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  2. For prospective new members, a word of warning: don't use common names like Dennis, Simon, or Kenny if you decide to create an account. Spammers have used them all before you and gotten those names flagged in the anti-spam databases. Your account registration will be rejected because of it.
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  3. Since it has happened MULTIPLE times now, I want to be very clear about this. You do not get to abandon an account and create a new one. You do not get to pass an account to someone else and create a new one. If you do so anyway, you will be banned for creating sockpuppets.
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Discussion in 'Announcements and Rules' started by FantasyFan, Mar 9, 2019.

  1. FantasyFan

    FantasyFan Well worn.

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    How do you determine what is a disposable Email address or not? I'm just curious what set's those apart from others. Is it a specific email service or what?
     
  2. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    Specific email services that provide a temporary email address that lasts like an hour or 24 hours. Emails like mailinator, guerillamail, etc.
     
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  3. FantasyFan

    FantasyFan Well worn.

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    Thanks for answering that question.
     
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  4. Cherry Lover

    Cherry Lover Well worn.

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    Does this only apply to the initial sign-up, or will you be banning people who successfully sign up with e-mail addresses you believe to be disposable?
     
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  5. ultima333

    ultima333 Happy Sunflower Time Administrator

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    alethiophile answered some of these questions in a different thread:

     
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  6. EDGEYMCNAME2016

    EDGEYMCNAME2016 Kitsunes Are Better, Fite Me Bii.

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    What has caused this influx of trolls and spammers? Is it due to a specific thread or has this been an ongoing thing?
     
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  7. Winchester

    Winchester Buzzkill

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    Good, I was getting somewhat worried when I saw it because "disposable e-mail" used to be synonymous with "web mail" and, well, I've been running solely on Hotmail and Gmail for fifteen years because due to ISP-hopping.
     
  8. Horton

    Horton Gone for Good

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    Google these days tends to start asking for phone numbers if you're making a bunch of accounts, makes sense if you wanna stop spammers abusing your service.
     
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  9. tehelgee

    tehelgee The stern gaze of justice. Administrator

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    So does Yahoo.
     
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