registered users waiting notification????

[Shoe]

I have 98 users waiting for email notification and they claim they received email notification. Anyone else having this problem? What might be the cause? As a temporary measure I enabled priviliges for user's waiting email notification.

[Mike Sullivan]

Obvious question - did they click the link and get the confirmation that they were verified?

[eva2000]

yeah i have that problem with 280+ members still in awaiting confirmation :(

so members enter invalid email addresses, some just forgot to check their emails and some just wanted to peek at my board :(

[Shoe]

Originally posted by Ed Sullivan
Obvious question - did they click the link and get the confirmation that they were verified?

There are no instructions whatsoever regarding clicking on a link. What is the email suppose to say? What is it that memebers are suppose to do? Here is what my validated email looks like:

Dear $username,

Your account at $bbtitle has been activated. $bbtitle can be found here:

$bburl/index.php

Your login details are as follows:
Username: $username
Password: $password

Don't forget that your password is case sensitive.

To edit your profile, please visit this page:
$bburl/member.php?action=editprofile


Thanks,
Shoe

[Edited by Shoe on 09-18-2000 at 06:11 PM]

[Wayne Luke]

Its in a template called Activate email and it looks exactly like below unless you changed it.

<<<< TEMPLATE >>>>
Thank you for registering at the $bbtitle, found at $bburl.

Your login details are as follows:
Username: $username
Password: $password

Don't forget that the password is case sensitive.

To activate your account, please visit this page:
$bburl/member.php?action=activate&username=$usernameenc&password=$password&activateid=$activateid
(Note: make sure that you paste the entire URL above into your browser, and that your email client has not wrapped it over multiple lines)

Until you activate your account, you will be told that you do not have permission whenever you try to post.

Thanks very much,
$bbtitle team
<<<< END TEMPLATE >>>>

[TWTCommish]

Side note: what is the real value of approving all users beforehand, aside from making sure they do not use lewd and/or offensive usernames?

[eva2000]

well it's to stop spammers or trolls who intend to use a fake account to spam the forums... deterrence :D

the first line of defense :lol

[TWTCommish]

Is that really a problem for most boards? It would have to be a big deal for me to start moderating all new users...I think it makes it less likely that someone will register and become an active poster.

[eva2000]

well for entertainment sites like ours probably not... but some corporate sites or businesses might find it handy :)

[Wayne Luke]

We only pre-approve COPPA users at SitePoint. For everyone else they have to go through myself and Eric. I think we handle it fairly well.

[TheFiringLine.com]

Due to a problem with trolls, we're moderating all new registration requests.

The CP tells me there are no users awaiting Moderation, but I see there are members in the "Users Awaiting Email Confirmation" category.
What am I missing?
Rich