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December 23, 2019 at 7:42 pm #309550

Topic: Posts Disappearing

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

mizschmitty
Participant

A couple of recent posts have disappeared from the activity stream. I checked and they aren’t marked as spam. I switched to WP Twenty Twenty theme and the posts are still missing. What could be causing this?

WP 5.3.2
BP 5.1.1

https://40dayfocus.com/activity (must be logged in as user to view)

December 14, 2019 at 11:15 am #309445

Topic: Spam users signing up without entering information

in group forum Installing BuddyPress

philliprf
Participant

I have a social media site I’m working on using Buddypress.

Spam accounts are signing up without filling in any of the required fields, and I don’t understand how. WordPress registration/login is disabled, all done through a 3rd party plugin (Youzer). When I go through the registration form myself, there’s no way to skip entering information such as city, country etc. All they are signing up with is a username, email and password.

How can I stop this? They’re messing up the layout of the members area, and just sending spam messages to actual members.

December 4, 2019 at 7:50 pm #309304

Topic: Admin account has been marked as a spammer

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

phiggins25
Participant

Hello Team,

I’d greatly appreciate support fixing this issue that has plagued my site for the last year and has caused me to abandon the hopes of finally finishing my work. In essence, my admin account is flagged as a spammer by BuddyPress across my entire multi-site network! I am not sure where it started, although I have a hunch it was caused by the plugin “Join My Multisite”. Either way, I have deactivated all plugins and created new sites on my network from scratch but as soon as I install BuddyPress the admin account will be marked as a spammer! This is a huge problem because my site uses BuddyBoss theme, which is powered by BuddyPress! I am in extreme need of assistance here! Please and thank you.

Here is another thread with a user experiencing a similar issue:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/my-account-marked-as-spammer-and-i-an-admin/

November 28, 2019 at 1:03 pm #309205

In reply to: GROUP ACTIVITY HOOKS that would be great to have.
shanebp
Moderator
This works as expected:
```
function test_bp_activity_add( $r, $activity_id ) {

	write_log( $activity_id  );
	write_log( $r );

}
add_action( 'bp_activity_add', 'test_bp_activity_add', 99, 2 );
//do_action( 'bp_activity_add', $r, $activity->id );
```
From the log:
```
[28-Nov-2019 12:56:39 UTC] 419
[28-Nov-2019 12:56:39 UTC] Array
(
    [id] => 
    [action] => 
    [content] => Test action hook on Group activity update
    [component] => groups
    [type] => activity_update
    [primary_link] => 
    [user_id] => 1
    [item_id] => 1
    [secondary_item_id] => 
    [recorded_time] => 2019-11-28 12:56:39
    [hide_sitewide] => 
    [is_spam] => 
    [error_type] => bool
)
```
So just set a conditional to check if $r['component'] == groups and do whatever you want.
November 22, 2019 at 8:12 pm #309123

Topic: Spams

in group forum Installing BuddyPress

yayoiargos
Participant

Hi,

I have a wordpress with Buddy Press and every day i receive a lot of spams.

What can i do to stop them ?

I have an old Buddy Press and WP theme.

November 20, 2019 at 10:08 pm #309097

In reply to: Bug – Spam Messages from deleted users still show excerpt

pixieblitz
Participant

I went into the database directly with phpMyAdmin and replaced the message text string with something like [this message was spam and has been deleted]. I originally tried deleting the database entries for the messages directly, but that still left the new message notifications and message counts unchanged so I got some user inquiries wondering where the “missing” messages went. I eventually figured out what to change in the database to correctly update the message counts, but it wasn’t very intuitive and it’s not practical for many messages, so… I’m frustrated and I wish there was a better solution, but for now that modification of the message is going to be my simple fix.

BTW – I also use a recaptcha on signup, wordfence, a buddypress messaging rate limiter plugin, and CleanTalk – which altogether has significantly reduced the problem, but not completely eliminated it.

November 20, 2019 at 9:12 pm #309096

In reply to: Bug – Spam Messages from deleted users still show excerpt

marbaque
Participant

@pixieblitz I am having the same problem. I marked a user as spam and deleted it, but messages sent byt the user are still visible on users activity. Very annoying.

Did you find a workaround?

November 13, 2019 at 10:20 am #308991

In reply to: How to find a solution against scam and spam members on BuddyPress

evo252
Participant

Hi!
Thanks for your reply!
It doesn’t work. I think that it’s not spam but scam: it’s real human that register and send messages.
Is there a way to create a rule to automatically block/remove a user who send an e-mail in the 1st message that he sends?
Thanks.

November 7, 2019 at 9:53 pm #308895

In reply to: How to find a solution against scam and spam members on BuddyPress

Raval
Participant

I think you can try to limit sending messages only to friends and remove sending messages to everyone. Perhaps this will reduce spam

November 7, 2019 at 8:05 pm #308885

Topic: How to find a solution against scam and spam members on BuddyPress

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

evo252
Participant

Hi!

I tried everything. I have all these plugins enabled on my BP Install:
Akismet Anti-Spam
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
BuddyPress Auto Activate Autologin Redirect To Profile On Signup : I need to allow my user to use my network like every social network without waiting for any moderation and approbation.
No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
Stop Spammers

Everyday, I have a lot of spam registration who send a lot of messages to all my members, so my network is not working now, my members cannot use it because they are all receiving a lot of e-mail notifications because of spam.

all messages are all the same:
“Hi dear,
how are you my dear I’m from UK, and
i have something important to disclose with you
if you don’t mind please contact me, through my private aminatadennis0@gmail.com
so that i can explain myself to you
Sincerely.”

It’s very very annoying.

Is there a solution without approving each member? Because we cannot approve hundred and hundred members each day, it’s impossible…

Thanks in advance for your help !

October 29, 2019 at 2:48 pm #308710

In reply to: How to filter private messages for duplicates/spam

pixieblitz
Participant

I thought Askimet was just for comments – can you also configure it for private messages? I do have it set up and running right now, along with Wordfence, a reCaptcha V2 on registration form (and for bbPress), and a BuddyPress Private Message Rate Limiter.

Right now I’m using these plugins:
– Askimet
– Wordfence
– Advanced noCaptcha & invisible Captcha (On registration form)
– Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
– BuddyPress Private Message Rate Limiter

It helps, but apparently not enough – just had a user sign up last night, receive a spam message, and request to have their account deleted this morning. It’s obviously frustrating, so if Askimet could be doing something extra that I just haven’t configured it for, that would be great…

But I’m not sure how it could even successfully flag the messages based on content? Some are very bland “Hi Dear, I like you profile and would love to talk, please contact me privately via e-mail at xxxxxxxx ” Which don’t seem that different from legitimate messages, except that they’re being sent out en masse from users with profiles that say they’re in US, but with IP’s in Africa, etc.

Does anyone know if these same bots would also send out mass friend requests? I remember seeing a mention of restricting private messaging to friends, which might be my next step… But I don’t want to implement an additional hurdle for users if the bots would also just abuse that. 🙁

Sorry for the long post, but thanks for any help!

October 28, 2019 at 9:22 pm #308699

In reply to: How to filter private messages for duplicates/spam

David Cavins
Keymaster

That’s an interesting idea. What about using the Akismet anti-spam service to check the content of the message?

I’ve also had bots send spam messages via private messaging, and it’s a pain once it gets started.

October 28, 2019 at 8:45 pm #308693

In reply to: Moderate activities with “pending” mode status

David Cavins
Keymaster

Hi @rezocom-

That’s a pretty complicated request. I’ve used a plugin that adds a “spam” action link to activity posts, but doesn’t have an approval workflow:
https://github.com/francescolaffi/BP-Moderation

October 25, 2019 at 8:06 pm #308666

Topic: Bug – Spam Messages from deleted users still show excerpt

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

pixieblitz
Participant

Hi! I’ve had some spam users send out private messages. I’ve marked those users as spam and deleted them, BUT the private message content they’ve sent is still partly visible as the subject line and preview snippet in our member’s inbox. It’s pretty bad since for example some read: “Am Jane Robles From United State, I Lost My Parent At Car […]”, and if the user clicks on the message it just says [deleted]. Is there any was to pix this so that excerpt is no longer visible in the inbox? Thanks!

October 25, 2019 at 4:02 pm #308661

Topic: How to filter private messages for duplicates/spam

in forum Creating & Extending

pixieblitz
Participant

Hi! I have a vague idea of what I’d like to do, but I’m not sure how to write the code. If anyone could help me out, I would really appreciate it!

I want to check the BP private message content before it’s sent to compare it to the previously sent message by that user. If it’s identical, I want to automatically notify the site admin, and possibly mark the user as spam. I know long term this might have false positives, but right now we’re having a serious problem with spam users sending out identical messages requesting to be contacted privately via email.

Thanks!

October 25, 2019 at 8:28 am #308654

In reply to: BuddyPress Groups Wizard |Cancel button?

angrywarrior
Participant

@imath reporting in this person or bot(?)

@lucydevid = Spammer

See the post above..

October 18, 2019 at 3:23 am #308548

Topic: How to repair private message count?

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

pixieblitz
Participant

Our site had some spammer send out massive amounts of private messages. I bulk deleted them directly out of the database table bp_messages_messages, marked the users as spam and deleted them… Then also deleted the bp notifications for messages. (We have a fairly low number of actual messages on the site so it didn’t seem like a big deal.) Unfortunately now on the front-end profile tabs it indicates the presence of messages with whatever # were deleted. I can’t figure out how to reset that – even resetting to 0 across the board would be fine, if there isn’t a recount/repair function somewhere…

Any suggestions for how I could fix this? And would deleting the users first have avoided this altogether by automatically cleaning up the messages and repairing the message counts?

Thank you!

October 17, 2019 at 6:13 pm #308541

In reply to: Activation email blocked by Mailjet

David Cavins
Keymaster

Various email services filter for spam in different ways, and it can be a real trick to get the activation mail to be delivered. I’ve had good luck using an API mailer like SendGrid or similar, where you can set up all the extra email supporting stuff like DKIM and SPF. Several of the popular API mailers have WP plugins, so that’s one way you can improve the delivery rates.

If you’re asking how to resend the activation emails, you can do that by visiting your WP Admin dashboard at WP Admin > Users > Manage Signups (/wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-signups) and choosing the “Email” action with each user.

October 16, 2019 at 8:08 am #308480

Topic: Recover member counters

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

asknotensions
Participant

we emptied out some spam memberships from your database, and we need to know what happens next to update the count on the activity page.

The registration on my website is showing the wrong figures as 112904 members the link for that page is activity page. It should be correct and we have also use repair logs but the number is still visible. How to solve the counter or reset it.

October 10, 2019 at 6:35 pm #308409

Topic: Notifications Dilemma

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

selym
Participant

I have a strange scenario that I’m not sure how to tackle. I created hundreds of users that represent certain fictional characters. I used fake emails (character-name@my-domain) during each user set up.

The first problem is whenever I made changes to these accounts, it would naturally generate a lot of bounce back emails since the email addresses don’t actually exist. I can set all notifications to “no” in their profiles, but then I’m never notified when real members friend request or message these characters.

I don’t want to set up a catch-all email as it would just become a honey pot for spammers. I asked my web host if it’s possible to have a white-listed type catch-all for only email addresses I specify, but unfortunately that isn’t possible from them.

Anyone have any other ideas? Or know of plugins that might enable an admin to view all notification activity for certain users?

October 5, 2019 at 8:10 am #308276

Topic: Email Templates

in group forum Installing BuddyPress

simonradford
Participant

I accidently deleted the email templates thinking they must be spam postings, tried uninstall and reinstall BuddyPress but templates will not reimport, any ideas how to get the templates back?

September 29, 2019 at 5:18 am #308088

Topic: anybody running big traffic buddypress website?

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

allnamestaken
Participant

1)if yes what did you learn along the way?

2)do you allow picture uploads?

3)do you allow user group creation?

4)how do you control abusive/spam posts?

September 20, 2019 at 8:18 am #307840

Topic: Buddypress doesn’t send registration Mails

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

medienvirus
Participant

Hi,

on my site https://abtomed.com/registrieren/ nobody get’s a mail while register.

Not the user himself, nor the admin of the site.

I already tried smpt solutions, which unfortunately don’t help.

Also the plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-registration-options/ doesn’t help at all.

What am i doing wrong about that issue?

Maybe someone can help to figure out. Also i want a “I read the privacy policy informations” checkbox inside this registration form and a recaptcha spamprotection, but don’t know how to solve it… :/

Cheers
Jens

September 13, 2019 at 2:36 pm #307774

In reply to: ‘Marked As Spammer’ message upon plugin activation

hastayatagi
Blocked

Spam sitelerden biz de çok şikayetçiyiz. Bunun için Google disawow aracını kullanaran istenmeyen linkleri reddediyoruz. https://www.hasta-yataklari.com

September 10, 2019 at 1:04 am #307737

Topic: ‘Marked As Spammer’ message upon plugin activation

in forum How-to & Troubleshooting

sjosepey1
Participant

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Any time I activate the plugin, I get knocked off and shown the WP default sign in screen.

When I try to log in, nothing happens except a message stating my account was marked as spam.

Not sure why this does this no matter how many times I try to fix the issue.

Please and thanks
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