Banning hotmail/live for member

[scottish]

well fact i'm sure probably like 60% of the current members have a hotmail/live account registered.

I know i wouldn't give habbox my ISP email address, and i think habbox has banned my own domain unless it got removed, and as most people would register and see the admin has banned your email, i'd just click off and sign up for clubhabbo or something.

I don't see the security risk of NORMAL MEMBERS to compromising habbox's security.

Like if i got hacked whats the worst that can happen they post some crap which your moderation team should be able to deal with asap, no harm done there.

On the other hand your making the registration even harder which isn't kl either.

[Samishlol]

I think this has got to be the most stupided thing to ever do. Not everyone can get their own personalized email so they sign up to Hotmail and then get told they can't use hotmail on here.. hmm stupid idea to even trial.

[The Professor]

I've been put off registering on many a forum because its too much hassle to create a non-hotmail account just to sign up. I'm gonna call bad move but we'll see

[Cixso]

If I was somebody new and liked the look of this forum and wanted to sign up but I couldn't because of a msn account, I simply wouldn't sign up.

Same with any website or company. I'm not going to change my email provider because of a forum. Hell no.

I agree with who ever stated this is one of the stupidest ideas I have seen Habbox do.

[Typoh]

At the end of the day. not everyone has a non-msn e-mail. i believe that Habbox should respect this.

[Monopoly]

**** move if ever i've heard one...

there's no point to this.
fair enough staff, but if someone hacks my account what're they doing to do? post naughty words in spam? crazy....

[leah]

I do think this was unnecessary, members have very little power on the forum anyway so hackers wouldn't really target them. I suppose if they wanted to protect their rep and post counts :S?

[Dentafrice]

I agree with this being stupid. So what, someone posts a porn picture or a few "dirty words" if they do get hacked. (I don't see people targeting non-staff anyway.. what's the point).

And even if they do hack a user, isn't that the point of Habbox having a moderation team? To moderate, and solve problems like this?

Banning an entire email provider is just stupid. Because that is not limited to just @hotmail.. but @hotmail.com, @msn.com, @live.com, @microsoft.com, and any other custom service which uses the Live Mail system, because it all uses the same revert link, which all "poses a threat to Habbox".

So if I bought the domain, bill.com, and set it up with a Windows Live Mail service, using my custom domain (like Google Apps GMail for custom domains), then it would pose a security risk too.

I just think this is stupid. Fair enough for staff.

[nvrspk4]

Not to be an ass but I've stated pretty clearly that we have taken into consideration some of the things that were discussed, most of which was considered, some of which is being brought to light now. However we do have a set period over which we will be testing it and I intend to allow it to run over the testing period.

After that period is over, I will look at the results. If I'm wrong, I'm not afraid to admit that and I will repeal the changes. If the results show me that its very beneficial for Habbox to adopt, then I will discuss it with my AGM team and we will consider adopting it permanantly.

For now, sit tight, your forum accounts will not be affected.

[scottish]

Could you answer my question anytime soon, what security risk does NORMAL MEMBER pose to habboxforum?

Staff, ok some have mod powers, smod power, can post in announcements, can see things normal people aren't meant to see.

Normal members, ok have no powers, can see things everyone could see regardless, at worst could make a post with a pornographic image or a pointless post, which you hired mods in the first place to deal with