A hodgepodge of questions,

[kh99]

Originally Posted by bobcosta

How do I increase the size of each user PM mailbox? I have hunted for days.

Go to Usergroups > Usergroup Manager and press "Go" to edit the main usergroup (probably "Registered Users"). Scroll down to the Private Message Permissions secton and change the Maximum Stored Messages setting. That changes it for everyone in the usergroup, of course. If you mean being able to set it for an individual user, I don't think there is a way, but what we do is create new usergroups by copying Registered Users, and set Maximum Stored Messages for that group to a higher value. Then add that group as a secondary usergroup to each user whose mailbox size you want to increase.

I am under a spam attack. Can I block a range of IP addresses ? Where ? I did it in cpanel, but does VB have a better way ?

There is a place to add blocked ips in the options, but I don't think it's better than using cpanel. If you can block them before they access any vbulletin script, then they're not using any of your resources.

How do I approve new users once moderation is required for registration? Right now I am going into Admin panel but that is klutzy.

I don't think there is any other way, but you might look for a mod that adds a more convenient control. I don't know of any specific one offhand.

Sorry, I don't have any idea what's causing the problem with the left panel. I would have thought it should stay a fixed size.