Hide unactivated members from all but admin

[trulylowcarb]

I am fighting the spambot battle, like a lot of us, and I HATE IT when someone(thing) who has registered but is still supposedly inactive shows up as the newest member on the home page, clickable disgusting profile and all. They shouldn't appear to anyone but admins until/unless they are activated.... am I missing something? Hiding guest activity on who's online doesn't help this and I can't seem to find any setting that will. I have the usergroup set to not display on member list, either.

Thanks in advance - seems like this should be easy to correct but it's making me crazy!

[Colin F]

I'm afraid there's no setting for this. Have a look on www.vbulletin.org for a plugin that does this.

[trulylowcarb]

I checked there too. Thanks tho.
Even phpbb does this, and I do think this is an issue/should be an issue for vb.com to address... Jake? Any chance of some help on this? Maybe just move this to requested features, if nothing else. I think this is a mandatory inclusion in upcoming releases, given the prevalence of spambots these days ... thanks.

[trulylowcarb]

PS in case this thread comes up in search for someone else looking for this feature, I made the font markup for all guests white, which makes it very hard to see on my forum. Best thing I can come up with, for now....
*If you agree this is a needed feature, please say so here and maybe we can get some help