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Miss_Smiley
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~HG~
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If you update to the latest version and read the topic from the link in my siggie you will not need to censor any words as the bots will not be able to register in the first place and hence they wont be able to post unless you have guest posting enabled ... which is not very wise.
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lumpy burgertushie
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there is a MOD over at the phpbb.com site that has been unbeaten for about a year so far.
Install the RAC MOD and 99.99% of your spam problems go away.
It is based on the same principle that HG talks about in his article.
You introduce a new required field in the registration form. Since the bots don't know it and can't see it, the registration fails.
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phpbb-setup.se
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zerocool786
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How would I prevent spammers from entering a Fake email address. and If they enter a correct email, when they sign-up, but later they change it to fake one.
I tried this mod, http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/3049
How would I know which email bounced back?? |
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~HG~
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zerocool786
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This is the hack you need for phpBB2
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/4969
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When I enter correct email address, I get this error message
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d.mx.mail.yahoo.com : no route to this domain, host unavailable
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My board send alot of emails, so I am looking for a mod that checks to see if user's email address is correct.
I installed "Force E-Mail Update" (http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/3049). I don't understand, how would I know which email address bonced back? I have an yahoo email as my admin, but I don't get email return to yahoo, so where do bonuce email goes??
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lumpy burgertushie
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a few things;
1. the email that the board uses is the one in your profile, not the one in the admin panel.
2. if you have activation set to user, then the registrant has to have a valid email address in order to get the activation email.
therefore, there is no need for any email validation MOD.
3. If a person changes their email in their profile, it deactivates them and they have to use a valid email to change it to, so that they get the activation email.
4. If you do not have the activation set to user, then there is not much you can do to control spammers, etc.
5. if you allow guest posting, there is not much you can do to control spammers, etc.
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zerocool786
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3. If a person changes their email in their profile, it deactivates them and they have to use a valid email to change it to, so that they get the activation email.
robert
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I did set "Yes" to user to activate account. It works when users register new account. But when user changes, it doesn't ask to activate.
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1. the email that the board uses is the one in your profile, not the one in the admin panel.
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I am using admin account send emails to all users (like Mass Email). So I wanted to know of how many emails get returned?
And those who get the email has admin email address as "From" in the email headers.
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~HG~
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When a member changes his/her email address in their profile, it is confirmed by re-entering their password and it does not resend an activation email.
If you have set the Force Email update hack and they log in and do so, and you have the Email Validation hack installed, it will not allow them to enter a dummy email address again.
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