Simetrical wrote:
Wouldn't it be more intuitive to just say "blocked" takes precedence over "unblocked"? I'm not clear on what the problem is with that, although I'm pretty tired at the moment. Certainly that's how every other blocking system I know of (message board, IRC, etc.) works. Of course, IRC also has excepts, invites, and voices to stop range-blocks from affecting regulars.
Do we actually need to worry about range-blocks affecting regulars, though?
Er, yes -- that's the whole issue. Blocks of ranges such as big ISPs frequently caught regulars who are stuck with that ISP.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)