ipcop support

New accounts using the google email system, gmail or googlemail, have been banned.

This is because automated bots have taken over gmail, having broken their very weak captcha. As soon as google resolve the issue, we will allow gmail accounts again, but for now this measure has been taken to try to keep the forums spam-free.

We have not taken this step lightly, but we have been dealing with huge numbers of spammers with valid gmail accounts in the last few weeks and something drastic needed to be done. Google do not appear to be taking the matter particularly seriously - I have emailed them repeatedly but they have yet to respond.

Apologies to any ipcop users with gmail accounts.

Just a new usr here... Just as a comment about this topic and to say that I was just a bit confused when I was first denied when using my gmail account. I guess, I was just not paying attention that there was an announcement about this. Had I read it first, I would have not kept trying and trying.

Just to say that perhaps the little message that comes up in "red" were more clear instead of just saying "spam haven here" would it been more helpful... To me, anyways.

It's all good here, I understand your position and I fully agree. Just a bit confused when trying to create a new account at the beginning... that's all.

Hi,

Is there anyway to configure phpBB to not accept the gmail domain for new registrations but to allow existing users to change their registered emails to the gmail domain? Cheers

Sryn

Not to my knowledge, no. Once an email domain is banned, it impacts both new registrations and email address changes equally.

Thanks up4fun. Strange that this forum just emailed me that there's a reply to this thread that I'm 'watching', after a WHOLE year...

5ryn

Spam - Deleted - User Banned - IP Banned - Email Banned (unfortunately even spam will trigger the update email).

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Ah, that explains it. Thanks VonSkippy

5ryn