how to ban aol addresses

[TranzNDance]

One of the issues we have at my web host is that webadmins get into trouble when AOL users abuse or misuse the Report As Spam button even though they subscribe to such things as forum notifications. So we ban aol addresses from subscribing to our forums. I figured it would be wise not to allow people to send my gallery ecards to aol addresses for the same reason. I modified my code, which you can see in action at my gallery. If you don't have an aol address to test with, you can use the one that I tested with: testtoseeifscriptbansaoladdress2004-09-12@aol.com

2 files to edit:
lang/english.php (or other language file if you want)
ecard.php

In lang/english.php
FIND

Code:

if (defined('ECARDS_PHP') || defined('DISPLAYECARD_PHP')) $lang_ecard_php =array(

ADD

Code:

'aol_sucks' => ': AOL addresses not allowed due to abuse of spam reporting function and AOL\'s ridiculous policies.',

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FIND

Code:

'rcpt_email' => 'Recipient email address',

REPLACE WITH

Code:

'rcpt_email' => 'Recipient email address <br>(aol addresses not allowed)',

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in ecard.php
FIND

Code:

$recipient_email_warning = '';

ADD

Code:

$recipient_aol_warning = '';

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FIND

Code:

$valid_email_pattern = "^[_\.0-9a-z\-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$";
$valid_sender_email = eregi($valid_email_pattern, $sender_email);
$valid_recipient_email = eregi($valid_email_pattern, $recipient_email);
$invalid_email = '<font size="1">' . $lang_ecard_php['invalid_email'] . '</font>';
if (!$valid_sender_email && count($HTTP_POST_VARS) > 0) $sender_email_warning = $invalid_email;
if (!$valid_recipient_email && count($HTTP_POST_VARS) > 0) $recipient_email_warning = $invalid_email;

REPLACE WITH

Code:

$valid_email_pattern = "^[_\.0-9a-z\-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$";
$valid_sender_email = eregi($valid_email_pattern, $sender_email);
$recipient_email_aol = eregi('aol.com', $recipient_email);
$valid_recipient_email = eregi($valid_email_pattern, $recipient_email) && !$recipient_email_aol;
$invalid_email = '<font size="1" color="red">' . $lang_ecard_php['invalid_email'] . ' (' . $recipient_email . ')</font>';
$aol_sucks = '<font size="1">' . $lang_ecard_php['aol_sucks'] . '</font>';
if (!$valid_sender_email && count($HTTP_POST_VARS) > 0) $sender_email_warning = $invalid_email;
if (!$valid_recipient_email && count($HTTP_POST_VARS) > 0) $recipient_email_warning = $invalid_email;
if ($recipient_email_aol && count($HTTP_POST_VARS) > 0) $recipient_aol_warning = $aol_sucks;

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FIND

Code:

<td valign="top" class="tableb" width="60%">
                        <input type="text" class="textinput" name="recipient_email"  value="$recipient_email" style="WIDTH: 100%;"><br />
                        $recipient_email_warning
                </td>

REPLACE WITH

Code:

<td valign="top" class="tableb" width="60%">
                        <input type="text" class="textinput" name="recipient_email"  value="$recipient_email" style="WIDTH: 100%;"><br />
                        $recipient_email_warning $recipient_aol_warning
                </td>

This code likely could be modified so it's configurable to be disabled/enabled with any domain that the admin wants. However, that would take time and effort that might not be worth for me to figure out if the demand for this feature isn't high enough.

[Joachim Müller]

Thread moved from Mods: Emails/Notifications to the mods board that contains outdated mods.
This mod has originally been created for cpg1.3.x, which goes unsupported from the end of September 2006 on. If you're trying to port this mod to a newer version, you're welcome to try, but please don't ask questions on it. If you have accomplished porting it, start a new thread on the support board, with reference to this thread. A moderator will move your thread accordingly if applicable.

Joachim