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Banning free email addresses
12-11-2006, 01:11 PM
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Title: Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 752 Location: England   
| Banning free email addresses Hi I'm interested to know how many Admins have blocked free email addresses from joining their forums. If so, has it affected the amount of new members registering and did you mention this in your terms & conditions/rules? Joy   | ||||
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12-11-2006, 04:00 PM
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Title: Forum Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,624 Location: Holmfirth, England 
| I would never do this, as most internet users use Yahoo, GMail, Hotmail, Excite, etc....
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12-11-2006, 04:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 113 | I mean unless your site is for webmasters who usually have their own domain how many average users have a paid email account?
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12-11-2006, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | I wouldn't ever do this, not even for a webmaster forum...Too many people use and rely on free email accounts for me to say no to all of them. I even rely on my free accounts when I register at other forums...I don't use my paid email addresses. There may be the occasional exception here and there where this might be necessary such as for a very professional, business forum or a private forum...but in general, I don't think that it's a good idea to do this.
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12-11-2006, 08:15 PM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,139 Location: Maryland, US 
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also i would never do it because i think its annoying when i go to forums that dont let you  | |||||
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12-11-2006, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 108 Location: UK
| seriously, i wouldnt ever do this, so many people use free email accounts, the member list would be so small compared to if you allowed free email accounts
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12-11-2006, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,518 | I've never done it, and don't plan to. The majority of members that register use free e-mail services, and banning them would be a major, major mistake. By doing so, you're essentially helping you're forum go down the drain. Chris | ||||
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12-11-2006, 09:10 PM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,913 Location: Australia
| Never have done it before, i don't think i will either. Its to harsh and risky and cuts off a lot of users who want to join but cannot. | ||||
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12-11-2006, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 105 | I would not do this either. I know a lot of individuals have their personal email address which may be the one their isp provides them with that they only give to friends and family, and only use some other times. They may sign up for a free email address that they use for everything else such as things they'll register for online so they can avoid spam. | ||||
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12-12-2006, 12:03 AM
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| Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 186 | I've seen directories that deny submission based on an email account, but never heard of a forum doing it. I would personally say no way, it would definitely hurt growth. I use free email, even though I have almost 20 domain names, and I could have any email addy I want, it's easier to get my web mail from the freebies. | ||||
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