This is one of the legacies of trolls and 'guests' who are unwilling to adopt a name.....we have had so many bad experiences with 'problem' posters, that the Mudcat equivalent of profiling does occur, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid not Bill. The legacy here is.

1: The encouragement of trolls by indignant responses to them when ignoring was possible.

2: The refusal for about 3 years to address issues that needed addresing. This split forum will help matters for example as the BS filter helped some.

The vetting route could only work on a tight closed members only forum.

As for problem posters, the name "Janet" get's branded here from time to time. She never is seen on the newsgroups these days. Why? because people learned to ignore her.