# IP Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Moderators Private Lounge\ **Created:** [November 27, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831 "2012-11-27T17:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LuvMyTJ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/luvmytj/32/537_2.png) [@LuvMyTJ](https://community.electricforum.com/u/LuvMyTJ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/1 "2012-11-27T17:29:23Z")
Just bounced a spammer who who made multiple accounts from the same ip addy. I have admin’ed other forums where if a user registers from the same ip addy it sends out a message saying so to mod’s & admin’s so they can deal with the situation. Is there a way to implement this on the forum? ---
**Author:** ![Jose\_Marc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jose_marc/32/465_2.png) [@Jose\_Marc](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jose_Marc)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/2 "2012-11-27T19:53:32Z")
[QUOTE=LuvMyTJ;13292]Just bounced a spammer who who made multiple accounts from the same ip addy. I have admin’ed other forums where if a user registers from the same ip addy it sends out a message saying so to mod’s & admin’s so they can deal with the situation. Is there a way to implement this on the forum?[/QUOTE] dear fellow mod: this can be done by infracting all the user accounts with the same IP address as a spammer. once this is done, they would be banned from the forum. i hope this helps. respectfully yours, MARC ---
**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/3 "2012-11-28T00:45:12Z")
[QUOTE=LuvMyTJ;13292]Just bounced a spammer who who made multiple accounts from the same ip addy. I have admin’ed other forums where if a user registers from the same ip addy it sends out a message saying so to mod’s & admin’s so they can deal with the situation. Is there a way to implement this on the forum?[/QUOTE] Hi LMT, I’m pretty sure this can be done with our forum software and a plugin. Just not sure how easy it will be with our setup. I will investigate and report back to you. We do actually use a system that helps with this type of spam called [Stop Forum Spam](http://www.stopforumspam.com/). It checks IP addresses and user names from other forum owners reporting spammers and blocks these registrations. Some new spammers slip through the net though. Regards Bob ---
**Author:** ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/4 "2012-11-28T00:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=Jose Marc;13293]dear fellow mod: this can be done by infracting all the user accounts with the same IP address as a spammer. once this is done, they would be banned from the forum. i hope this helps. respectfully yours, MARC[/QUOTE] Marc - i think you are missing the point. LMT is talking about an automated system that would warn us if a new account is registered with the same IP address as an account that has been banned. This way we could catch the account before the spam occurs. Regards Bob ---
**Author:** ![Jose\_Marc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jose_marc/32/465_2.png) [@Jose\_Marc](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jose_Marc)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/5 "2012-11-30T09:00:49Z")
dear bob: isn’t banning them as spam have the same effect? in any case, i may have misunderstood. thanks. respectfully yours, MARC ---
**Author:** ![LuvMyTJ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/luvmytj/32/537_2.png) [@LuvMyTJ](https://community.electricforum.com/u/LuvMyTJ)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/6 "2012-11-30T09:19:47Z")
@Marc - The notice I am talking about will let us know if a user makes a second account via email. That way we can head it off early. I had a recent issue where a user/spammer made an account, used it like a regular user, then a few days later made a second account to reply to his first accounts questions in order to sneak his spam in. I had to manually check the ip of both account to see it was the same person. An alert would save us time and useless post. On another forum where I am an administrator when I get these alerts via email I can ban the ip to make it more difficult for them to join up again. I may get the same guy 3-4 maybe more if I don’t ban the ip. The email alert lets me do it immediately before they can get on and spam up the forum. ---
**Author:** ![Jose\_Marc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jose_marc/32/465_2.png) [@Jose\_Marc](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Jose_Marc)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/ip-question/2831/7 "2012-12-02T06:17:04Z")
dear LMTJ thanks for the advice. been doing this for quite some time too and that would certainly be a great help. do advise on that software so we can do a lookover. thanks. respcetfully yours, MARC