# Is anyone experiencing an odd spam user attack? Any way to block?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-experiencing-an-odd-spam-user-attack-any-way-to-block/404427
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [3 juni 2026 om 13:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-experiencing-an-odd-spam-user-attack-any-way-to-block/404427 "2026-06-03T13:59:07Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [7 juni 2026 om 16:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-anyone-experiencing-an-odd-spam-user-attack-any-way-to-block/404427/15 "2026-06-07T16:36:28Z")

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> [@mcdanlj](#):
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> I think we should have an option to block email but **not** block IP when deleting a spam account. Blocking IP ends up being a hidden cost that you can’t directly measure

Agreed!

> [@mcdanlj](#):
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> I typically don’t even delete spam users. I suspend them forever.

Hmm, perhaps I should try doing that. Since a recent onslaught, I’m running in approve-new-users mode, which at my scale is quite manageable, and allows me (or other mods) to check at StopForumSpam.

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