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Location: ''Administration > Reports > Spam cleaner''


The Spam cleaner can be used to locate user accounts responsible for spam and other nasty stuff and help you delete them.
The Spam cleaner can be used to locate user accounts responsible for spam and other nasty stuff and help you delete them.


It basically allows you to search profiles, blogs and other content for particularly spammy keywords (like '''viagra'''), then presents you with a result list which you can browse and then easily delete problem user profiles.
It allows you to search user profiles for particularly spammy keywords, then presents you with a result list which you can browse and then easily delete problem user profiles.
 
The Spam Cleaner is a standard admin report in these versions of Moodle:
* Moodle 2.0 dev
* Moodle 1.9.4 and later.
* Moodle 1.8.8+ stable and weeklies (MOODLE_18_STABLE) from 25th February 2008
* Moodle 1.7.7+ stable (MOODLE_17_STABLE) from 25th February 2008
* Moodle 1.6.9+ stable (MOODLE_16_STABLE) from 25th February 2008


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Reducing spam in Moodle]]
* [[Reducing spam in Moodle]]
* [[Why porn spam has been appearing in Moodle sites]] for background information
* [[Why porn spam has been appearing in Moodle sites]] for background information
* MDL-17144 including spamcleaner script download link for using in versions of Moodle prior to 1.8.9 or 1.9.5


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Revision as of 14:44, 23 August 2011

Location: Settings > Site administration > Reports > Spam cleaner


The Spam cleaner can be used to locate user accounts responsible for spam and other nasty stuff and help you delete them.

It allows you to search user profiles for particularly spammy keywords, then presents you with a result list which you can browse and then easily delete problem user profiles.

See also