users with same email address

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  • Jay

    (@phyrax)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    It’s not a hack, the registration method uses email_exists(). It’s just a clever way of registering multiple users.

    The method email_exists() just checks the database directly for the email string. So what you’re seeing is right, no cause for alarm. I would, however, ensure you get some sort of captcha or login filtration in-place.

    I, myself, have been using WangGuard for almost a year, and love it. But again, it comes down to personal preference and research.

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    The different dot placements may be correct, but at least for gmail addresses, they all resolve to the same address as if there were no dots left of the @. Whenever you see many dots or variations resolving to the same address, that visitor is certainly up to no good and you do not want them registered on your site, they will be just be looking for ways to drop spam.

    Thus Jerry’s suggestion for captchas or other filtration. Just in case the reasoning wasn’t clear 🙂

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