UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support two questions about members registration

Hi I received an email see below


What might cause this I know its not much to go on.. but do you have an idea what could be wrong?
I'm thinking.. over the years i have banned several email address and IP addresses maybe it could be that or


Can someone explain above explanation.. yea I know its a bit funny but i'm uncertain of what it means
in my settings I have for example
admin*
Anonymous
forum*
member*
is my setting ok? Should it be member* if I want anything that starts with member or shall I use member(.*?) or member.*?
sorry for this novice question

Attempt to create a new user on your forum. If you have no problems, try one of these:

Ask him what name he is trying to register with.

Is he trying to use special characters in his desired user name? And is your forum is set to only allow regular keyboard chars.

Is he using a banned email address, or an invalid email address.

Is he blocking cookies on his side? He may have installed a "Privacy Protection" add-on to his main browser. Have him try another browser.

Check StopForumSpam for his IP address

His issue may be a PEBKAC error, or a misconfigured setting with your forum -- have you updated anything recently? Check your admin log

BTW, What you are using is FILE expression strings.

Reserved Names matches parse as REGEX strings, so you should instead use ".*?" (DOT ASTERISK QUESTION-MARK)
https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/265751-how-does-it-work/

The correct usage should be just as instructed. Update your Reserved Names strings to:

admin.*?
Anonymous
forum.*?
member.*?

many thanks, I have sent an email to him asking your questions

have now updated reserved names strings to member.*? thank you very much for clarifying this


not sure what you mean by FILE expression strings

I may not be using the correct term, "FILE expression." What I mean is the standard file expressions you and I have used ever since DOS was a thing. That whole;

* = everything
? = single character
?? = two character

type of search expression thing.


I see exactly what you were writing and the intent you had. It's crazy all the ways that things can be searched for, and the /correct/ procedure for searching on different systems. I agree, the documentation on that page could be a bit more clear for people who just want to run a successful forum, without needing to learn programming techniques and search expressions.