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authorDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2001-02-05 16:42:38 +0000
committerDries Buytaert <dries@buytaert.net>2001-02-05 16:42:38 +0000
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- documentation updates contributed by Michael O'Henly <michael@tenzo.com>
and myself
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?>
<P>The ban module keeps a list of bans in four categories:</P>
<UL>
- <LI>E-mail bans: this type of ban specifies which email-addresses will be rejected when registering new users. Can be used to prevent users from using a free-mail account (e.g. hotmail.com).</LI>
+ <LI>Email bans: this type of ban specifies which email addresses will be rejected when registering new users. Can be used to prevent users from using a free email account (e.g. userid@hotmail.com).</LI>
<LI>Profanity bans: <I>under construction</I></LI>
- <LI>Hostname bans: this type of ban allows you to block certain hostnames to access to your site or to register as a new user.</LI>
+ <LI>Hostname bans: this type of ban allows you to block certain hostnames from access to your site or from registering as a new user.</LI>
<LI>Username bans: this ban will block certain usernames from registration. Typical examples include <I>admin</I>, <I>anonymous</I>, <I>root</I>, <I>webmaster</I>, etc.</LI>
</UL>
- <P>The ban system allows you to use a flexible wild-card ban system. This means you can block all email addresses from a certain domain name, block every username starting with "guest", etc. To do this, you can use the following wild-card characters:</P>
+ <P>The ban module allows you to use a flexible wild-card ban system. This means you can block all email addresses from a certain domain name, block every username starting with "guest", etc. To do this, use the following wild-card characters:</P>
<UL>
<LI>&nbsp;% : matches any number of characters, including zero characters.</LI>
<LI>&nbsp;_ : matches exactly one character.</LI>
</UL>
- <P><U>Examples</U>:</P>
+ <P><U>Examples:</U></P>
<UL>
- <LI>E-mail address bans <CODE>%@hotmail.com</CODE>, <CODE>%@altavista.%</CODE>, <CODE>%@usa.net</CODE>, etc. Used to prevent users from using free-email accounts, which might be used to cause trouble.</LI>
+ <LI>Email address bans <CODE>%@hotmail.com</CODE>, <CODE>%@altavista.%</CODE>, <CODE>%@usa.net</CODE>, etc. Used to prevent users from using free email accounts, which might be used to cause trouble.</LI>
<LI>Username bans <CODE>root</CODE>, <CODE>webmaster</CODE>, <CODE>admin%</CODE>, etc. Used to prevent administrator impersonators.</LI>
</UL>
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