User E-mail validation now required

User E-mail validation now required
Topic Started: Feb 2 2009, 09:20 AM (382 Views)
Blaziken257	Feb 2 2009, 09:20 AM Post #1
In severe illness! Posts: 991 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: Nov 21, 2007 Personality [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/12414/167/0/e5037355/e5037355.gif[/img] Tense	Due to the influx of spam (read: stupid pointless annoying messages) on this board, I have decided to make it so that users now have to confirm their e-mails when registering. There was supposedly some spam today, but it looks like one of the admins already took care of it. Hopefully, this change will thwart at least some spammers. (And it also has the added benefit of deterring any people that may have a clear disregard for this forum as well...) And since e-mails have to be confirmed, it might be easier to contact spammers' ISPs (I'm referring to those who advertise useless products and don't even know what Telefang is, not people making inane posts.)



andwhyisit	Feb 2 2009, 05:47 PM Post #2
Telefreak Posts: 1,136 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: Feb 14, 2008	You mean spambots right?
	If I say that I am going to do something and I don't get around to it then please remind me.


Blaziken257	Feb 2 2009, 05:50 PM Post #3
In severe illness! Posts: 991 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: Nov 21, 2007 Personality [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/12414/167/0/e5037355/e5037355.gif[/img] Tense	Yep, that's what I mean. They were getting out of hand.



RacieB	Feb 2 2009, 08:28 PM Post #4
very good Posts: 735 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: Nov 27, 2007 Personality [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/12414/167/0/e5037348/e5037348.gif[/img] Carefree Type [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/12414/167/0/e5037369/e5037369.gif[/img] Kickbug Maker [img]http://z4.ifrm.com/12414/167/0/e5037419/e5037419.gif[/img] Tahiro	Yeah, it was a viagrabot, I just killed it and deleted the thread when I noticed it.
	Girugias, Waratah, and Gust walk into a bar, the bartender says, "Well, have you had curry?"


andwhyisit	Feb 2 2009, 08:47 PM Post #5
Telefreak Posts: 1,136 Group: Members Member #25 Joined: Feb 14, 2008	Blaziken257 Feb 3 2009, 11:50 AM Yep, that's what I mean. They were getting out of hand. Nowhere near as bad as the Cave Story forums were late last year. I remember that being painful. Delete the member account for the bots instead of banning them, they can take up space on the members page. Also I would recommend that you delete all member accounts with 0 posts. You have spambots in your member list right now, and a few of them have been there since as far back as early 2008.
	If I say that I am going to do something and I don't get around to it then please remind me.


Sora444	Mar 29 2009, 08:01 AM Post #6
Long Timer Posts: 85 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: Jan 11, 2008	on another forum I get on, it had spambots as well



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