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starCaliber
is evil and also MewtwoSama
Member # 268

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posted 08-16-2001 05:57 PM $Profile for starCaliber$ $Email starCaliber$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Thanks to UBB 6.0's much tougher enforcement of the rules laid out by the administrators, I can no longer modify my profile without giving the goddamned thing a "real" e-mail address. And I understand your no web-based e-mails, but since when did it decide that it needs to get all anal on those of us that had apparently been grandfathered in? I still use and always have used starcaliber1@yahoo.com as my e-mail address for pretty much everything (save some of the Sneak stuff that I prefer to have drilled into a hotmail account).

Anyway, I'd like to add my AIM contact, my favorite pokeyman, and change my sig, but until I provide the system with an e-mail address that my parents use and I don't even have regular access to, it won't let me. Is there any way you can set it so that those of us who were registered before the new policy can still get into our profiles, or is that a feature we don't get the benefit of using anymore?

Picking between Azure Heights and my e-mail account is not a choice I want to make.

From: San Francisco, CA | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

MewtwoSama
Asshole
Member # 12

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posted 08-16-2001 06:28 PM $Profile for MewtwoSama$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email MewtwoSama$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Now that I think about it, I dont think i have a "real" email account

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Hade ni ikuze!

From: Abyss of Evil | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged

Flareon
Farting Nudist
Member # 299

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posted 08-16-2001 08:14 PM $Profile for Flareon$ $Email Flareon$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I'd noticed that too. Why doesn't the software distinguish between "already registered" and "trying to register"?

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From: Yokosuka, Japan | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Mr. K
Racist
Member # 2

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posted 08-16-2001 09:08 PM $Profile for Mr. K$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Mr. K$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Cal: ...since when did it decide that it needs to get all anal on those of us that had apparently been grandfathered in?

Since 6.05, I guess. As far as I can tell, it's not smart enough to tell the difference any more.

From: Cinnabar Island | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged

Eaichu250
Farting Nudist
Member # 826

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posted 08-20-2001 07:27 PM $Profile for Eaichu250$ $Email Eaichu250$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Unless there's something special that you can recieve when you can enter your real e-mail address, Just make up a fake one.

Take a look at my email address, For example.

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From: Perth Amboy, NJ | Registered: Aug 2000 | IP: Logged

Givera
Farting Nudist
Member # 234

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posted 08-20-2001 11:14 PM $Profile for Givera$ $Author's Homepage$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

When you change E-mails it's s'posed to change your password too to confirm it's an official e-mail address.

From: Plano, Tx | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Mr. K
Racist
Member # 2

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posted 08-20-2001 11:19 PM $Profile for Mr. K$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Mr. K$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Yup.

From: Cinnabar Island | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged

Twinkle
I'm feeling fat and sassy~!
Member # 1690

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posted 08-21-2001 02:09 AM $Profile for Twinkle$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:

NOWHERE.COM gets about between 5000 and 80000 pieces of email per day, which mostly comprise of bounces, threats and complaints about spamming. We have very limited resources with regard to time, cpu cycles and bandwidth. Please be gentle.

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From: Brinstar | Registered: Apr 2001 | IP: Logged

Rei the Giant Koffing
Farting Nudist
Member # 1909

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posted 08-21-2001 03:18 AM $Profile for Rei the Giant Koffing$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I lost my Rei2 account the same way...

*wants it back*

*shoots board*

*kills board*

From: Americas b0rked penis | Registered: Jun 2001 | IP: Logged

TeeJay
Farting Nudist
Member # 265

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posted 08-21-2001 05:42 PM $Profile for TeeJay$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Uh, ditto. My sig is really damn old, and I got a good one lined up. And I don't have an ISP e-mail address that I don't have to share with my parents.

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From: Overland Park, Kansas, USA | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Givera
Farting Nudist
Member # 234

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posted 08-22-2001 10:19 PM $Profile for Givera$ $Author's Homepage$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Is UBB done in perl or something easily edited?

If so couldn't you just find where it checks for email validity and add some test like...

code:


if ((newpassword != oldpassword) && (newpassword == webbased))
{
bitch_at_user();
break;
}

I know that's more of C than Perl, but I'm sure you get the picture. This would allow people who signed up with webbased emails to change their sigs and stats, etc. but restrict people from changing to webbased emails...

From: Plano, Tx | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Mr. K
Racist
Member # 2

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posted 08-23-2001 04:20 AM $Profile for Mr. K$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Mr. K$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Well, if you have access to the account at all, you can just make the change and delete the message from the generic account as it happens.

Then just turn off all the thingies that let people e-mail and/or see your e-mail address. You can leave the Private Messages on (just make sure E-mail Notification is off), so people can still contact you privately.

Just a suggestion...

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From: Cinnabar Island | Registered: Feb 2000 | IP: Logged

Givera
Farting Nudist
Member # 234

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posted 08-23-2001 08:31 AM $Profile for Givera$ $Author's Homepage$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Yea... but my idea requires less thought process on the end user side. =D

From: Plano, Tx | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

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