Auto expire new registrations to combat spam signups?

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Shovas
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Auto expire new registrations to combat spam signups?

Post by Shovas »

Is there a way to auto expire new registrations that haven't confirmed via the welcome email?

I've implemented Akismet and Stop Forum Spam extensions but I still get signups that never confirm by the welcome email. I am concerned that, if left in the queue, one day these likely bot accounts will confirm all at once and start spamming.

I think an obvious improvement here would be a setting to auto expire new registrations or at least the confirmation url.
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Re: Auto expire new registrations to combat spam signups?

Post by danieltj »

Moving this to extension requests.

You’ll want to use this, it does what you’re wanting to achieve. This isn’t a feature in vanilla phpBB.

https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... e_members/
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Re: Auto expire new registrations to combat spam signups?

Post by Shovas »

Yes, that looks like what I'm looking for, thank you!

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