I just installed this on 2.2.6 and php 4.2.1 and it works fine....the getmxrr function is still supported in this php release but not on Windows servers....

Unfortunately, I have a perfectly valid email address (colin@thedvdforums.dynip.com) that DOESN'T have a MX record but still works. Nice hack though and have installed it - if I get to many complaints I'll have to remove it though.

I have a small question. In my member.php file, it has " " instead of ' '. Does that matter? This:

is this:

Should I change it to what's in the hack?

I read that on php.net.
I'm on a Linux shared server and, since installed PHP 4.2.1, that function is not defined yet.
I receive the above mentioned message.

Thanks

The hack called for insertion of the new code FOLLOWING the existing BAD_EMAIL function.

What you are describing sounds like you have listed
yahoo.com
among the "bulk email domains" to be banned,
under "Banning Options"
and have that setting (to check bad_email) enabled.

In other words, "bad email address" sounds like the earlier function matched/blocked the yahoo address(es) you tried.

Installed this and its working great so far on one of my really busy sites.

tested with @hotmail.com and a couple other email addys.

vb 2.2.6
vbp 3pr8.1

This is why I cant see this hack getting into vB3 :( getmxrr(); isnt supported by Windows PHP Builds, and as vBulletin is for Windows and *nix servers.....

Nice hack :)

I have a problem and I really don't know if it related to this mod or not but I thought this the best place to start. I have been using this mod for approx. 4 months and this is an occasional issue.

If a user joins and then gets banned for some reason or another, and he/she tries to add a new account since we don't revive banned accounts, he/she gets a message that the IP address is now banned. Does this mod do any logic like that?

Anyone operating this successfully with v3.67 or above?

Thanks :)

Regards,
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