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Rahstyles
07-27-2011, 07:59 AM
Like i wanted to see if there is an mod that denys registration from "mailinator"

to stop spammers from certain email accounts.. like mailinator

but i dont want to install the spam o matic.. because it seems to deny even.. non spam members i want to be able to pick and choose not whats in the spam database
kh99
07-27-2011, 12:21 PM
Under "User Banning Options" in the adminCP options, you can list email addresses or parts of address and ban them from registering.
Eruantien
07-27-2011, 03:53 PM
The one included does not seem to work, kh99. I have included .Info email addresses and span accounts still poor in from it. I used .info, @.info, *@.info, *.info ---nothing seems to work.
kh99
07-27-2011, 04:00 PM
The one included does not seem to work, kh99. I have included .Info email addresses and span accounts still poor in from it. I used .info, @.info, *@.info, *.info ---nothing seems to work.

Oh..well, that's good to know. I've never tried to use it myself.
nhawk
07-27-2011, 06:40 PM
The one included does not seem to work, kh99. I have included .Info email addresses and span accounts still poor in from it. I used .info, @.info, *@.info, *.info ---nothing seems to work.

If you include a domain name, the included ban option works. ie: extremebacklinks.info will ban all email addresses from that site from registering.

Banning an entire top level domain (in this case .info) has the potential of banning millions of valid email addresses.
Videx
07-28-2011, 01:25 AM
There's actually a thread over on vb.com somewhere with thousands of blockable sites - just copy and paste. If you find the link let us know as I haven't updated my blocked email list for a while.

Then again, these days there are probably better spam protection mods.
Rahstyles
07-29-2011, 11:19 AM
Thanks.. i found it in the user banning options!

Its was under.. agressive email options!
Videx
07-29-2011, 11:45 AM
Its was under.. agressive email options!Personally, I wouldn't enable aggressive email banning. It's just not considered a good way to cut down on spammers, and can lead to trouble with legit users.

BTW, I found the thread at vb.com fairly easily. The newest list is on the last page, but it looks like this may not be a particularly useful way to prevent spam any longer, with some 200 entries on the list, and probably 500 more not.
List of Email domains to ban (https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/148061-List-of-Email-domains-to-ban?highlight=banned+email+addresses)