# Email/IP checks require password

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-ip-checks-require-password/385353>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** review-queue\
**Created:** [October 12, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-ip-checks-require-password/385353 "2025-10-12T03:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mcdanlj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcdanlj/32/131829_2.png) [@mcdanlj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcdanlj)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-ip-checks-require-password/385353/5 "2025-10-12T16:45:26Z")

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> [@ct-337](#):
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> you can still block their email and ip without entering a password

You don’t understand my needs here. There are patterns I’m looking for to distinguish likely spammers in nuanced cases.

Asking that every Discourse admin be saddled with this is a huge imposition on others’ time and effort. I am recording here for the record that I am opposed to making this universal.

This is why Discourse has an extensive plug-in ecosystem. You don’t need to impose your ask for additional effort on everyone else.

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