[theforum] evolt users

[Dean Mah]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Martin Burns <martin at easyweb.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 12 Oct 2008, at 20:09, Dean Mah wrote:
>
>> One of the reasons that we keep all of the users is to "block" the
>> spammers.  Marking them with the role of 'Spamming Scum' disables them
>> from re-creating a deleted account.  Not that it makes much of a
>> difference since there's no impediment to adding new accounts (we
>> don't use captcha or e-mail verification).
>
> I think there is an email verification... but no captcha. That said,
> our spam problem doesn't seem to be bots, but humans in low-wage
> economies.
>
> Cheers
> Martin

I don't think that there is e-mail verification or it's not turned on.
 I see all of the bounces from failed user registration e-mails but
the accounts are still active on the site.

Dean