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Personal offensive message received

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    unyummyone · Member · Mar 12, 2023 at 11:14 am
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    I received a rather personally offensive message via WordPress on my contact forms.

    I believe they have used a fictitious name and email address, but have their IP address which was sent via the contact form they filled in, I do not want this person accessing my blog again or contacting me, please can you assist?

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    fstat · Staff · Mar 13, 2023 at 9:20 am
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    Hi there,

    I see that you’ve already marked them as spam, so going forward, their messages will land in there and be automatically deleted after 30 days.

    Other than that, there’s nothing else that can be done. Your blog is publicly accessible, so anyone on the internet can view it. You can make it private and allow only certain people to access it. However, this will limit your blog’s audience. If that’s something you’re interested in doing, here’s how to set it up:

    WP
    Settings » Privacy Settings
    in WordPress.com Support
    5 min read
    Your site’s Privacy settings control who can view your site, allowing you to make the site public, private, or “Coming Soon”. This guide explains each setting you can use on your site. Visit Settings Launch Your Site Launching your site means you are ready to share it with the world. To launch your site, go to Settings → General and click the Launch site button. If you do not see th
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