Question Stop Forumspam not validate api key

I noticed today that after moving to Kunena 5.1 (currently 5.1.2) the API key is no longer recognized or can not be validated.

Message (when creating a USER BAN):

Error while reporting the user to stopforumspam.com. Reason given: could not validate api key

I use the key for years in Kunena and the code will show in the Stop Forum Spam User Panel displayed under API Keys. I suspect the error is in Kunena.

In the older versions of Kunena the key works fine!

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Hello,

Can-you check please if in Kunena configuration settings the api key for stop forum spam is still here ?

That was my first way



There is also an error in the german translation. But this is not the problem

I create a new key at Stop Forum Spam. Same error!

It could be an issue when Kunena isn't able to contact stopforumspamservice, in your php.ini do-you have fopen or curl enabled ? Or both ?

I change nothing in my settings. In Kunena 4.x this works great. In Kunena 5.x don´t!

When i disable allow_url_fopen i get: Cannot use a stream transport when "allow_url_fopen" is disabled.

I experienced the exact same problem last week, with Kunena 5.1.2.
Stop Forum Spam has worked perfectly for many years in Kunena.
I assumed that the Stop Forum Spam website had stopped working properly, because I hadn't changed any settings in Kunena and my API key was still there and valid.