New registered user issue..

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by excessive34

I did check the profile, I dont understand what you're getting at.

Did that new user have a valid email address? Is there a IP registered on his profile in adminCP?

I think it is a spammer who registered right at the same time "wossy" did. That is what I'm getting at. The spammer is userid 2290.

[excessive34]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Did that new user have a valid email address? Is there a IP registered on his profile in adminCP?

I think it is a spammer who registered right at the same time "wossy" did. That is what I'm getting at. The spammer is userid 2290.

Ah ok, I get what you're saying.

They didnt validate their email, I did it for them so that is a possiblity.

However, userid 2290 wasnt in the database, I changed "wossy" to 2290 (Instead of 2289) and updated users and it cleared the issue.

This happens quite often with new registrations though so I'm not sure what the cause is.

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and yes they do have an IP

[ozzy47]

Why on earth would you need to change users ID's in the DB?

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by excessive34

Ah ok, I get what you're saying.

They didnt validate their email, I did it for them so that is a possiblity.

However, userid 2290 wasnt in the database, I changed "wossy" to 2290 (Instead of 2289) and updated users and it cleared the issue.



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and yes they do have an IP

So it wasn't the magic database creating new accounts. Glad we got that solved.

This happens quite often with new registrations though so I'm not sure what the cause is.

The cause apparently is, you.

Why did you manipulate the userid numbers? Wossy is 2290 now? Makes no sense.

[excessive34]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Why on earth would you need to change users ID's in the DB?

This is what I dont get... Why is a new user thats "userid 2290" being labeled "2289" in the database?

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Lol.. to max... I wanted to see if correcting the userid of the user would correct the "random string of data displayed"... and it did.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by excessive34

This is what I dont get... Why is a new user thats "userid 2290" being labeled "2289" in the database?

That is not what happened. Wossy got registered first, followed closely by the real user 2290 with the spammy name.

On another topic - Why do you verify email addresses anyway? It doesn't inhibit spam - the autospam programs defeated the human verification of the major email providers long ago. All it does today is annoy legitimate users and cause you to think the magic database is randomly creating users and even assigning them a IP and email address!

*slaps knee*

[excessive34]

Wossy's userprofile stated he was "USERID 2290" in the database he was labeled "2289"

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by excessive34

Lol.. to max... I wanted to see if correcting the userid of the user would correct the "random string of data displayed"... and it did.

It wasn't a "random string of data displayed" it was a spammers user handle. Put down the bong and walk away friend!

[Max Taxable]

Wossy's userprofile stated he was "USERID 2290" in the database he was labeled "2289"

Dude you're tweaking. Methamphetamine is really, really bad for you.

[Max Taxable]

So, the magic database is not only randomly creating users and even assigning them a IP and email address, it's messing with legitimate new users' ID numbers as well.

See how this sounds?