AOL is troublesome indeed. I've never seen yahoo users been a pain, but there is a first time for everything. Since AOL uses that IP masking thing, it gets hard to ban a single user. I've seen many ppl setting a ban on *!*@*.ipt.aol.com because they couldn't figure out another way out. Using
userid's is a good way, but that can be easily changed. It usually works for those who
don't reconnect.
I don't know if this will help you, but the page
Cyber Abuse.org (so as many others) has a Whois server, which narrows the alphanumeric IPs down to numeric ones.
Eg:AC8F6.ipt.aol.com == 66.43.95.255 (IP's are made up)
It this case you can try and set a more efficient ban, although those can also be evaded.
Let's just hope AOL changes management and gets that IP masking off.
Greetings,
Zyzzyx
