Un-Activated User Management

This hack will email a warning to members who have not activated their account and then delete them. It can run via cron, and is a pretty darn easy hack to install.

Features:
1. Emails users after 3 days and reminds them to activate their accounts.

2. Emails users after 5 days and lets them know their account will be deleted if they do not activate.

3. Emails users after 8 days with a final warning.

4. Deletes un-activated members after 10 days.

[bspiller82]

BuMp Installed

[amykhar]

Originally posted by Mist
Very good idea amy

* Mist likes

- miSt

Actually the email part is not my idea. It was in the requests forum. It was so similar to my delete inactive users hack that it only took a few minutes to put together so I just went ahead and did it.

Amy

[Gryphon]

Originally posted by Bane
Will this affect already unactivated users?

Yes, it will delete the ones you already have that are over 10 days, and email the others.

[jjj0923]

Great Hack. there people are a hassle to manage. Most people just enter their email address incorrectly or attempt to gain access to the forum without ever intending to complete the registration. This will keep out the interlopers. I will probably make a change and only give them 7 days total before deletion.

thanks!

- jeff

[amykhar]

Glad you like it, Jeff

Amy

[amykhar]

Just a suggestion:

Installing this hack: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ght=activation

as well, will probably ensure that people who don't receive the email will know to contact you for assistance.

Amy

[Capt PPRuNe]

Installed hack but emails being sent out are without content or subject.

Can you confirm that the manageActivation.php file should be in the forums/admin directory or the foums directory? Have tried both but when in forums dir nothing happens and when in the forums/admin dir just get the blank email.

Accounts over 10 days without activation are deleted OK.

[amykhar]

It goes in the forums directory. If blank emails are being sent out, the templates are probably not installed in the style set that either you or your cron script are using.

Amy

[Capt PPRuNe]

OK, have made sure that the templates are in all styles. Now the email being sent out does not show Username or Activation ID.

What they get is:

To complete your registration, click on the link below:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/register.php?a=act&u=&i=

The email is sent to the address of unactivated users but without any relevant data.

Any ideas?

[amykhar]

It doesn't sound like you have the correct stuff in the templates. There are 3 different email message templates. The line you are quoting appears in the middle of my 3 templates, and not at the beginning.

Amy