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Post by cookiemonster395 September 17th 2012, 11:24 pm

I have a member who's posting style is uncannily like that of a member I banned a while back. I was wondering how it would be possible if at all to connect the two?

I clicked the question mark that reveals the IP address but it doesn't really tell me if any other users are sharing the same IP address.

I understand from some ISP's that due to IP's often rotating it may be possible for some to be sharing an IP, but it would just be helpful for me if I had the heads up that this may be who I think it is.

Any help greatly appreciated. xx


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Post by Koleare September 17th 2012, 11:33 pm

Typically I would use the IP address. But Since you're not looking dor that snubby answer.

Find a base to enforce a ban on him. If he comes back just refer back to the previous IP.
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Post by patiogardener September 18th 2012, 12:37 am

If you have banned a member & their IP address they should not be able to rejoin your forum using the same IP.

You can check whether the IPs are the same by going to your AP>>Users & Groups>>Users>>Ban Control>>Ban an IP Address. There you will find the list of IP addresses you have banned. Check to see if the same one is listed.
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Post by cookiemonster395 September 18th 2012, 2:22 am

The problem I have with banning an actual IP address as opposed to a specific user is that if the IP if is a dynamic address it could be shared by innocent parties who might share the same LAN and could effectively be banned also if I were to use this method.

I'm looking in particular for something that might possibly list the members that have shared the IP address rather than just listing the IP addresses a member has used, which doesn't really help me achieve what I want.

Is there a feature that could do this for me?

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Post by Sanket September 18th 2012, 9:26 am

Nopes, there is no such feature. Banning the user Id is the only sensible way to go about it unless the user keeps returning & spamming with violent or rather bad content.
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Post by cookiemonster395 September 18th 2012, 1:18 pm

OK. Thank you for taking the time to reply.

Is this something you could possibly look into for the future?
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Post by Sanket September 18th 2012, 8:18 pm

there are many anti spamming features already incorporated on our forum. You can use them.

Please check here.
General>Forum>Security
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Post by cookiemonster395 September 18th 2012, 8:42 pm

Thank you, I'll look into that thumright
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Post by Sanket September 19th 2012, 9:51 pm

Solved?
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