# Banned users re-signing up through proxy IPs

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557 "2016-12-20T14:33:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/banned-users-re-signing-up-through-proxy-ips/54557/7 "2016-12-20T22:28:33Z")

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> [@scottfsmith](#):
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> Well, one thing that could be detected is too many unsolicited PMs, the original Bad Guy PMd around 100 people and there was no warning or anything in the admin panel.

I believe we have settings for rate limit on PMs, perhaps adjust that.

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