Free email accounts disabled

[hood]

Luckily it shouldn't effect existing users, but people with hotmail, msn, and yahoo free email accounts will no longer be able to sign up here. As more free email providers are seen to cause troubles, those will be disabled also. Unfortunately even though certain members have been recently told that they are unwelcome here, they've made it their mission to get back on here no matter what. Since these users are using free email services such as the ones mentioned above to gain new access, they've been banned so as to make it more difficult for these people. As usual it's 1 or 2 bad apples that spoil the pot, but I don't really have a choice at this point other than contacting their internet providers, which I've also just done.

[Marsuitor]

Good decision Hood, even though probably quite a few new and respectable people tring to sign up will tear their hair out over this. A certain two members have been total mongers the last two weeks. Hopefully they'll piss off for good now.

Cheers,
Marcus

[Trigger]

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

[Maine Finn]

Let's hope they finally get the message that they're not welcome here.

Thanks, Hood.

~Emily

[wholagun]

what does this mean for ppl with hotmail account presently using the forum such as myself?
I got a paid account but Im singed up with a hotmail account.

[Ratamacue]

My assumption is that this won't affect people already signed up at the forums?

[hood]

If you're still posting, then you're fine. :) You just can't create a new account with that.

[Seoulstriker]

edit: never mind. ;)

[wholagun]

ok so say that I leave univeristy and I no longer have my school account does that mean that I can't sign up? :|

[hood]

Everyone is free to contact me via email at webmaster at militaryphotos.net and I'll handle it on a case by case basis. It doesn't stop you from having one of those email addresses for your account, just that you can't sign up for a brand new account with one.

[hood]

One of the other benefits of this that helps me personally is that I get all the rejection emails that flood my inbox because the notification email can't get through to the over quota mailboxes of yahoo and hotmail users. :)

[Yard Ape]

Sad that this course of action was forced on you.

[Herrmannek]

Call me prophet :(

[Marmot1]

Prophet.

[UkrainianAmerican]

Hood, I understand and agree with what you are trying to do, but a LOT of non-trolling ppl use free accounts because they are very convinient (when u change the ISP) etc. This is probably going to be a pain in the ass for more innocent ppl then resurrecting trolls. (Albeit I am not really sure how to combat the latter, so I guess you have no choice)

[Maine Finn]

Hood, I understand and agree with what you are trying to do, but a LOT of non-trolling ppl use free accounts because they are very convinient (when u change the ISP) etc. This is probably going to be a pain in the ass for more innocent ppl then resurrecting trolls. (Albeit I am not really sure how to combat the latter, so I guess you have no choice)

A few have ruined it for many, I'm afraid.

[hood]

This is probably going to be a pain in the ass for more innocent ppl then resurrecting trolls

Unfortunately you're wrong here. The annoyance factor posed by these people who fill up all of the threads with nonsense was causing people who were already in good standing, to leave. I care more about that then getting new people.

[AFG]

good choice, i was sick of seeing sixgun's clones :|

[Midtown]

YEAH.