Abusive user

[johnwwoolley]

Forum URL: talossa.proboards32.com

Our forum has a user whose account I had to suspend because he was being personally abusive, racist, obscene, threatening violence, etc. Not good, but at least he couldn't post any more.

Then he started trying to register accounts with obscene account names, which would show up on the "Newest Member:" or "Today's Birthdays:" lists. I blocked his IPA, which hardly slowed him down at all — he started using proxies. So I changed the settings of the forum so only admins can register new accounts. Not good at all.

Now he's trying to log onto my account (from various IPs). He doesn't know my password, but every time he tries (72 times in the last hour or so) I get email reminding me of what my password is. This is annoying, and a bit worrisome.

Any suggestions? The guy keeps writing emails to people, boasting about how we can't block him. He's abusive, sexually harrassing, and racist.

— John Woolley

[Hero]

have you banned his email address?
that might help a little....

[Ross]

I'd recommend reporting him to his ISP. Use a whois search to find who his ISP (Just enter his IP in the Search Box) is and send them an email about his behaviour via their website

www.ripe.net/