In an effort to make registration quicker for new forum users, I have changed the process a litle bit.

A couple years ago when we were getting tons of spammers, we set the registration so that any new user account had to be approved by an administrator. You guys don't see it, but I was getting anywhere from 25-50 new user activation emails daily, and 99.99999% of them were spammers.

We were using the reCaptcha plugin, but during some recent testing, as soon as I removed the need for an administrator to activate accounts, spammers immedately started registering and posting junk. After some research, it appears spammers have been getting past the reCaptcha on other boards, too.

So, I found another way that will hopefully stop the spammers. I will keep my eye on it for the next couple of days. If this method does not work, I found another solution that has worked for others.

Thanks, I know that spam registrations are a huge PITA for board owners.
Well done so far!

So far, so good. The registration process appears to be working. I don't see any spammers.

New user accounts now do not need an admin to activate it; rather, the user will receive an email with a link to click on for activation.

Cool, no spammers but have you received any new members since the change?

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No, but I JUST put it in place yesterday afternoon. And I know the new procedure works because I tested it several times with one of my email accounts.

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Thanks Mike!!!

Um, I wish I could tell you why my buddy is being an idiot right now about reging.

I'll smack him around a bit and see if he signs up.

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You talking about your 1st gen buddy?

UPDATE: I can confirm that since the changes were put into place, we have had new user accounts created without me having to approve them.

And still no spammers! Woo hoooo!!!!

Great news! Thanks


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