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I'd like to moderate new users for their first post or two only. But all I can see is an option for whole forums to be moderated for everyone. Thanks.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for but sounds right

http://mods.mybboard.net/view.php?did=438

Fishntassie...

Thanks Fishntassie - it sounds close but what I'd ideally like is for every new user to be automatically placed under moderation, and then I'd unmoderate them after the first couple of spam-free posts.

If I've read correctly, the mod you mention requires the admin to manually set each user to be moderated after they've registered. Of course, by then it may be too late to have prevented the drive-by spam!

Wow - just found an identical request from somebody else two years ago:
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=2511

Surely this would be a valuable standard option to avoid spammers?
Pretty sure I've seen this option in other forum systems.

MyBB 1.4 contains a group based promotions system which you should be able to do this with. The catch? MyBB 1.4 isn't ready to be released yet.

For now, if you hop on over to the Code Modifications forum or MyBB Mods, someone might be able to whip up a plugin for you (shouldn't be too complicated)

/*

 * Moderate Users First Posts for MyBB 1.2.9
 * By: LeX-
 * Website: http://www.thingiej.be
 * Version: 1.0

*/

// SETTINGS
=> Status [ YES/NO ]
=> How Many Posts [ Default: 2 ]
// INSTALL
=> Upload mnp.php into your ./inc/plugins/ folder
=> Go to your Plugin Manager and Activate.
=> New settingsgroup created where you can change the status and how many posts.


// NOTE
=> Found Bugs => PM.


:: Probably not done at the best way, but it works =P ::

Moved to the code modifications forum.

Thanks LeX-

Have tried it out briefly and experienced a slight hiccup where the number of posts in the moderation queue, shown in brackets alongside the approved posts, showed as 400 million for some reason (!) but other than that your mod seems to do the job just fine.

And what has my plugin to do with that number ? =P Mine just sets the "visible" var to 0 if the users postnum is smaller or equal to the min. post setting =/

Hey, I'm not saying it's anything to do with your plugin. I'm truly grateful you took the time. Just thought it might be helpful to provide feedback on what happened. I'm sure when I've time to implement it further all will be fine.