Technically there is no way. I'm sure the user in question will eventually get bored of getting banned and will leave anyway.captain_Kurt1 wrote:What is the best way to stop someone from just blasting bogus messages all about the forums?
This might be the best way, and not ban them at all, but to go into their permissions and just make it where they can't do anything. lol. will this work for that user as far as keeping them from posting etc.. and can they reset it themselves to where they can go back in and post? hope not. please let me know./a3 wrote:I've seen MODs for confusing people though. Or you could confuse him/her by setting all of their posting permissions to "never" so they won't see the "New Topic" or "Post Reply" buttons any more.
no, they cann not reset it themselves unless they have access to the admin panel.captain_Kurt1 wrote:This might be the best way, and not ban them at all, but to go into their permissions and just make it where they can't do anything. lol. will this work for that user as far as keeping them from posting etc.. and can they reset it themselves to where they can go back in and post? hope not. please let me know./a3 wrote:I've seen MODs for confusing people though. Or you could confuse him/her by setting all of their posting permissions to "never" so they won't see the "New Topic" or "Post Reply" buttons any more.
you are still using your permissions when you are logged in as admin.captain_Kurt1 wrote:I just went in to the admin panel then to user permissions, put this persons user ID in and then clicked Never for everything, then I tested his permissions and I was able to post, and read and see all the buttons just as before I did this to him. what am I doing wrong?
I don't understand. If I log out then I'm not able to log in using his name for I don't know his passcode etc.. I was in the admin panal and after bringing him up I clicked the link that said "Test out users permissions" but am still able to post messages under his permissions. what am I doing wrong?Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:log out, then log in as this person and you will see that if you have set permissions correctly you will not be able to do anything.
robert
try this;captain_Kurt1 wrote:I don't understand. If I log out then I'm not able to log in using his name for I don't know his passcode etc.. I was in the admin panal and after bringing him up I clicked the link that said "Test out users permissions" but am still able to post messages under his permissions. what am I doing wrong?Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:log out, then log in as this person and you will see that if you have set permissions correctly you will not be able to do anything.
robert
OK, I don't know what is going on, but I just did as you suggested, created a test user, then logged in with my normal user ID went into Admin panel, changed the permissions for the test user all to Never then logged out, logged back in using the test user ID and was still able to post and do everything I could do before. Can someone walk me through this or tell me what is wrong with this picture.Lumpy Burgertushie wrote:try this;
create a test user.
set those same permissions to never for that test user.
now, log out as admin and log in as that test user and test.
if the test user can not do whatever you want him to not be able to do then he won't either.
robert
First, let's get on the same page. Are the "bogus messages" and "bad behavior" just spamming? If so, read the Preventing Spam sticky topic. Preventing a spammer from registering in the first place is much better than having to clean up after them.captain_Kurt1 wrote:If I go into the administration panel and then to Manage users, find the person I want to manage for bad behavior and do a Ban by username, can I then go back in and do a ban by e-mail and then ban by IP and have them all three be banned by that inference.
Also if after I do the ban by what ever can I then do a delete user and will the bans still be there if this person tries to comes back in?
What is the best way to stop someone from just blasting bogus messages all about the forums?
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