Bitcoin Institute

wiki registration email?

7 messages BitcoinTalk fernly, FreeMoney, RHorning, Michael Marquardt, Satoshi Nakamoto July 14, 2010 — July 29, 2010
fernly July 14, 2010 04:09 UTC Source ·

I tried to register with the wiki, it said “The user has been created and the password sent by email,” but no email has arrived. Then I went thru the registration process again, same username and email, and it didn’t object to the duplication (nor sent an email).

FreeMoney July 25, 2010 10:57 UTC Source ·

12 hours? Not sure exactly because I went to bed and when I next checked it was there.

RHorning July 25, 2010 14:02 UTC Source ·
Quote from: FreeMoney on July 25, 2010, 1:57:55 AM UTC

12 hours? Not sure exactly because I went to bed and when I next checked it was there.

It has now been more than four days for me… this time with three different accounts that I’ve used to apply. I’m going to try another mail ISP just in case the host for bitcoins has somehow been blocked by the main ISP I’m using.

RHorning July 26, 2010 12:56 UTC Source ·

As a follow-up, switching to a completely different ISP (I just created a new “throw away” e-mail account to see what was going on here) I was able to get the registration to be completed. Still, bitcoins.org is on some kind of e-mail blackhole list or at least the ISP that hosts the e-mail server for registration is on one of those lists.

theymos July 26, 2010 15:30 UTC Source ·
Quote from: RHorning on July 26, 2010, 3:56:01 AM UTC

As a follow-up, switching to a completely different ISP (I just created a new “throw away” e-mail account to see what was going on here) I was able to get the registration to be completed. Still, bitcoins.org is on some kind of e-mail blackhole list or at least the ISP that hosts the e-mail server for registration is on one of those lists.

Looks like bitcoin.org is listed on the PBL.

Satoshi Nakamoto July 29, 2010 02:10 UTC Source ·

WTF?  How did we get on that?  AFAIK, the only e-mail is if you tell the forum to do notifications, and I guess the wiki registration.  I’d consider turning off the forum notification e-mails, I don’t know why we have that.

theymos July 29, 2010 03:07 UTC Source ·
Quote from: satoshi on July 29, 2010, 2:10:46 AM UTC

WTF? How did we get on that? AFAIK, the only e-mail is if you tell the forum to do notifications, and I guess the wiki registration. I’d consider turning off the forum notification e-mails, I don’t know why we have that.

The PBL blocks all hosts that it believes “should not” be sending mail, without any regard for whether it’s actually spamming. Whoever owns the bitcoin.org IP address can request removal here.