Ask Your Question
5

allow posts only from accounts with validated email address

asked 2012-05-02 02:55:11 -0500

uncle gravatar image uncle
81 4 3 5

updated 2012-05-02 09:04:42 -0500

Evgeny gravatar image Evgeny flag of Chile
11059 50 84 182
http://askbot.org/

I'm trying to configure askbot to allow only users with confirmed email address to be allowed to post in the forum.

That, to mainly fight spamming of course.

I've search the live settings and this forum over here but I can't find any way how to do that. can you please advise? thank you

delete close flag offensive retag edit

judging from the tag that Evgeny added, this is not there , at least not yet. that's a bit of a pity because I believe its a top priority for a social/public CMS and this feature has been around even in PhpNuke 20 years ago.. and it's default on osqa.. So i have to say I'm a bit let down as all the fancy django stuff are there but I miss a feature that is quite necessary from preventing your site becoming a mess by the spammers. I have now consider moving back to OSQA just for that reason.

uncle ( 2012-05-02 10:01:44 -0500 )edit

2 Answers

Sort by ยป oldest newest most voted
1

answered 2012-10-09 11:52:43 -0500

Evgeny gravatar image Evgeny flag of Chile
11059 50 84 182
http://askbot.org/

This feature is avaliable in the repository version.

link publish delete flag offensive edit

Comments

Great! Now, if I want to install a new system using the repo version, what version of Django will work? Any idea when the repo version will be released as stable?

finid ( 2012-10-09 12:54:46 -0500 )edit

1.3.1 for now until version 0.7.44 is out. We are working on supporting django 1.4 but do not have a release date unless someone votes with their dollars/pesos or other currency to accelerate the process.

Evgeny ( 2012-10-09 12:57:08 -0500 )edit
0

answered 2012-10-09 11:51:32 -0500

finid gravatar image finid flag of United States
129 4 2 10
http://linuxbsdos.com/

This is not an answer, but just an attempt to keep this alive, if it has not been implemented yet.

This, as the original poster noted, is one of the most important features for fighting drive-by spammers. What is the status?

link publish delete flag offensive edit

Your answer

Please start posting your answer anonymously - your answer will be saved within the current session and published after you log in or create a new account. Please try to give a substantial answer, for discussions, please use comments and please do remember to vote (after you log in)!

[hide preview]

Reliable Askbot Hosting

Create your Q&A site at askbot.com. Managed Askbot hosting at just $15/mo. Dedicated hosting, support contracts, consulting services.

create your Q&A site
30 days free trial

Question tools

Follow
2 followers

subscribe to rss feed

Stats

Asked: 2012-05-02 02:55:11 -0500

Seen: 88 times

Last updated: Oct 09 '12