Admin Approval Has Been Set For Registrations
- Ravenfreak
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Admin Approval Has Been Set For Registrations
Until I can fix the email problem, I have enabled admin approval when new members join. We've been getting too many spam bots recently and this is the only way I can handle them for now until the email problem is fixed. I still need to delete all the spam accounts that joined that have yet to post. I wouldn't want them to log back in and start spamming the forums. I might look into getting a separate host just for emails, since I can never get the emails to be set up properly on Hostinger.
Re: Admin Approval Has Been Set For Registrations
It's indeed a big headache. I have done same on my forums too. There are lots of spam accounts that need to be deleted.
- Ravenfreak
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It really is a headache for sure. I still think MyBB is a bigger magnet for spam accounts though, I had a MyBB forum that had hundreds of spam accounts. I still need to go through and delete a bunch of them and figure out what I'm going to do with the forum.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 6:43 am It's indeed a big headache. I have done same on my forums too. There are lots of spam accounts that need to be deleted.
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True, indeed MyBB has a lot of spam when the proper anti-spam plugins are not installed. I have had to setup a couple of anti spam systems and modify the captcha settings to have things settle downRavenfreak wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 10:10 pmIt really is a headache for sure. I still think MyBB is a bigger magnet for spam accounts though, I had a MyBB forum that had hundreds of spam accounts. I still need to go through and delete a bunch of them and figure out what I'm going to do with the forum.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 23, 2025 6:43 am It's indeed a big headache. I have done same on my forums too. There are lots of spam accounts that need to be deleted.
- KevinBoyle1981
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Re: Admin Approval Has Been Set For Registrations
Takes alot less time for us to ban the bots then it does for them to create the accounts.
- Ravenfreak
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Yeah for sure! It's crazy to see how many spam bots keep joining this forum though. :S I still need to get email set up properly.KevinBoyle1981 wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:04 pm Takes alot less time for us to ban the bots then it does for them to create the accounts.