[imported_silkroad]

Great! I will.

First of all, people who are interested in taking any actions based on geo location should install mod-geoip if they are running Apache2.

mod-geoip uses the geoip database from MaxMind. OpenX, the world's largest free ad server, also uses MaxMind's free binary geo-database.

In addition, instead of only working at the country level, you can also install a free version of MaxMind's geoip city database, that provides granularity at the city and even zip code level. We generally don't work to that level, but some do.

Also, MaxMind does a fairly good job with anonymous proxy servers. It is important to locate them; as most good spammers and hackers do not login from their banned country code, LOL.

Only novice spammers and hackers login from the actual IP address. All experienced ones use Anonymous Proxy servers.

OBTW, dknelson, it's good you gave me the last word on this; I'm not arguing with you, I am just clarifying misinformation you posted earlier.

If you want to discuss further, I can easily continue in a knowledgeable and accurate way. I have many years of experience in anti-spam and geo-targeting applications. You can ask any question you like.

Nothing personal at all. I am sure you are a great guy and your bike forum looks fun and friendly! I did notice your forum does not run an ad server, so that may explain why you are not very familiar with state-of-the-art geo-location technologies, mod-geoip, and other geoip databases that are more advanced than the one in this mod.

Ask away if you want to learn.. I will not be around in this mod-thread very long.

Thanks.