The IP Filter admin control panel allows the administrator to block people with a matching ip address' from posting messages on the forum.
The IP address can be entered in 2 ways:
The full IP of the user, ex. 111.11.1.111 would block all user's who's IP is 111.11.1.111
You can enter an IP mask that would block a whole range of IP addresses:
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