How do the email-related access control settings work?

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Under 'access control settings' I have the option for 'Require valid email for' set to 'nothing - not required' as opposed to 'account registration'

As well, under 'access control settings' I have the option for 'Blacklisted email address patterns mode' set to 'block completely'

Yet, when I try to sign up with any email address I get a message that the email address is not allowed.

I have double checked to make sure that the email addresses I was signing up with were not on the blacklist.

Is there documentation somewhere that describes how to use these features and by what parameters they operate?

Capitaler

asked 2018-09-22 16:38:45 -0600

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Evgeny

updated 2023-05-21 19:44:48 -0600

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"Require valid email" setting (1) is not related to the feature of "allowed/disallowed emails domains and patterns (2).

"Valid email" means - email validated by clicking on a link sent to that address.

The second group of settings regulates users with which emails can or cannot use the site. This way you can allow only people from your organization to join.

Even if your email is one of the "allowed" emails and is not matching any disallowed patterns you might still want the user to prove that they have access to that particular email.

Regardless, I'd always recommend to use the "require valid email" for the account registration.

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answered 2023-05-21 17:00:28 -0600

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