DH Forum: Hotmail and Yahoo accounts banned from joining up

Zardon · Aug 28, 2006, 01:43 PM

Due to the huge amount of spam we are getting from these two free email providers I have banned all yahoo and hotmail email accounts from registering on our forums.

This was a step I tried to avoid for as long as possible, however we are getting between 300-500 spam posts on our forum every week on Driver Heaven and it is taking huge staff resources to combat this problem.

pr0digal jenius · Aug 28, 2006, 03:28 PM

Can I request mail.ru be reviewed for possible addition to this list of banned domains?

Zardon · Aug 28, 2006, 03:31 PM

ill check into that, thanks PJ.

Shaga · Aug 28, 2006, 03:32 PM

I saw this coming, great decision.

EcPercy · Aug 28, 2006, 04:15 PM

A lot of forums do this anyway.

**MIG-31** · Aug 28, 2006, 04:17 PM

certainly a good addition...... hope this reduces the crap to as minimal as possible.

Shaga · Aug 28, 2006, 04:34 PM

Which reminds me that I once drank can of energy drink called "Spam".

SFOSOK · Aug 28, 2006, 05:48 PM

So should I change my E-mail then?

ChrisW · Aug 28, 2006, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

So should I change my E-mail then?

Good question. I'm registered via my Yahoo email account. Should I change it?

Sandok · Aug 28, 2006, 08:43 PM

There is no need to change but if you make a new account with Hotmail / Yahoo, it won't allow it.

pr0digal jenius · Aug 28, 2006, 09:21 PM

current account's shouldn't be affected, no.

However, if youd ecide to change your email address, you will be required to "re-activate" your accoutn with it, so current users can't change their account email to yahoo or hotmail, but if it's already there, it shouldn't be an issue...if it becomes one, let us know though

Erroneus · Aug 28, 2006, 10:17 PM

Good move and maybe it will teach people not to use hotmail

Yahoo i can understand, but hotmail :X Jesus crist i hate that mailsystem, it blows major ass and it's spamfilter should be banished from the Internet.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Aug 29, 2006, 12:25 AM

to many free email providers I think they will still find away right threw

pr0digal jenius · Aug 29, 2006, 03:56 AM

spam is like cancer neon: delaying the inevitable is still a much better option then doing nothing

Lowfat · Aug 29, 2006, 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erroneus

Good move and maybe it will teach people not to use hotmail

Yahoo i can understand, but hotmail :X Jesus crist i hate that mailsystem, it blows major ass and it's spamfilter should be banished from the Internet.

I love hotmail. I've never got a single spam/junk in my entire life

. Don't know why though.

Erroneus · Aug 29, 2006, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowfat

I love hotmail. I've never got a single spam/junk in my entire life

. Don't know why though.

Excactly hotmail spam filter isn't very smart, it blocks alot of stuff it shouldn't.

In my sparetime i run some gameserver hosting and we have alot of problems with hotmail constantly flagging our mails as spam and we do not spam, we only send out mails when new orders and servers are running out of time.

Stupid hotmail

Sandok · Aug 29, 2006, 09:56 AM

I got 3 mail accounts... And the hotmail one is totally stupid... Even if I say something is junk, it'll get through.

Anyways, I do hope this reduces all those lame bots and ads we kept on getting

And hopefully, new memebers can still keep on coming!

Zardon · Aug 29, 2006, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandok

Anyways, I do hope this reduces all those lame bots and ads we kept on getting

And hopefully, new memebers can still keep on coming!

It will reduce spam I feel, although not stop it, that would be impossible. However with regards to your second comment, I feel most people use hotmail or yahoo as a secondary account to their main ISP email so this will just force people to use their main account to properly verify their identity and help us remove the lame asses who love to try and get free advertising and interupt the dedicated members services in each forum section. Everyone knows here that we protect emails and identities strictly and they are never given to any 3rd parties, so I dont see an issue.

Anyway ill close this now, we have also changed the join up terms so new members can see this better.

Aug 28, 2006, 01:43 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Forum: Hotmail and Yahoo accounts banned from joining up Due to the huge amount of spam we are getting from these two free email providers I have banned all yahoo and hotmail email accounts from registering on our forums. This was a step I tried to avoid for as long as possible, however we are getting between 300-500 spam posts on our forum every week on Driver Heaven and it is taking huge staff resources to combat this problem.

Aug 28, 2006, 03:32 PM	#4
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	I saw this coming, great decision. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Aug 28, 2006, 04:17 PM	#6
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	certainly a good addition...... hope this reduces the crap to as minimal as possible. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 28, 2006, 04:34 PM	#7
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Which reminds me that I once drank can of energy drink called "Spam". __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Aug 28, 2006, 05:48 PM	#8
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	So should I change my E-mail then? __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Aug 28, 2006, 03:28 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Can I request mail.ru be reviewed for possible addition to this list of banned domains?

Aug 28, 2006, 03:31 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	ill check into that, thanks PJ.

Aug 28, 2006, 04:15 PM	#5
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	A lot of forums do this anyway.

Aug 28, 2006, 08:43 PM	#10
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	There is no need to change but if you make a new account with Hotmail / Yahoo, it won't allow it.

Aug 28, 2006, 09:21 PM	#11
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	current account's shouldn't be affected, no. However, if youd ecide to change your email address, you will be required to "re-activate" your accoutn with it, so current users can't change their account email to yahoo or hotmail, but if it's already there, it shouldn't be an issue...if it becomes one, let us know though

Aug 28, 2006, 10:17 PM	#12
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Good move and maybe it will teach people not to use hotmail Yahoo i can understand, but hotmail :X Jesus crist i hate that mailsystem, it blows major ass and it's spamfilter should be banished from the Internet. __________________

Aug 29, 2006, 12:25 AM	#13
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	to many free email providers I think they will still find away right threw __________________

Aug 29, 2006, 03:56 AM	#14
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	spam is like cancer neon: delaying the inevitable is still a much better option then doing nothing

Aug 29, 2006, 09:56 AM	#17
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	I got 3 mail accounts... And the hotmail one is totally stupid... Even if I say something is junk, it'll get through. Anyways, I do hope this reduces all those lame bots and ads we kept on getting And hopefully, new memebers can still keep on coming!