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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21 January 2004 : 17:40:01
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Hi,
My forum is based on 3.4.03 and has 2333 members.
Twice now over a period of 6 months, a new member has received the wrong activation email, ie one for another registrant
Below is a copy of an email that I received from the latest registrant:
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I registered with j_s as my username but on completing my registration by
clicking on the link in the email below it said
"Hi dmills75, you have already successfully registered with us"
I assume something went wrong here?
I can't login with my details, could you help me with this please.
Regards
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----- Original Message -----
From: <888888removed8888888>
To: <888888removed8888888>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:45 PM
Subject: The Maggotdrowner's Forum Registration
Hello j_s
You received this message from The Maggotdrowner's Forum because you have
registered for a new account which allows you to post new messages and reply
to existing ones on the forums at http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/
Your Activation Key is: pz28z8gp82w74u70
Please click the following link to complete your registration -
http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/register.asp?actkey=pz28z8gp82w74u70
AOL Users please Copy all of the link into your Address Bar and select Go
If you have a problem completing your registration, please reply to this
email with details of the problem and we will help you resolve it
And don't forget, you can change your information by selecting the "Profile"
link in the top-right hand corner of the forums.
Happy Posting!
The registration code is modified to allow users to hand type their code into a text box should they already have activated the link rather than be told that the code cannot be found (a mod from here) but this shouldn't have any impact on the randomizing of the code as it does not affect it.
The only suggestion that I can come up with is that because the code is reduced to 16 characters, it somehow came up with the same selection twice but on two seperate occasions.
The odds on that are immense statistically so how can it happen?
(Incidently, dmills75 registered on 12th September 2003)
Thanks,
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Edited by - ruirib on 21 January 2004 17:50:09 |
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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
982 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2004 : 17:52:16
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Thanks for the forum swap ruirib but the error is not related to the MOD  |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
982 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2004 : 17:55:25
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| No, I only reduced the number of characters |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 21 January 2004 : 17:59:44
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Precisely. As this has never happened with a non-changed Snitz forum, I would say that the cause must be that one.
One question: did you verify whether the generated key for the users were, indeed, identical? I'm presuming that you keep the keys even after users validate the emails... |
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Edited by - ruirib on 21 January 2004 18:00:09 |
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Davio
Development Team Member
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Posted - 21 January 2004 : 18:00:33
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Yes, it is related to the mod because it doesn't happen in the base code.
That was the reason we set the code to 32 characters. We had the same problem here at the Snitz Forums when we set it to 16 characters. 2 users actually got the same activation link. So we increased it to 32 characters.
So my guess is it would most likely be because you have it set to 16 characters. |
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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 January 2004 : 18:05:13
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Yes ruirib, I checked them this time and also the last itme it happened. It's only occured the twice that I know of and I can only assume that other registrants haven't had a similar problem.
I'll up the character count to a higher number and hopefully it won't happen again
What do you think my chances of buying a winning lottery ticket this weekend is now lol
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 21 January 2004 : 18:05:46
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| Also, it should only be looking in the MEMBERS_PENDING table for that key. If the user dmills75 is already activated, they shouldn't exist in the MEMBERS_PENDING table any longer. Must be something that MOD you are using is doing or not doing. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Posted - 21 January 2004 : 18:09:05
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Richard "stole" my question  . In a base Snitz forum once you validate the email, the record is deleted from MEMBERS_PENDING. If you did the same, the odds of that happening, even with a smaller key, would be smaller. |
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Edited by - ruirib on 21 January 2004 18:10:06 |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Webbo
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 January 2004 : 18:20:35
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My humble appologies ruirib, I've just checked the register.asp file and it is quite different to the original one <<lowers head down>>
If you'd like to take a look there's a text version HERE
<edit> many thanks ruirib and thanks also to Richard and Davio </edit> 
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Edited by - Webbo on 22 January 2004 00:27:45 |
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