StarDestroyer.Net BBS

If you click on the "Register" button, you will see that the TOS have been slightly revised, to be more clear on what is and isn't allowed (the previous TOS was the stock one that comes with the software).

Also, it should be noted that I have disallowed any more new members from signing up with Hotmail or Yahoo addresses, although existing members with Hotmail addresses are still OK. I'm a little tired of trolls signing up with Hotmail addresses.

Darth Wong wrote:If you click on the "Register" button, you will see that the TOS have been slightly revised, to be more clear on what is and isn't allowed (the previous TOS was the stock one that comes with the software).

Short, clear, and to the point. I like it.

Also, it should be noted that I have disallowed any more new members from signing up with Hotmail or Yahoo addresses, although existing members with Hotmail addresses are still OK. I'm a little tired of trolls signing up with Hotmail addresses.

I dunno, there are honest people who use hotmail.....

IG-88E wrote:I dunno, there are honest people who use hotmail.....

True, which is why I didn't want to do this. There are many valued members of this board who use Hotmail. But at least 95% of trolls use Hotmail too, and that's a problem. If people sign up with Hotmail addresses, I tell them why they can't sign up, and I let them know that if they're in a bind, they can E-mail me and ask for a manual registration.

Sounds like a resonable solution....though there are other free mail providers that the trolls can hop over to....

Though that presupposes some thinking on the part of the trolls....

I only use hotmail because i can't be arsed getting the server settings for my ISP for my outlook express. (i lost them when i formatted and forgot to save them.)

why is it easier for trolls with hotmail and yahoo?

My email address redirects to yahoo.com.
It's not a real email address

salm wrote:why is it easier for trolls with hotmail and yahoo?

You can create account after account for free.

True, which is why I didn't want to do this. There are many valued members of this board who use Hotmail. But at least 95% of trolls use Hotmail too, and that's a problem. If people sign up with Hotmail addresses, I tell them why they can't sign up, and I let them know that if they're in a bind, they can E-mail me and ask for a manual registration.

OK, glad you're not just blanketing off those types of accounts.

Pity there wasn't an online IQ test for each new member, if they get below doorknob level intelligence then they can't enter, but they may redeem themselves if they can outwit a rock and make it entertaining.

Darth Wong wrote:If people sign up with Hotmail addresses, I tell them why they can't sign up, and I let them know that if they're in a bind, they can E-mail me and ask for a manual registration.

Whats a manual registration?

Mine's a paid msn address, but I can sign onto hotmail using the same address ... confuses some folks into thinking mine is a hotmail account.

IG-88E wrote:

salm wrote:why is it easier for trolls with hotmail and yahoo?

You can create account after account for free.

you should also ban gmx.de and gmx.net and about a trillion other free email providers.

salm wrote:

IG-88E wrote:

salm wrote:why is it easier for trolls with hotmail and yahoo?

You can create account after account for free.

you should also ban gmx.de and gmx.net and about a trillion other free email providers.

There's more than a thousand of them out there. It's not feasible to ban them all, but at least it makes them do a bit more work. As for manual registrations, I can create any arbitrary account I want, so anyone can simply send me their desired registration info and I can make them an account.

as a throwaway redirect for spam. My REAL address is 100% spam
free, while my yahoo account is full of shite..

I tried to change my Muad'Dib accound to my NTL e-mail addy but the ASP coding in the mail failed. thats why i use my hotmail account to sign up for things like here.