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Originally Posted by Suiram

the perfect solution would be to not have to rely on any 3rd party for the database. why not have an option to have forum owners create and use their own database? (since their forum already uses one, it's a no brainer) whilst some would prefer to have a frequently updated "general" database as it is now, you could still import a new list of usernames/ip's/email addresses each week/month if you wanted. or at least have two versions. one as it is, and the other 99% the same except that it would use your own servers/database.

Someone doesn't understand the idea behind this mod I guess.

So today, you see a new spammer on your forum, then you ban him, and he is in your internal database. Tomorrow, he changes his post, username, and IP, and spams your board again. Then you ban him manually again. And you do this every day. Maybe several times per day.

You probably do not need this mod if you do not understand why it is so useful or how spam works, in general. There is absolutely no question that this type of service must rely on a 3rd party database and an internal DB is going to be 100% useless for almost every site out there.