Registration Glitch?

by CindaLove July 6th 2018, 1:04 am

Recently, there has been issues on my forum with new registers automatically registering despite new accounts activation being set to Admin and I just receive an email stating there is a new member. It happened a few times last year and it also happened once back in May, and just thirty minutes ago I received an email stating that a new member had registered. I clicked on the profile link in the email but the member isn't listed as a registered member. Their name is listed in the inactive members and I can easily activate it but by now I'm suspicious that it could be a hacker or spammer. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

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by **brandon_g** July 6th 2018, 2:12 am

Hello,

Have you made sure activation for people registering in the topic it app is disabled? You can do this by going to ACP-->Modules-->Topic It configuration .

-Brandon

by CindaLove July 6th 2018, 5:59 am

Thanks, Brandon, I never would have thought of Topic'it. Smile

by **brandon_g** July 6th 2018, 6:33 am

No problem, glad I could help. Smile

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by **brandon_g** July 6th 2018, 6:42 pm

Re opened at topic started request ~ brandon_g

by CindaLove July 7th 2018, 8:02 pm

Does anyone know what is causing this?

by **brandon_g** July 8th 2018, 4:34 am

I just tested the registration page and it seems to be working normally and displaying the correct message:

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Are you sure the accounts are actually being activated?

Also you can delete the account I just made as I simply wanted to test the registration page.

by CindaLove July 8th 2018, 7:56 am

I have discovered the problem. I have an email forwarding service and it has only been sending me the registration email because outlook has been sending the activation email to junk. Sometimes Outlook junks all my emails and I have to go in and reset everything. Feeling silly for not digging deeper first... Embarassed