[copjend]

Many thank

[Boofo]

If you use email verification, that should catch the phony email addresses so they wouldn't be able to register, anyway.

[Snowhog]

This plugin (not a MOD) was suggested to me based on my post that was answered by kh99 at http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showp...12&postcount=3

It doesn't delete registrants with multi-dotted emails, it merely prevents them from actually registering.

[djbaxter]

This is a good idea.

To prevent brain strain, can you easily tell me how to also check for semicolons or colons before the @? For a while I was getting Chinese bots with email address like gobbledygoop;[email protected]

[Snowhog]

You could write two additional plugins (give each a unique plugin name) using the code with only a slight modification.

Plugin to deny registration if email address contains any colons preceding the @

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

Plugin to deny registration if email address contains any semicolons preceding the @

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

I'm sure that these could be incorporated into the original plugin, but I'm not a coder, so maybe kh99 can suggest how to do that.

[Boofo]

You should be able to do a preg_match to cover all of them in a single piece of code.

[djbaxter]

Thanks. I'll play around with this a bit and see if I can make it one if a or b or c statement.

[Boofo]

Maybe make it a setting where you can add what to exclude.

[djbaxter]

That's probably a bit beyond my vBulletin skills.

[Boofo]

I have complete faith in you, sir.

[djbaxter]

LOL. Well you're not going to get rich that way.

[Boofo]

I'll always be rich in friendship with you as a friend.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by Snowhog

You could write two additional plugins (give each a unique plugin name) using the code with only a slight modification.

That's a good thought, but unfortunately it won't work the way this is written. It replaces the code that verifies an email address, so if you have multiple plugins doing the same thing, only the last one to run would have any effect.

You might be able to do something like this:

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

(But I haven't tested it at all).

[Boofo]

You could even make the array a setting option to expand it.