hello,

i want to know if its passable to freeze accounts on XOOPS its something i would really like to use for people who spam on my forum or post offensive messages

There is a "robot" that lists the sites it crawls from so people who want to block it can.

# Begin IP blocking #
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from 200.1.123.30
Deny from 208.36.144.6
Deny from 208.36.144.10
Deny from 208.36.144.7
Deny from 208.36.144.8
Deny from 208.36.144.9
Deny from 208.96.54.91
Deny from 216.120.241.242
Deny from 38.113.1.236
Deny from 38.114.104.*
Deny from 38.99.13.121
Deny from 38.99.13.122
Deny from 38.99.13.123
Deny from 38.99.13.124
Deny from 38.99.13.125
Deny from 38.99.13.126
Deny from 38.99.44.101
Deny from 38.99.44.102
Deny from 38.99.44.103
Deny from 38.99.44.104
Deny from 38.99.44.105
Deny from 38.99.44.106
Deny from 64.1.215.166
Deny from 64.1.215.162
Deny from 64.1.215.163
Deny from 64.1.215.164
Deny from 64.1.215.165
Deny from 69.93.203.42
Deny from 87.117.199.78
Deny from .www.mylivespace.kit.net
Deny from .gw-gold.net
Allow from all
# End IP blocking #

Placing that list in my .htaccess did wonders for eliminating spam

thanks

there is also an ip ban system built right into xoops.

check your prefs.