# Mail addresses banned for registration

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 25, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430 "2010-08-25T18:56:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Slightly\_mad\_scientist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Slightly\_mad\_scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slightly_mad_scientist)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/1 "2010-08-25T18:56:42Z")

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It’s probably a bit odd to have my first post in ATMB but I encountered a considerable annoyance while registering my account.

I tried two different mail adresses from big german freemail providers ([web.de](http://web.de) and GMX) and both were rejected as banned from the administrator. Is that an intentional ban or is it accidental? Those mail providers are far from obscure, most germans probably have an address from at least on of those two.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/2 "2010-08-25T19:02:05Z")

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My guess would be an influx of spam from those particular email providers. Unfortunately, that’s inconvenient for legitimate posters using those providers, but sometimes it’s about all a board can do.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/3 "2010-08-25T19:09:36Z")

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I’m sure that if you drop a note to the mods and/or admins they’ll look into it for you.

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**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/4 "2010-08-25T20:49:43Z")

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I love the OP’s user name!

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/5 "2010-08-26T01:46:24Z")

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There are a few email domains that are banned here – it’s because all we ever got from those domains was spam.

We do apologize for your inconvenience but when you got so many spammers and so few legitimate users – as most of these domains do – most boards do have a banned list.

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/6 "2010-08-26T08:53:23Z")

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> [@maplekiwi](#):
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> I love the OP’s user name!

I find it only slightly amusing… 😃

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/7 "2010-08-26T11:29:22Z")

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Given the kerfuffle, the OP probably felt slighted.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-addresses-banned-for-registration/551430/8 "2010-08-26T14:30:39Z")

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As a mad Scientist myself, I’d like to welcome the OP.