hi karedokx.
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one of the member of my xoops website keeps sending blank message, news, etc (abusing my website with blank messages).
it's really annoyed me. how can i trap his/her ip address? will it help to block him/her in accessing my website or there is a better way to achieve that?
It's a both easy and diffcult problem.
It is easy to blocking blank message.
eg)disabling blank PM
insert this into anywhere of mainfile.php
if( isset( $_POST['message'] ) && trim( $_POST['message'] ) ) exit ;
However, if he/she try to post not blank message but some meaningless messages, it will be no use.
It is like a problem of "commenting spam".
The best way for current XOOPS is to configure news as "NEED-ADMIT" etc...