[vijayninel]

Originally Posted by Boofo

If they aren't doing spam in posts, you can almost bet they are doing it in PMs.

No they are not doing it in PM's either. My forum members immediately report any spam PM's and I am also very aware of what is generally going on on my forum.

We occasionally do get reports of spam PM's but it is never more than a handful out of the tens of thousands of PM's sent every year.

Originally Posted by Boofo

No, it is not wrong and misleading. Spammers look for sites like yours where they don't have to prove who they are. That makes dissemination of spam all that much easier.

Secondly, verifying a e-mail doesn't prove anything about the identity of a person. E-mail services don't verify the identity of any person creating an E-mail. The E-mail providers are running a business, they are not a government or international institution. They don't have any people who verify any documents or background of the person creating the email ID. Anyone can make a fake e-mail ID in minutes.

E-mail verification is useful for verifying the e-mail the member has submitted to you exists and occasionally it can help in wearing down trolls who keep re-registering very rapidly. But overall it has a negative effect on member registration and participation.

If you are not paranoid about verifying the existence of your members e-mail addresses then don't use this feature.