News:

Wondering if this will always be free?  See why free is better.

Main Menu

banned user still posting

Started by steeltape, April 10, 2011, 01:57:42 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

steeltape

i banned a spammer by his id forever n yet he is still able to post threads everywhere.
How exactly does ban system works in smf?

Illori

what do you mean you banned him by his id? did you ban him by username then delete the account? it has been reported that if you do that the ban will no longer work. have you look into some of the anti-spam mods on the mod site?

steeltape

yes i ban him by username and didn't delete the acc. yet he still coming and posting like everybody business.
yesterday i deleted the acc and today he came posting as usual..
quite irritating too

haven't look into any spam mods. im using rc5

SlammedDime

When you created the ban, did you actually check one of the ban options?  When you go to the ban screen, I believe none of the options are checked by default (username, ip, hostname, etc)... if you didn't check anything, you didn't actually ban him.
SlammedDime
Former Lead Customizer
BitBucket Projects
GeekStorage.com Hosting
                      My Mods
SimpleSEF
Ajax Quick Reply
Sitemap
more...
                     

steeltape

hi sorry for the late reply.
yes i did tick ban by username .
i have installed spam mods captha thing .. it kinda works for now :)
thanks guys

adrianbj

I have just had this same problem - ban reads:

This user is currently affected by the following bans:
User cannot access forum as a result of ban: "jolin"

But they are still posting - never seen this until this particular user. I am running 2.0 final

Illori

please open a separate thread for each issue, this thread belongs to someone else and is marked solved.

Advertisement: