02-10-2016, 07:38 AM
vk3mel Wrote:Is blocking of gmail etc really necessary? Whilst I have a ISP mail account it's rubbish, and I have no desire to have my email address change everytime I churn my ISP.
I've been using Gmail as my primary email for more than 10 years, I think the days these sorts of restrictions have long passed their use by date.
I'd ask that you reconsider this restriction
The free email address limitation for new registrations is going to stay. That doesn't mean that you can't edit it in your profile after the confirmation process - although I don't know if that change will be accepted as I haven't tried to do it before.
VK3ALB Wrote:I run a forum based on phpBB and I found the best way to limit bogus accounts is to stop the bots from registering. The captcha style authentication used in the registration window can be breached by bots - they can read the images. Much better to change the registration security method to a challenge question. The question required comprehension and understanding which only a human can do (for now). Once I moved from captcha to the challenge question the incidence of bogus accounts dropped to zero. Adam had a similar experience with VKlogger.
This has been implemented using amateur radio related questions with simple one-word answers.
Please remember that this is a relatively new PHPBB install being configured by relative newbies trying to make sure the forum stays 'clean' of spammers and undesirable posts. Time will tell if the controls are too strict.
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