. With this special solution operational capacity is enlarged dramatically.
• We recommend using modules only on page level.
  • Depending on which / how many provider you want to use latency time for displaying pages are extended. If you include module e.g. only on registration page and/or on contact page all other pages will be displayed faster.
  • If you use a Internet site with multi-language support you may define multiple Frontend modules with a a language specific redirection page.
  • With this plugin you may lock specific pages from being displayed (in your intranet) using the BlackList or allow only specific visitors to see these pages using WhiteList.
• You may use SpamBot-Mail in any form of your choice. Please don't forget to include modul at top of your page and in your Forms to configure the Inputfield E-Mail with the Configuration check for E-Mails.

Testing

• We highly recommend making any tests on a page not visible for other visitors or on a local copy of your Internet site (may bee you will lock or potential customers during testing :-).
• Allow logging of Ham IP / mail access.
• Open you prepared page in front end.
• Take a look at the IP / mail address in BackEnd.
• Check IP / mail address with configured provider and analyze result.
• Modify record and change type to Spam.
• Reload your modified page in browser and check results.

Please enjoy!

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