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Dribbles · #1 09-21-2006, 07:47 PM

Everytime I ban or IP ban a member, all they do is reset their IP and re-register (or get a proxy program). It's starting to get to be a pain in the butt since trolls are pretty much invincible. I don't want to have to manually approve every new account because the size of my forum makes that a huge task. I'm curious if anyone has ever found a way to deal with these members being immune to banning? I'm wondering if banning all free email accounts is the only solution out there?

I tried the temp modding new members and it was just a lot of work (plus there was no way to know who was the banned members) ... the IP ban doesn't work as I have banned over 48 of their IP's and they keep finding new ones. I tried the miserable ban ... worked for a while until they figured out what it is and now just get a new account when it happens

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