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[BrennanU]

Hi. I have recently been getting registrations to my forum. However I always get the welcome email returned, the password is nopass and they are always to Gmail addresses. Does anyone else have this problem?

[BrennanU]

Here is one of the emails.

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

dinacrosbbygmail.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<dinacrosbbygmail.com>:
host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [66.249.83.114]:
550 5.7.1 No such user i18si5874495wxd

------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------

Return-path: <myemail>
Received: from sh93.surpasshosting.com ([72.29.84.199] helo=mail.brennanu.com)
by sh93.surpasshosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1FxieU-0007Bh-HT
for dinacrosbbygmail.com; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:01:10 -0400
Subject: Welcome to BrennanU.com Forums
To: dinacrosbbygmail.com
Reply-to: myemail
From: myemail
Message-ID: <078d88fa7eb8f8f8e91930e29dba26b8forum.brennanu.c om>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:01:08 -0400
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: PHP
X-MimeOLE: Produced By phpBB2

Welcome to BrennanU.com Forums

Please keep this email for your records. Your account information is as follows:

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Username: dinacrosbby
Password: nopass
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Please do not forget your password as it has been encrypted in our database and we cannot retrieve it for you. However, should you forget your password you can request a new one which will be activated in the same way as this account.

Thank you for registering.

-- BrennanU.com Forum Management

[cowboy]

These are usually from bots/spam/kids/jerks that use forums and guest books to publish a website address in the membership list. They care less about your website and do not give a valid e-mail address, and that is why you get it back as undeliverable.

I have quenched their plans on my sites by:

1. Requiring an email verification.

2. Removing profile information fields during registration so a website cannot be entered. If a bot is registering and has included a website address in the registration submit post, it is intercepted and I redirect them to spam.org and exit the script.

Valid members can return to their profile and update their information and add their website, AIM, etc.

3. Filter the membership list to display only verified members.

4. If you have a problem with any member in the future you have a valid IP# or e-mail to block, and/or ban them, period.