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conrail1990 · Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

I have a person that keeps signing up and spamming my site. And every time I ban him he comes right back.Is there any way to ban this user from his computer?

Japina · Member Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 1787 Location: México

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conrail1990 · Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

Oh sorry. Its

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Japina · Member Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 1787 Location: México

A problem on .ORG has been detected, the captcha code to new register in each forum is gone, it is reported and in the way to be fixed.

Meanwhile, if you want to stop spammers registration you will activated the admin aproval of accounts in the ACP under configuration, please look this thread:

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In addition, follow my advice in the thread in this folder named "Spam bot advice" at

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If you put those names/word in the "disallowed names" section of the admin panel, and ban those email extentions, a great many spambots will not be able to register.

ForumUp is the Webhost. Posting here as you did is the only thing you need to do.

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conrail1990 · Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

The spammer always seems to create a new account with a differant domain everytime he signs up.

conrail1990 · Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

email I mean.

Japina · Member Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 1787 Location: México

Dear conrail1990, it will stops when our webmaster restores the captcha code, please be patient, it will be sooner.

If you do not known what is the captcha code, please read this tread:

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gg'ssimon · Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:09 am Post subject:

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Meanwhile, if you want to stop spammers registration you will activated the admin aproval of accounts in the ACP under configuration, please look this thread:

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That does not stop any registrations. It only stops a registrant from being able to activate their account.

There is no possible way to stop all registrations. Even when the CAPTCHA code is in place, some spambot programs can bypass the Captcha code.

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The spammer always seems to create a new account with a differant domain everytime he signs up.

Yes, that happens. It is annoying, but not possible to stop. All the forums get irritating "fake" member sign ups. Even this support forum.

What exactly is it that you are concerned about? Is someone typing spam messages in posts? If so, be sure you have your forum permissions set so only activated, registered users can post.

If it is only that you are getting registrations that are NOT making posts, then just delete the accounts you don't want to show in your member list. Or leave them, after editing out any website URL they put in their profile. Then check their profile in the admin panel and make sure it is set to "NOT activated". Then they cannot make any posts.

If there is an unwanted account using the same user name all the time, but with a different email address, simply put that user name in the "Disallowed names" section of the admin panel. Then no one can register with that particular user name.

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conrail1990 · Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 5

I had made the forum for registered members only. Its the websites he posts that are the problem.

Japina · Member Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 1787 Location: México

Now the captcha code has been reinstaled by our webmaster, the spambooth registration should be diminished.

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