[Ted S]

Originally Posted by HC.

quick question
Step Two: Making Users Confirm their Account
what if X user entered a fake email thinking that they would get more rights to the site is there away for X user to change his email and have a new activtion sent to him?

They could go to their profile and update it, but they often don't. However, just telling people they are unconfirmed and giving them a link to (a) resend the confirmation email and (b) contact support for assistance is a huge boost. There will always be people who do not confirm for a host of reasons and there are always those who enter information incorrectly. By telling them why they can't post and what exactly they need to do to fix the problem, you can confirm as many as are willing to confirm. It's when they don't know that what's wrong that you lose the ones who actually intend to be on the site.

Is there a conditional that says after X # of days that there user acount will be deleted?

Nope but there is nothing stopping you from adding one using the code I gave as a starting place. My welcome headers are only meant to be the beginning... customizing them to match your needs and your community is where the real funds begin.

For your coding use: 86400 seconds is a day, 604800 is a week and 2678400 is a month.