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User Banning
The User Banning section of the Control Panel allows you to ban users by IP address, email, or name.
Banned IP Addresses
Here you can specify any IP addresses you wish to ban. You may specify full IP addresses or use wildcards to specify blocks of IP addresses. For example, 123.321.*. Each IP address should be placed on a separate line.
You also set what happens when a user with a banned IP address tries to access the site:
- Restrict the user to viewing the site only. They will not be able to submit comments or do anything else except passively view the content.
- Show the user a specific message.
- Redirect the user to another specified site.
Banned Email Addresses
Here you can specify any email addresses you wish to ban. You may specify full email addresses or use wildcards to specify partial email addresses. For example, *@baddomain.com. Each address should be placed on a separate line.
Restricted Usernames
You can list usernames, preventing their use. This can be handy if you would like to reserve certain usernames for your own use.
Restricted Screen Names
Similar to usernames, you can list Screen Names, preventing their use. This can be handy if you'd like to reserve certain Screen Names for your own use.