[djbaxter]

Accidentally posted in the 3.6 thread. Reposting here:

Suggestion/Question:
At present, it seems the name search is not on exact match - at least, if I enter a name as a manual search it's not (e.g., dan will be flagged as matches to daniel, dan123, rodan, etc.).

It should either be eliminated as a potential criterion or made so that only exact matches will work to ban a registration, as it is for email addresses and IP addresses.

Originally Posted by TommyC

This script doesn't use a "search" it checks for a yes or no.

For example, dan would show up as a yes via this page:
http://www.stopforumspam.com/api?username=dan

You misunderstand me.

The point is how "dan" is checked - and against what. Would you get a "yes" if the member was dan because it matched with daniel, dan2010,123dan, etc.?

Try a manual search: http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=dan

My hypothetical member "dan" isn't any of those 500 listed but seems to be considered a match. It should not return a "yes" unless it finds a "dan" in the spam list, not a "jordan" or anything else.