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  • JamesUS
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2000
    • 4622

    How do I effectively ban a user?

    How do I effectively ban a user?


    The best way is to ban both his IP address and his email address in the Options area of the control panel.
    If the member uses a dynamic IP address (ie it changes every time he logs on) then you will have to either ban each IP he uses, or ban the whole subnet (eg 1.2.3.*).
  • Fred
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2000
    • 933
    • 3.5.0 Pre-Release

    #2
    You can NEVER fully ban someone. If you ban his ISP, then you ban other members too.

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    • Jux
      Member
      • Feb 2002
      • 61

      #3
      I had the same problem - apparently, when I banned the email, they were still able to post, so I checked on that as well as took away all of their forum rights under their permissions. He had an IP that changed, but I think we were able to resolve the banning issue.

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      • Cassius
        New Member
        • Feb 2002
        • 11

        #4
        you can't really limit some person's entrance to your forum unless you close the registration... if there is a way for someone to register, the average persistant cyber vandal will try to use it...

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        • Sven
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2000
          • 240

          #5
          Another, quite effective, way to get rid of someone:
          Set him to Usergroup "COPPA User awaiting email confirmation"

          He won't be able to post and will have a little trouble to register with a new nickname

          This is, of course, not a ban and won't prevent someone who really wants to disturb your forums - but it's working good for us.

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          • Rob Weaver
            Member
            • Jan 2002
            • 41

            #6
            We have a persistent user who kept changing his hotmail address each time I banned him. Finally, I banned his IP address and that kept him out for a few weeks. Now he's back and claims to have an "IP blocking" program which allegedly prevents the vBulletin software from "seeing" the real IP he's coming from and thus letting him in.

            I thought of setting his permissions to prevent him writing to each forum but that won't help if he can get in again under a new name/address etc.

            Any ideas?

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            • Steve Machol
              Former Customer Support Manager
              • Jul 2000
              • 154488

              #7
              You're only real option is to ban the free email accounts, i.e., hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc. After a while he'll get tired and will go away.
              Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
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              • Rob Weaver
                Member
                • Jan 2002
                • 41

                #8
                Yes, my original intention to was ban free accounts - until I discovered that nearly 80 per cent of our club's supporters use hotmail.

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                • Steve Machol
                  Former Customer Support Manager
                  • Jul 2000
                  • 154488

                  #9
                  You could always use this as a temporary ban until the moron tires and goes to play in someone else's sandbox. It's either that or continue banning each new email address he uses to register with.
                  Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
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                  • Rob Weaver
                    Member
                    • Jan 2002
                    • 41

                    #10
                    Smachol - You've given me an idea. If I were to ban hotmail addresses it would not affect those already signed on, would it?

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                    • Steve Machol
                      Former Customer Support Manager
                      • Jul 2000
                      • 154488

                      #11
                      No, it won't affect current members - just any new registrations.
                      Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
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                      Steve Machol Photography


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                      • Rob Weaver
                        Member
                        • Jan 2002
                        • 41

                        #12
                        Thanks.

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                        • grace819
                          Member
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 95

                          #13
                          Originally posted by smachol
                          You're only real option is to ban the free email accounts, i.e., hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc. After a while he'll get tired and will go away.
                          Sorry to sound so dumb but can you please show me how to do this? A detailed instruction would be nice.

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                          • Steve Machol
                            Former Customer Support Manager
                            • Jul 2000
                            • 154488

                            #14
                            Originally posted by grace819
                            Sorry to sound so dumb but can you please show me how to do this? A detailed instruction would be nice.
                            Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Banning Options -> Email addresses to ban -> yahoo.com hotmail.com
                            Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
                            Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

                            Steve Machol Photography


                            Mankind is the only creature smart enough to know its own history, and dumb enough to ignore it.


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                            • grace819
                              Member
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 95

                              #15
                              Originally posted by smachol
                              Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Banning Options -> Email addresses to ban -> yahoo.com hotmail.com
                              Thank you.

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