Syntax: To ban new users w/defaults: .bannew <ip-address> To ban new users w/comment : .bannew <ip-address> -c <message> To ban new users w/reason : .bannew <ip-address> -r <message> To list newbanned sites : .bannew To unbannew a site.. : .unbannew <ip-address> Results: Bannew turns off access to the talker for new_users at an entire site. <ip-address> is the address that is to be denied access. If can be in the number format OR in the hostname format (below) If you don't specify an address, you will get a list of all the new restricted sites, how long ago they were banned, the reason shown to new users that TRY to login from there, and the comments for wizzes why the site is new-banned. <message> is REQUIRED if -c or -r option is given, and if the site is already banned, the site will not be rebanned, just the comment/reason added. If no option is given, the default reason and comment is used. External Influences: This command creates a possible 3 files in the NEWRESTRICT_DIR directory. <ip_address>, <ip_address>.c, <ip_address>.r During login access, if a person is attempting to log in from a site that has a file in the newrestrict directory, they will not be allowed access. <ip-address> can have one of four numeric forms.. a.b.c.d - Specific IP a.b.c - Cluster a.b - Sub-network a - Network and four alpha-numeric forms.. misty.com would ban all hosts from that domain See also: unbannew, unrestrict, restrict