Re: Problematic
  By: Sean Dennis to All on Sun Jun 25 2006 09:51 am

 > Everyone,
 > 
 > I keep having a particular user call my board, insult me (call me a stalker
 > because I want his real information since he's a guest in my home) and tell 
 > he's just "here for the files".  Thankfully, I simply
delete his account, bu
 > it's getting tiresome.  I really don't want to ban his entire Class C block
 > since I don't know who uses it, but does anyone have any ideas how to just l
 > him get the hint?
 > 
 > I clearly explain my policies and I leave no doubt about what I expect, but 
 > idiot just keeps coming back.  I think he's really mad because until I verif
 > him, he's locked out of the rest of the BBS save for a single message area..
 > 
 > Later,
 > Sean
 > 

Hi Sean,

What we used to do with the local boards was to block someone on all 
systems if they were turds.  If someone logged into a board and acted up, 
their name or any information about that user went to all the other boards 
in the area via an areawide Sysop echo, and the user was banned from 
everyplace.  I'm sure other popular BBSes would comply if you sent out a 
similar message or at least threatened this on th e user.

As for blocking his IP, that's one way of doing it... and you can do a 
whois on that ip and see what ip range the user's ISP uses and block t hat.  
Maybe it's a smaller DSL provider?  Or if he logs in often and the IP 
changes, try to segment that part of the IP range used in  his area by his 
ISP.  

Just some thoughts ...

Sam

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