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Zelos · #1 08-15-2006, 05:12 AM

I've had problems in the past, where a group of kids find it funny to register on my forum and spam like crazy; rejoining via proxies after they are banned.

What I need is a hack that would allow me to set a delay between when a user signs up and when the validation email is sent out. Spammers would be less willing to attack if there was a three day waiting period in-between signing up and spamming

Suggested features:

ACP configurable delay time (in days)
displayed message that tells of the time delay after registering
possibly a viewable que of people who's emails have not yet been sent due to the delay

To anyone who is willing to take on the development of this hack: You are my savior :D

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