Require confirmation email before adding a new member

[mindflint]

We only have a free membership level, and although we have the recaptcha set up on the join page (http://simplyjesusgathering.com/join/register), we’re getting a ton of bogus spam accounts being created. I’d like to require new members to click the confirmation link to join, but right now that email isn’t being sent, and I can’t figure out how to require it. Can you help?

[mbrsolution]

Perhaps adding a few more extra fields using the Form Builder add-on, might help you with your issue.

Regards

[mindflint]

So just to clarify, you’re saying that there’s no way to require the user to confirm their email address before becoming a member at the free level without the Form Builder plugin?

[mbrsolution]

Yes, that is correct. At present the free membership sign up does not send out an e-mail for confirmation only the paid membership sign up.

Regards

[mindflint]

Ok, last question: Do you know why we’re getting so many bogus spam accounts being set up, even with the captcha in place? Do you have any other suggestions for filtering those out?

[mbrsolution]

Hi, unfortunately no. I can only recommend adding a couple of mandatory extra fields. This in a way might deter spamming. You can also set to manually activate and control the accounts.

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