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Doug Taylor · September 15th, 2006, 16:38

Here's the scoop, this is going to be long-winded so bear with me.

Initially, I blocked web-based email accounts because about 100% of the "two post wonders" that show up to flame/troll the forums sign up with a yahoo/hotmail/gmail account. People are far less apt to do this with an @cox.net email address. Weird, but it's human nature.

I "quietly" took off the ban on a trial basis and found that since we actually have more moderators and other users that care about the site and report posts, that it's not a problem.

Up until last week. A few hundred vBulletin installations were being hacked by a group using webmail accounts that would manipulate a security flaw within the software and hack the entire server. A quick remedy in the vBulletin community was to plug that security hole temporarily until everyone was able to determine where exactly it was.

Web email registrations will be back shortly if all goes well even though I'm not a fan of it, but it's what the users want. Please be patient.

September 15th, 2006, 16:38	#10
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,193 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Email Here's the scoop, this is going to be long-winded so bear with me. Initially, I blocked web-based email accounts because about 100% of the "two post wonders" that show up to flame/troll the forums sign up with a yahoo/hotmail/gmail account. People are far less apt to do this with an @cox.net email address. Weird, but it's human nature. I "quietly" took off the ban on a trial basis and found that since we actually have more moderators and other users that care about the site and report posts, that it's not a problem. Up until last week. A few hundred vBulletin installations were being hacked by a group using webmail accounts that would manipulate a security flaw within the software and hack the entire server. A quick remedy in the vBulletin community was to plug that security hole temporarily until everyone was able to determine where exactly it was. Web email registrations will be back shortly if all goes well even though I'm not a fan of it, but it's what the users want. Please be patient. __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)