New registered user issue..

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Originally Posted by Max Taxable

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*

A bit off topic, but as to verifying email addresses... I send out a verification email to all new members and until the email is confirmed, they cannot post on my board or even have access to most of the content. So far, I have yet to have so much as one spammer post anything on the board. The few bots who do get through, never verify their email address and stay in limbo forever or until I get around to deleting them. If I was to forego the email verification, these bots - the very few that do get by my security - would be able to post at will. Or is there a category of bot that will actually respond to the verification email? If so, I haven't encountered them yet.