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       #Post#: 27206--------------------------------------------------
       Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: cp8759
       Date: June 3, 2026, 7:17 pm
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       I've had some crypto currency spam from a user on ftla.uk named
       callumcharles and despite adding ban triggers by username, IP
       and email address, his profile at
  HTML https://www.ftla.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=9462
       still isn't
       showing as banned. I don't want to just delete him as he could
       then just create another profile (I say he but it's probably a
       bot).
       I've never seen a ban trigger fail to work in this way, any
       ideas?
       #Post#: 27207--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: cp8759
       Date: June 4, 2026, 4:58 pm
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       Same problem now with this guy:
  HTML https://www.ftla.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=9478
       Is there a delay on ban triggers coming into effect?
       #Post#: 27208--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: animaniactoo
       Date: June 4, 2026, 5:07 pm
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       Can you post a screenshot of where/how you are banning him?
       #Post#: 27209--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: cp8759
       Date: June 4, 2026, 5:13 pm
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  HTML https://cdn.imgpile.com/f/vM4XsF5_xl.png
       Funnily enough the first of the two now does appear as banned,
       so maybe there is a delay in how these triggers come into
       effect?
       #Post#: 27210--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: cp8759
       Date: June 4, 2026, 6:53 pm
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       Just had some very helpful comments from one of my admins:
       --- Quote from: andy_foster link ---
       >
       > Looking at the moderation log and the timestamps of the latest
       tranche of spam posts, the last post [bugle not included] is
       stamped 1 second after Ivan is logged as having applied ban
       triggers to the username and email.
       >
       > From the volume of spam posts, it seems likely that the ban
       was effective immediately (give or take a second), but that user
       profile has not caught up.
       >
       > This could be tested by creating a test account, logging in in
       different browsers (or different devices) as both Admin and the
       test account, posting in a sand box as the test account, banning
       the test account from the Admin account and trying to post again
       as the test account.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       So maybe the ban works immediately and the profile just takes a
       while to reflect this?
       #Post#: 27211--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Ban triggers not working
   DIR By: CreateAForum
       Date: June 5, 2026, 10:23 am
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       It could take up to two minutes since we do employ caching
       systems.
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