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I hope this is the right place to post this - it's not really that big of a deal but it's something that I noticed. I keep forgetting my password (my own fault I know - that's not the problem) and I have to reset it. However when I go to reset I get the warning about my IP address being blocked for repeated log in attempts.

I realize this is needed and important to have however there's no warning when I try to log in that my IP address will be blocked if I keep trying to log in more than X number of times. I'm not sure if this behavior (that there's no warning - not that I'm being blocked) is intentional or needed for some reason. I think it would be helpful to know how many times I can try a password before I'll be blocked. Especially since I'm sure I only tried logging in two or three times.

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worldstosee

Never mind the questions about IP address logging - I found out it's only me and the community mod that can see them. Sorry.

From:

hatman

No problem. And it's not a huge deal, really. It's not like your IP address can be used to magically track you. At a quick glance, I can go to Sam Spade and learn that you're in Connecticut and using Comcast, but that doesn't really tell me too much, you know?

It is useful, though, for anti-spam purposes. It's what the spam team does when spam is reported - put a ban on the IP that produced the comment. (A basic ban, for starters, that just requires filling out a CAPTCHA before a comment can be posted.)