Why is my email address banned?

mastertech01

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You arent allowed to use annonymous email addresses for registration due to the high "troll" traffic from those sites.
 

DAM

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that is correct, most emails like hotmail, yahoo, aol, are all banned, because so many trolls register usign these and just trash the forums





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glimmer

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I understand the problem that these anonymous e-mail addresses pose, but I think a more informative warning would be appropriate. It is not helpful to get a message that makes it sound like your specific e-mail address has been banned. It really freaked me out when I first tried to register here.
 

maleficent

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A general message would be much better!
Maybe some of the smaller email services have not been banned?
 

TheVrolok

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But with the millions of free email services out there, I'm using Metallica.com for this forum simply because I'm an AOLer, do you think it's really stopping anyone who wants to be a troll?
 

mastertech01

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AOL wasnt banned just because trolls were registering from there, it was because AOL refused to help AT find those trolls and put a stop to what they were doing here.. AOL screwed their members in doing so.