Impermanent bans

[Isator Levi]

It's come to my attention that the forum software is or was somewhat limited, in that it can't actually ban an account permanently. I have seen at least one case in which somebody that was given such a ban was able to resume posting without having made a successful appeal, leading to their ban being renewed.

I believe that it's possible that there may be other people in a similar situation.

Is it appropriate or desired to bring such cases to the attention of the moderators, so that they can judge whether or not a person resuming their account is permissible?

[Lioness]

We're not going to hold it against anyone who returned to posting on the belief that their ban has been lifted it's distinct from the zero tolerance policy toward circumventing a ban via sockpuppet accounts, however they still need to appeal through the proper channels.