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« on: January 20, 2003, 09:11:31 PM »		 Reply with quote
I have a forum, using the newest, 1.5 version. When I banned a user using AOL, several other members using AOL also get banned. I checked the IP's and they are very close at times. Is there anything that can be done to fix this problem?
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Re:Ban Problems
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2003, 09:21:10 PM »		 Reply with quote
Don't ban by IP... AOL and other dialup servers give out a different IP everytime you dial out. So the IP you banned for one user may now be in use by another. Best bet is to ban by username or email.

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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2003, 09:46:55 PM »		 Reply with quote
yeah, don't ban by IP if the user is on AOL
ban by e-mail
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2003, 10:32:36 PM »		 Reply with quote
What if they create new accounts under different usernames and e-mails?
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Re:Ban Problems
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2003, 10:38:11 PM »		 Reply with quote
Unfortunately that sometimes happens.

you can do 2 things -

1) report them to AOL under one of the AOL email addresses they are using (make sure you have password sent by email set in admin)

2) Prey they switch to broadband(DSL) and ban them by IP.
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Re:Ban Problems
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2003, 02:33:31 AM »		 Reply with quote
Quote from: Vegeta on January 20, 2003, 10:32:36 PMWhat if they create new accounts under different usernames and e-mails?

they'll get tired of creating new email accounts
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2003, 11:00:26 PM »		 Reply with quote
Then I guess I'll have to convince the head admin of my forum to switch to sending out passwords via e-mail. That seems to be a good way to increase security, somewhat.
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Re:Ban Problems
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2003, 11:47:40 PM »		 Reply with quote
yes, you should do that if you're having problems like this
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