Don't allow hotmail, yahoo accounts to register

[Royce]

I want to not allow people with hotmail, yahoo, and other free email accounts to register.  We get too many people getting banned and just signing up under a different email address.  I had this mod for yabb gold but can't figure it out for se.  Can anyone either tell me what code to change or write a mod for this?  Thanks.

By the way, putting @hotmail.com or *@hotmail.com in the email ban list doesn't work.  Thanks!

[Spaceman-Spiff]

i'm working on a ban mod for that
dunno when i will be able to finish it
maybe after my exams (2-3 weeks)

[Nemesis]

Space if you can't do it I have a solution that prevent hotmail email address, I can make.

[Spaceman-Spiff]

im working on a ban mod actually... http://www.yabbse.mirror.rochenhost.com/community/index.php?board=141;action=display;threadid=13731
i can add it to prevent registration using those banned mail domains
if u wanna make something quick for the registration part only, go ahead

[Royce]

I just need it for registration so it'd be great if you could help me out (again, thanks for helping with the SSI.php thing Nemesis!).

[jthorpe]

Any word on this?  I would love to have this as well.  I'm about sick of all the yahoo and hotmail accounts trying to register multiple times on my board.  It'll drive a person to drink!

[Royce]

I had a guy do this for me.  Here's what I found in Register.pl

//if(!preg_match("/A[0-9A-Za-z#%+,-\.@^_]+\Z/",$member['user'])) {fatal_error("$txt[240]");}
   if($member['email'] == ""){ fatal_error("$member[user] $txt[76]"); }



    //added to prevent anonymous email provider addr's from registering

    //Dustin E. Hoffman, [email protected], 12-05-2002

    if ( preg_match ("/@hotmail.com/i", $member['email']) ) { fatal_error("Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses not permitted."); }

    if ( preg_match ("/@yahoo.com/i", $member['email']) )   { fatal_error("Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses not permitted."); }

[Nemesis]

opps sorry so busy forgot about this thread. Like I said it is pretty simply as you found out...

[edlomon]

with all due respect,then what services do u except cause the only paid services i know are 1s by ISPs and MSN and AOL. and not every1 uses their ISP emails.but hey not my forum so i wont bother.just wanted to add my $.2

that and they are a million other free services,im signed up to hotmail,yahoo,and zzn,and many others that r free so u cant stop them all.again not to fight just adding a comment

[Royce]

I have over 2000 members all without hotmail or yahoo accounts.  It filters out a big chunk of the weirdos.  Works for me, probably not for everyone.

[jthorpe]

You know it.  I have close to 3300 members now and I could care less about the hotmail and yahoo users.  That's where most of the idiots come from anyway, so I'm glad to have them blocked out.  Why do this?  Because if you get an idiot registering 20 different yahoo or hotmail addresses trying to come into your site after banning them, it makes life a pain.  I haven't had that problem again since doing this mod, and I'm happy with it.  If they want to play, then they can register with a real email address.

[John R]

You know now why you never see a cart before a horse!

Go to your admincenter and banning, select ban by email and enter the domain names for hotmail, yahoo, Etc.  After you have done this noone will be ablt to register if they have an email from these domains.

cheers............