People requesting hacks via email

[Deimos]

Does anyone else get this?

I've had 2 people email me asking me to send them the RPG hack via email
I assume this would be illegal due to the license requirement to access code changes, right?
I replied with no both times, but today I got another (third) email asking for the RPG hack..again.,

[Colin F]

Does anyone else get this?

I've had 2 people email me asking me to send them the RPG hack via email
I assume this would be illegal due to the license requirement to access code changes, right?
I replied with no both times, but today I got another (third) email asking for the RPG hack..again.,
You can turn off the option "Receive Email from Other Members" in the UserCP.

What might also help is setting "Unlicensed users can see optional info (hp, aim, icq)?" to No, but I don't think that applies to email...

[Deimos]

Thanks for that, I didn't realise I had that option ticked

[nexialys]

people that require to have the hack via email are kids that are not licensed, it is as simple as that... you just haveto forget them... (or suggest them to register a license)

[Dean C]

Or ask for their forums URL, and report it ;)

[Johnny]

yea play a trick on them and let them dust a little salt off their shoulder when their caught

[SaN-DeeP]

You can turn off the option "Receive Email from Other Members" in the UserCP.

What might also help is setting "Unlicensed users can see optional info (hp, aim, icq)?" to No, but I don't think that applies to email...
this is one of the best hack internally made @ vb.org :)
i appreciate the gurus behind this community :)

[Logikos]

I assume this would be illegal due to the license requirement to access code changes, right?

Wrong, if you wrote a hack you can send it to anyone in the world, don't matter if they have a license or not. As long as you don't send them the acually vBulletin forum. Or a hack you didn't write.

[Xenon]

you are also not allowed to send em hacks you didn't write yourself.

(just to make Live Wires post more clear ;))

[Deimos]

Heh, well the first person to request a hack said they were chinese and couldn't download via this site, yet, they were able to sign up on my own boards to request it? hhmmmmmmm :P

Second one just sent this via email....

Would you please send me the newest file "RPG SYSTEM INSTALL.txt"?
And plz help me, i want to know how to make the RPG Stat show beside every post or to put a link beside the avater and allow user to view RPG Stats after clicking on it.
Thanks alot.

[Zachery]

Heh, well the first person to request a hack said they were chinese and couldn't download via this site, yet, they were able to sign up on my own boards to request it? hhmmmmmmm :P

Second one just sent this via email....
Ask them for their rul report them then block their email.

[Logikos]

you are also not allowed to send em hacks you didn't write yourself.

(just to make Live Wires post more clear ;))
Thanks left that out by mistack :)

[Johnny]

Heh, well the first person to request a hack said they were chinese and couldn't download via this site, yet, they were able to sign up on my own boards to request it? hhmmmmmmm :P

Second one just sent this via email....

oh what a nice excuse, "im chinese and i cant join these boards cause im chinese but yet i can type in english", just pathetic. people like that needs to get a better life then lie all the time cause their not doing it right.

[FleaBag]

I think they were implying they couldn't get onto the site. The Chinese connection to the internet isn't the same as people in Europe and US are used to - they access it via proxies and therefor many thousands of sites are denied to them due to government censorship.

[Brad]

I think they were implying they couldn't get onto the site. The Chinese connection to the internet isn't the same as people in Europe and US are used to - they access it via proxies and therefor many thousands of sites are denied to them due to government censorship.
Yes but vBulletin.com is hosted on the same box, how did they access vBulletin.com members area and download the zip in the first place? ;)

[Johnny]

Yes but vBulletin.com is hosted on the same box, how did they access vBulletin.com members area and download the zip in the first place? ;)

yup thats true. that just gives us a hint, that the person is not using a lisenced version of vb and now he is asking others to get him hacks.

[Deimos]

They probably got it off of IRC or something.

[Johnny]

sorry for bringing this topic back to life after a month, but i have recently recieaved an email from a member that just joined asking for a hack with the best excuse ever i cant download.

I go to his website but he doesnt have vbulletin he uses phpbb, tough lost right their to get him reported.

so a good suggestion for vb.org to make is the email options should be only seen to lisenced people instead of non lisenced as well since i did notice unlisenced people cant see aim, icq, msn etc.. but why not email as well?

[Xenon]

Well, unlicensed users (as well as licensed users) don't see your email.
They can just use the build in email a member feature.

Maybe we have to disable that.