[IMC-bristol] proposal to ban IP addresses

[Mike Tonks]

I can turn on logging and capture addresses if required.  However, I 
think the basic idea is rubbish.

For example, most users on dial-up or broadband will have a different IP 
address each time they go online.

So if someone from UK thinks they have a solution to this, I suggest 
they are wrong.

I think dada does have some way of blocking IP's, but I don't think it 
is any use to us.

Maybee in the states they have fixed ip's.  I have a fixed ip, so you 
can ban me if you like :)  But then I would just go to a mates house or 
internet cafe, and spam you even more!


Oh - I can get James' IP out of his email header: from [212.56.114.26] 
(helo=venables.plus.com)     by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) 
id 1Al8j9-000DfZ-5C    for imc-bristol at lists.indymedia.org; Mon, 26 Jan 
2004 15:32:39 +0000

Isn't technology amazing.  Maybee we should ban his IP as a test to see 
if that works... :)  [sorry James, no offense]


I suggest we move over the software and then just get heavy on abuse, 
especially if there is a spate of abuse that could be considered an 
'attempt to dominate the newswire'.

I find that if people just get their posts deleted, they give up after a 
while.  It's only when we leave that junk up on the site, that people 
seem to just post more of it.