Mini Mods - Gmail Registration Fixer

What this Modification does:
If you require unique email addresses, people can still use a Gmail account to register multiple times by placing .'s in the address or by using the @googlemail.com extension. vBulletin will see these as unique emails; however, they will go to the same email. This modification fixes that problem.

Installation:
Just import the product in your Admin CP.

Notes:
If you wish to customize the error message, the phrase is called "gmail_same_email" in the Phrase Manager. You must have the "Require Unique Email Addresses" option enabled for this modification to work.

Updates:
Version 1.01
- Modification now fixes the user+something@gmail.com problem.

[Hornstar]

Can you expand on how users can place .'s in the address to register multiple times. I'd like to check to see if any users have been doing that on my site. thanks.

[GameDude]

Sure, I can do that. Say a user signs up with usera@gmail.com. They could sign up again with like user.a@gmail.com or usera@googlemail.com. vBulletin will think these are unique addresses because they are different, but they are delivered to the same usera@gmail.com address. The .'s could be placed anywhere before the "@" (and I am fairly certain you can also use them in conjunction with the @googlemail.com extension).

[Qwest]

Smart fix.

Thanks.

[GameDude]

I'm glad you find it useful. Also, I forgot to put in the first post that the "Require Unique Email Addresses" option must be enabled for the modification to work.

[Calash]

gmail also allows you to use + in the email. Not sure if VB picks up on that or not.

So user@gmail.com and user+vb@gmail.com go to the same address.

It is a nice feature to see who is passing out your email but it may cause the same problem.

[GameDude]

The + problem is now detected and stopped.

[KingPin6]

thank you

[terminator2k2]

does it work also in vb 3.7.6?

[Oblivion Knight]

I wasn't even aware such an issue existed.

This is most definately installed, thanks.