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Jan 17 2011, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 17 2011, 10:09 PM) There was also some inappropriate material on here for a short while posted by one of these names. Certainly made me choke on me Cheerios.
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Jan 19 2011, 10:17 AM
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Presumably Admin can see IP address shown when registering, and whether it was same one; some websites show you your IP address to remind you that you're not invisible! You can see yours by using: Who Am I, and where is my IP server locatedand the location of ISP server you are routed through
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Jan 19 2011, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jan 19 2011, 10:17 AM) Presumably Admin can see IP address shown when registering, and whether it was same one; some websites show you your IP address to remind you that you're not invisible! You can see yours by using: Who Am I, and where is my IP server locatedand the location of ISP server you are routed through Looks like they can't be blocked from registering though.
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Jan 20 2011, 10:42 AM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jan 19 2011, 10:17 AM) Presumably Admin can see IP address shown when registering, and whether it was same one; some websites show you your IP address to remind you that you're not invisible! You can see yours by using: Who Am I, and where is my IP server locatedand the location of ISP server you are routed through That would only work if the ISP has lots public addresses, ie the addresses published to the internet, rather than the address used by the users
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Jan 20 2011, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE (Andy1 @ Jan 20 2011, 10:42 AM) That would only work if the ISP has lots public addresses, ie the addresses published to the internet, rather than the address used by the users Not sure what you mean. The IP address of the poster is seen by anyone with administrator privilege and the administrator can ban any IP or group of IPs. Say for example, the IP address originates in China (a common source of spam), then the sensible thing to do would be to ban the whole group of IPs in that range (usually one city), since it's unlikely anyone in that city would have a legitimate interest in this forum.
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Jan 20 2011, 10:56 PM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Jan 20 2011, 10:42 PM) Hang on. You talk about freedom of speech, then want to censor an entire continent and half of Europe? What about ex-pats working overseas? Hm, very good point, that hadn't occured to me.
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Jan 21 2011, 02:55 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 21 2011, 11:40 AM) We haven't had any comments from the Admins on this problem (a post from them would be helpful).
It's my guess that only a small range of IP addresses are involved with the current attack, which could be banned without affecting anyone's freedom of speech. But we won't know if it's coming from a single source, or whether the site has suddenly appeared in a general spammer's list of sites to hit unless the Admins tell us. Thanks for your concern and thoughts all. We are aware of the problem and are working on a solution which will probably involve a software upgrade very soon. In the mean time, if you see anything on the forum which shouldn't been there (no obvious jokes please about various members) please let us know asap. Thanks again.
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Jan 22 2011, 04:45 PM
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[quote name='NWNREADER' date='Jan 21 2011, 05:41 PM' post='32201'] So we can pick on just one? [/quote Leave the WBC spokesperson alone!!!
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