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jrx
Thu 7th Aug '03, 3:39pm
In plain text e-mails sent by vBulletin, & has been changed to &. This is an error; it breaks links in those e-mails. Only HTML text should use &.

To illustrate the problem, I tried creating a new user on my forums, and got an e-mail containing this back:
To complete your registration, click on the link below:
http://.../register.php?a=act&u=2&i=31324072 (http://.../register.php?a=act&u=2&i=31324072)
When I click that link, I get this error:
No user specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster
If I change & back to &, it works.
jrx
Thu 7th Aug '03, 3:41pm
In case I wasn't clear enough: It's impossible for new users to create accounts with vBulletin 2.3.1 unless they edit the activation URL they are given.

The same URL issues apply to the "Reply to post" subscription e-mails. Links like http://.../member2.php?action=usub&threadid=1 no longer work ("No forum specified").
jrx
Thu 7th Aug '03, 8:10pm
I can't help but notice that this wasn't moved to the Bugs forum, while other less significant issues were. :) I hope it doesn't get overlooked. It prevents new users from signing up (the activation URLs don't work), which seems extremely critical to me.
poolking
Thu 7th Aug '03, 8:27pm
I can't help but notice that this wasn't moved to the Bugs forum, while other less significant issues were. :) I hope it doesn't get overlooked. It prevents new users from signing up (the activation URLs don't work), which seems extremely critical to me.

If you read the additional annoucement it will tell you why there are problems.
jrx
Thu 7th Aug '03, 8:30pm
Uh... The announcement is obviously referring to the CVS conflict junk left over in attachment.php and global.php. This is something different.
Steve Machol
Thu 7th Aug '03, 10:43pm
The other issues were confirmed by more than one person.
jrx
Thu 7th Aug '03, 11:42pm
The other issues were confirmed by more than one person. I see. Well, I used Outlook Express 6 as my e-mail client in case that's helpful to know when trying to reproduce the problem. Simply register a new account on a vBulletin 2.3.1 forum, open Outlook Express and click the link in the received "Action Required to Activate Membership" e-mail message, and you'll get an error message every time.

Basically, the & -> & changes in 2.3.1's email_* templates need to be reverted.
Steve Machol
Fri 8th Aug '03, 12:40am
Ok, I had some time to test this out and confirmed the problem. Moved to Bugs.

However please note that Scott's post said nothing about 'attachment.php and global.php':

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=508174&postcount=3
Roody
Fri 8th Aug '03, 10:02pm
Ok, I had some time to test this out and confirmed the problem. Moved to Bugs.

However please note that Scott's post said nothing about 'attachment.php and global.php':

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=508174&postcount=3

So what's the story with this? Is this issue resolved?
poolking
Fri 8th Aug '03, 10:04pm
So what's the story with this? Is this issue resolved?

Apparently so:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79636
Roody
Fri 8th Aug '03, 10:10pm
Apparently so:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79636

Okee dokee thanks poolking. Im thinking I am going to run this upgrade tonight.