Questions about the 'Delete Spammer' feature

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This discussion centers around questions regarding the ‘Delete Spammer’ feature in Discourse. The main points are:

  • S_B_2_Go is unsure if the feature blocks the spammer’s IP address by default and if their account gets suspended if they manage to log in from a cached session.

  • supermathie clarifies that when deleting a user, there’s an option to block their IP and email address.

  • not-ethan explains that in the moderation queue, the ‘Delete Spammer’ option presents choices to either just delete the user or delete and block their IP.

  • not-ethan notes that this queue doesn’t always appear - it only shows up for certain flag types like spam or inappropriate content.

The discussion helps clarify that the ‘Delete Spammer’ feature doesn’t automatically block IPs, but provides moderators the option to do so during the deletion process.

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Hi there. I have certain doubts about using the Delete Spammer feature, I have tried it for the 1st time in a discourse community. It does delete the post but does it block the IP of the spammer? If the user somehow manages to log in from a cached session, their account gets suspended? These are the doubts I have. Please clarify :slight_smile: Thank you!

2

At the time you delete a user, you are also given the opportunity to block their IP and email address.

3

So that means it doesn’t block the IP address of the spammer by default :thinking: Can’t really understand your wordings…

4

It depends. In the queue when you press Delete Spammer there will be a choice to just delete and another to delete on block the IP

5

oh ok, weird why the queue didn’t show up…

6

It doesent always show it. It only appears when a user can be deleted and the flag type is spam, inappropriate, and some system flags