Due to the official Joomla 2.5 support ending, this module has been discontinued. If you're using Joomla 3.x, please install this module.

CleanTalk Anti-Spam set up on Joomla 2.5

Anti-Spam plugin for Joomla 2.5

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Common:

Keep Anti-Spam logs for 45 days
Blocking visitors by country
Blocking by stop-words
Blocking by language
Custom server response
Form Validation Notice
Additional email address for notifications about spam events
Delegating access to the CleanTalk Dashboard
Anti-Spam Event Log
Checking email for existence
Filtering disposable emails
Notifications about filtering events on the site

Anti-Spam:

Personal black and white lists for Anti-Spam service
Check existing users and comments for spam
Manage spam comments
Protection of contact forms, registration forms, comments
RSForms Protection
JComments Protection

SpamFireWall Option:

Personal SpamFireWall Black & White Lists

Installation Guide

Go to your Anti-Spam Dashboard

Make a backup of the site files and database!
Download the plugin.
Select archive with plugin and run installation in the menu Extensions -> Install / Uninstall

Go to plugin settings: Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. In plugin settings press "Get access key automatically" button. Admin email will be used for registration.

If an error occurs, click the link to get a key manually. Fill in the easy registration form and you will receive your key.

Enter key in its field, save settings.

Write a dummy comment, dummy registration, or dummy contact message with email stop_email@example.com. You should see the plugin respond, like in the screenshot.

To test if SpamFireWall is working just add /?sfw_test_ip=10.10.10.10 to your site name. Example www.yoursitename.domain/?sfw_test_ip=10.10.10.10 (you must see blocking screen)

Attention! You should test SFW with incognito mode switched on. To enable incognito mode press Ctrl+Shift+N for Chrome, Opera and Safari browsers; press Ctrl+Shift+P for Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge.

Exclusions for some pages of sites

Open the file "custom_config.php" from directory /plugins/system/antispambycleantalk
There are lines:

Exclusion for URL:

// Exclude urls from spam_check. List them separated by commas

private $cleantalk_url_exclusions = '';

Exclusion for fields:

//Excludes fields from filtering. List them separated by commas

private $cleantalk_fields_exclusions = '';

For example: If you need to except these URLs:

example.com/some/thing
example.com/some/one
example.com/some/body

You should add this:

private $cleantalk_url_exclusions = 'some';

Make note, that you can add multiple URLs separated by commas:

private $cleantalk_url_exclusions = 'Url1','Url2','Url3';

How to Add Website to CleanTalk Anti-Spam Dashboard

Please, use this guide to add a website to CleanTalk Anti-Spam Dashboard: https://cleantalk.org/help/add-website

Congratulations. Anti-Spam is installed!

Please go to Dashboard to see the Anti-Spam status, add new websites or manage existing ones!

Please check your email to get account password.

Create an account

Your CleanTalk Dashboard