Gmail Addresses

markn · November 19, 2012, 01:55:43 PM

From this point forward GMAIL addresses are banned from this forum. I am aware that quite a few of you have GMAIL addresses associated with your accounts so you'll have to find some other email address to use.

The reason for this is the large (50+) number of registrations we're getting every day from spammers using GMAIL addresses. It's not fair on NEVOL or PPH to have to monitor and delete them all the time.

purplepennyhunter · November 19, 2012, 02:34:01 PM

I'm afraid those with gmail addresses can't see these posts as they have gmail addresses associated with their membership and can no longer login. They are being asked at login to change their email address to something different. Any problems let us know.

Russ e · November 19, 2012, 03:34:26 PM

would it be worth making everyone use the paid email associated with their internet accounts?

markn · November 19, 2012, 04:25:16 PM

I've emailed everyone with GMAIL address already. We'll probably lose a few members but we've had dozens and dozens of spam sign-ups in the last week and it's not worth the hassle.

Fr45h3R · November 19, 2012, 09:10:23 PM

Is anyone else using Hotmail to get mail from this forum ?
I swapped from gmail to hotmail but i'm receiving no mail (thanks Markn for activating the account with the hotmail address so i could get in here)

Just trying to work out if it is a personal mailbox issue, or perhaps to do with the messages being sent from the forum.

Ozcoins · November 19, 2012, 11:29:29 PM

I am on a hotmail address.

enworb · November 19, 2012, 11:36:25 PM

Im also a hotmail user

trout · November 20, 2012, 12:17:00 AM

I have had an account with bigpond for a number of years, I presume my email is "Safe" :good:

purplepennyhunter · November 20, 2012, 07:23:48 AM

enworb I sent you an email through the forum messages (a little while ago now) and you didn't get it. Is that what we're talking about here because you have a hotmail address?

Ozcoins · November 20, 2012, 08:45:43 AM

I think banning all gmail accounts is not the right way to go.
If you would like help with sorting out new members, I volunteer to help

Nevol · November 20, 2012, 09:55:09 AM

Quote from: 'Ozcoins' pid='3589' dateline='1353363343'I think banning all gmail accounts is not the right way to go.If you would like help with sorting out new members, I volunteer to help

Out of 115 spammers that I checked and deleted during the last 10 or so days, 77 were from gmail addresses. :Gigakach_01:

enworb · November 20, 2012, 10:29:15 AM

PPH i think what happened with that email was it went to junk and was automatically deleted after 10 days. I have been stupid to check the junk inbox. I am now in the habit of checkng the junk folder daily because any emails from this forum go there.

Russ e · November 20, 2012, 12:41:03 PM

right click on the email header and mark it as not junk

WavyTwenty · December 04, 2012, 02:56:37 PM

I tried to use an outlook.com email address (Hotmail) - but that didn't work. I never recieved the authentication email.

I had to resort to an ISP address that I don't like using.

Wavy20

JeffH · January 28, 2013, 08:04:42 AM

Have more email domains been blocked?

I could not view the forum just now and was told to change my email address. The address I had was the email address provided by my internet service provider (exemail). I tried a fastmail address, which was rejected. I tried another fastmail address and that was accepted.

I would much prefer my exemail address which has a mailbox titled "Coin Forums" and rules set for all coin forum emails to go directly there.

markn; what have you been doing?

Jeff