# Does sockpuppet flag prevent notifications?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 19, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690 "2014-06-19T20:03:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@WalterStabosz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WalterStabosz)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690/1 "2014-06-19T20:03:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Spam Blocking Feature Idea: Alert when Same IP Address Answers Topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-blocking-feature-idea-alert-when-same-ip-address-answers-topic/9615/12):
> [@neil](#):
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> I added support for this today. It’s basically as described in this discussion, but we don’t bother checking for links in the reply. We check to see if the topic starter and the user who is replying are both new (registered in the last 24 hours or are still at trust level zero) and are at the same IP address. If so, both their posts will be flagged as spam.
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> It can be disabled by unchecking the `flag_sockpuppets` site setting.
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> \”)
I have a few questions about this feature:
1. If a message is flagged as a possible sockpuppet, will that prevent an email notification from being sent until the admin clears the flag. (I’m trying to figure out why some email notifications are not getting sent, and I noticed some of the posts had this flag)
2. Does Discourse learn the admin’s repeated flag actions? i.e. if the admin clears the flag for the same IP multiple times, will Discourse stop throwing that flag for that IP? (I don’t really need this feature, I’m just curious if it exists)
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690/2 "2014-06-19T22:10:37Z")
IPs can be whitelisted in the ACP at `/admin/logs/screened_ip_addresses`.
_added the URL for you - hope you don’t mind. ~riking_
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-sockpuppet-flag-prevent-notifications/16690/3 "2025-12-04T11:31:03Z")