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Users and Email Validation
Registered
Users
Email and Domain Registration Restrictions
Email Validation and Provisional
Users
Troubleshooting
Resources
Registered
Users
Numerous
controls for issues surrounding registered users are available
at Control Panel > User
Management >
Registered users.
You
can allow users to self-register, or not. If you turn this off,
there will be no Register button on any of the
pages. Users
can only be registered by the sysop. (Control
Panel > User Management > Register a User).
You
can specify a list of email addresses or domains that
aren't allowed
to self-register. See Email and
Domain Access Restrictions, below.
See
also Email Validation,
below. HTTP
Basic Authorization and Login Management are
covered elsewhere.
You
can define access
privileges for
registered users much as you do for guest
users. Simply check the boxes for privileges you
wish to allow.
You
can enable tracking of individual user's posts in this section.
If you turn this option on and add the userInfo macro to your
webx.tpl file, Web Crossing will be able to
display a list
of users' most recent posts in their personal
information pages.
The userInfo macro is found in your webx directory in
the standard.tpl
file. See the Server-Side
scripting pages for more information.
Email
and Domain Registration Restrictions
If there
are individuals or entire domains you want to block
from auto-registration,
fill them into the Control
Panel > User
Management > Registered users pane, at the bottom of
the page.
Figure
1
In this
particular example, all users from hotmail.com would be blocked
from registering, as would an individual with the email address
of "joe@yahoo.com."
Email
Validation and Provisional Users
If you
want to make sure that your users are registering
with valid email
addresses, you can require them to visit a special URL that's
emailed to them in order to get full membership. If
for some reason
the validation fails, you can manually validate the
user by going
to their preferences page (Control Panel
> User Management > Set a user's preferences) and
checking the checkbox at the top.
Users
who have not completed the validation process are
known as "provisional"
users and their privileges can be restricted to
read-only or moderated
access if you wish.
Figure
2 - Screenshot from email validation pane
Troubleshooting
My validation
email isn't being sent.
- Check
that your email settings (Control Panel
> User Management > Registered users)
are correct
so Web Crossing can send mail.
Resources
Sysop
Documentation
Sysop
Control Panel
- User
Management
- Guest
users
- Registered
users (set up email validation)
- Register
(add) a user
- Set
a user's preferences (manually validate a user)
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