Thread 'Site not accepting GMail address'

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sdsdsd Send message Joined: 10 Nov 17 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,569 RAC: 0	Message 3 - Posted: 10 Nov 2017, 22:58:18 UTC Last modified: 10 Nov 2017, 23:33:49 UTC I tried creating an account with the same email/user I use for every other BOINC project and I get: Invalid email address: you must enter a valid address of the form name@domain I tried from the website and within the client. I change only gmail to hotmail (plus some bogus username to keep my own user/email combo) and it allowed me to create this account. -mmonnin Edit: I tried changing my email and I got: New email address 'xxxxxx@gmail.com' is invalid. ID: 3 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Sabroe_SMC Send message Joined: 12 Nov 17 Posts: 1 Credit: 6,011,238 RAC: 0	Message 6 - Posted: 13 Nov 2017, 4:27:31 UTC - in response to Message 3. Try ***@googlemail.com and it will work. Should both (gmail and googlemail) be accepted by Google ID: 6 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

sdsdsd Send message Joined: 10 Nov 17 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,569 RAC: 0	Message 7 - Posted: 13 Nov 2017, 22:53:59 UTC - in response to Message 6. Try ***@googlemail.com and it will work. Should both (gmail and googlemail) be accepted by Google It's not about just making up some random email address. BOINC needs to see the same email to sync up the CPIDs. ID: 7 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

sdsdsd Send message Joined: 10 Nov 17 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,569 RAC: 0	Message 16 - Posted: 18 Nov 2017, 22:12:38 UTC Is this ever going to be fixed? ID: 16 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Natalia Makarova Project scientist Send message Joined: 22 Oct 17 Posts: 3083 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 19 - Posted: 19 Nov 2017, 9:13:52 UTC - in response to Message 16. Please wait. Perhaps the administrator did not see your question. I sent him a link to your message. ID: 19 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Progger Project administrator Project developer Send message Joined: 28 Oct 17 Posts: 16 Credit: 6,200,724 RAC: 0	Message 23 - Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 8:58:52 UTC Looks like your email in the spammers database. Try to check it here: https://www.stopforumspam.com/search ID: 23 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

sdsdsd Send message Joined: 10 Nov 17 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,569 RAC: 0	Message 24 - Posted: 20 Nov 2017, 10:54:59 UTC - in response to Message 23. Looks like your email in the spammers database. Try to check it here: https://www.stopforumspam.com/search I the IP listed with it there was with a VPN as it's not the IP I have now and there are email addresses listed from around the globe attached to the IP as well. I've submitted a removal request. ID: 24 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

sdsdsd Send message Joined: 10 Nov 17 Posts: 7 Credit: 1,569 RAC: 0	Message 54 - Posted: 29 Nov 2017, 23:48:55 UTC 19 days later my info was finally removed after several removal requests, multiple emails, a forum thread (had to sign up at work since home IPs were blocked). Forum moderator said its basically up to forum administrators to whitelist users if they are blocked. He also said to get a new user ID. Not possible with BOINC as CPIDs are linked to emails/users. Anyone can get a hold of an email list and start spamming forums. They expect forum administrators that use the service to whitelist people instead of fixing it at the source. Nice concept of SFS but its all controlled by ONE SINGLE PERSON! I started a thread on BOINC forums to move to email registration, captcha, anti-robot clicks, etc but ageless shot it down because BOINC forums have 1 real user that spams the forum. 1 user. ID: 54 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote