10 April 2004, 00:00 | #1 |
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Misleading error messages when registering
Due to a complaint towards me from a user, I've been made aware of a misleading error message in this forum when registering as NEW user.
Well, I logged out and pretended to be completely new here. For registering, I used a Yahoo.com address. Remember, I'm a new user here, and I'm absolutely clueless of anything. |
10 April 2004, 00:03 | #2 |
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Now THIS happened...
@RCK: Don't you agree that this error message suggests that the *user* is banned from this forum? That's what this user told me: "I'm banned from this forum, but I don't know what I've done wrong." Poor boy! Seriously, I suggest that you could be a little more specific here and tell the user to use another mail provider or something, because these providers usually used for mass-spamming are banned. Agree everybody? Last edited by andreas; 10 April 2004 at 01:50. |
10 April 2004, 00:11 | #3 |
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I agree that the message could certainly be a lot more specific to make it clear that the ban was on the use of email addresses from that domain, rather than a ban on the user. Maybe something to the effect of:
"Due to the abuses by spammers of e-mail addresses belonging to the specified domain (yahoo.com), we regret that the use of all e-mail addresses from this domain has been banned. Please try again using a different valid e-mail address, or contact the administrator for additional information." Better? |
10 April 2004, 00:35 | #4 |
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Do you intend to ban registered members with yahoo address's ?
If so numbers here will be slightly depleted
ME for one Or is this some subtle plot to get me to register with MSN ? And how much are M$ paying you ? AS IF lol |
10 April 2004, 01:48 | #5 | |
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I do know why I would pass the refinement of wording to the real experts here. With my trashy English, this would probably have become twice as long as yours |
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10 April 2004, 02:09 | #6 |
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how about...
"yo LaMer, teh email adreesss supllied is cr@p...u n0t 1773 enuf" |
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10 April 2004, 18:04 | #8 |
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hehe - good point
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