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Automatically deny registration for users with multi-dotted email address
Developer Last Online: May 2013 
On my forum many bots have multi-dotted email address so I wanted to avoid them to create a new account on my forum.
The way to do this is create a new plugin to recognize these multi-dotted email address provided at time of registration and delete them automatically. Steps:
It only checks the part before the '@', so set $max_dots to the number of dots you will allow (I think one dot in an email name probably isn't unusual, but that's up to you). Also, this uses the default 'bademail' phrase, but if you'd rather have a special error messages for "too many dots" you can create a phrase and use the varname in place of 'bademail'. Special thanks to kh99 who provided this solution. Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Show Your Support
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#31
30 May 2012, 12:39
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Originally Posted by The Rocketeer
How can a bogus email register if you are using email verification? The email addy HAS to be good to get the verification email in the first place.
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I use email verification (require clicking the activation link in the email sent after registration). However we get quite some bogus email members who are able to register. So you could use a bogus email to register.
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30 May 2012, 13:55
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Originally Posted by Boofo
If the member was able to register with a bogus email but has not yet replied to the activation email, he might be able to post if the permissions for that group are not set correctly.
See http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showp...22&postcount=3
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#33
30 May 2012, 14:31
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It doesn't make much sense to use email verification AND allow them to post before they verify. Might as well not even bother with email verification at that point.
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#34
30 May 2012, 14:47
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Exactly. But when I first started using vBulletin, I found the sheer number of options a bit overwhelming and some of my settings in the early days didn't make a lot of sense either.
Additionally, if a forum has more than one Admin, sometimes things can get messed up that way - best to restrict the permissions of co-admins to avoid this.
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#35
30 May 2012, 15:01
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IIRC, guests aren't allowed to posts in the default vb install settings. I have never understood why some of these sites allow guests to post. That causes more problems than anything when it comes to spammers.
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#36
30 May 2012, 17:25
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I agree. But Guests are usergroup #1 by default. Users Awaiting Email Confirmation are usergroup #3. I don't recall what the defaults for usergroup 3 are.
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