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kofoid
05-23-2007, 03:52 PM
My forum is getting spammed regularly by someone using both hotmail and yahoo email accounts. I would like to ban any future registrations that use yahoo or hotmail, but I do not want this banning to affect my current users. Does anyone know of a mod that might work for this? Basically, I don't want to allow people with a free e-mail address to sign up.

SCRIPT3R
05-23-2007, 05:26 PM
just disable the use of those domains for email registrations.

kofoid
05-23-2007, 09:57 PM
THANKS!

OK so after using this software for 3 years you would think I would know where to find that option! DUUHHHHHHH Can someone point me in the right direction?

HMBeaty
05-23-2007, 10:03 PM
Got to your AdminCP > vBulletin Options > User Banning Options > "Banned Email Addresses"

kofoid
05-23-2007, 10:07 PM
Won't that ban all of my members who are registered with hotmail or yahoo accounts? I just want it to affect future registrations

HMBeaty
05-23-2007, 10:24 PM
Won't that ban all of my members who are registered with hotmail or yahoo accounts? I just want it to affect future registrations
I'm not too sure, but I THINK there's a modification to ban future registrations per email address. I'll have to find it

Ok, I found a couple of them. The second one should fit your needs.....

1.) Email Filter 3.6.X (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=134095&highlight=email+registration+ban)
2.) Spam List: Block 261022 Registration Email Domains (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=134856&highlight=email+registration+ban)

SCRIPT3R
05-23-2007, 11:07 PM
Won't that ban all of my members who are registered with hotmail or yahoo accounts? I just want it to affect future registrations

no, just future registrants that try to use those domains. there's also another option that allows/disallows previously registered users to keep those email domains or not.

Allow User to Keep Banned Email Addresses ...

If you ban an email address and a user already uses that address, a problem will occur. Using this option, you can specify whether the user will have to enter a new email address in their profile when they next modify their email address, or whether the user can just keep the email address which you have banned.

kofoid
05-23-2007, 11:20 PM
Thanks guys!!