Activation Emails

[FourTwenty]

how do i resend the activation email to everyone who has never validate their account?

thanks!

[Steve Machol]

You can send a mass email to the 'Users Awaiting' group and use $activatelink in the body of the message.

Admin CP -> Users -> Send Email to Users

Make sure you only choose the Users Awaiting group.

[FourTwenty]

so all i put in the entire text box to be emailed is $activatelink ?

nothing else?

[Nick]

No, you use that wherever you want the link to appear.

If you only place that, the e-mail will have nothing in it except the link.... which will most likely be confusing to most people. lol

[FourTwenty]

gotcha, perfect, thank you gentlemen!...

[FourTwenty]

Is this all I need to put in the text email box to send or do I need to also include the bb code at beginning of $activatelink and end of $activatelink?

Dear $username,

Thank you for registering at the $vboptions. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this URL once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this URL:
$activatelink

Dear $username,

Thank you for registering at the $vboptions. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this URL once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this URL:
$activatelink

[Nick]

The first one is correct.
No BB codes needed.

However, you have "$vboptions" in the message... I don't believe that will equate to your forum's name.

[FourTwenty]

this is exactly what i put in there then?

want to be 420% sure before i send this to 13,000 people...

Dear $username,

Thank you for registering. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this URL once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this URL:
$activatelink

[Nick]

Yes, that is what you send. lol

[FourTwenty]

thanks!!!

[FourTwenty]

i just upgraded to vb 3.73 pl1 and then tried to do this again, using the same code as above, yet i am getting replies from aol users saying they are not able to login.

from the member - when I received an email from your site telling me to go to the URL it was the final thing in the registration process but when i go there it tells me that it cannot activate my registration because the address was Wrong or not complete and gave me two options on was to request another i did and that did not work the other was to write you.

In a message dated 9/26/2008 3:30:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,


Dear greenhorns,

Thank you for registering at EXAMPLE. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this URL once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this URL:
http://www.example.com/forums/register.php?a=act&u=57301&i=57707008

when i click on this link, i get this error page

We could not activate your account because this web address is not valid. Make sure that you have the entire address from the email, and that your email client has not split the address over several lines.

Please try again with the full address from the email that you received. If it still does not work, try filling in the activation form:
Activation form
If you do not know your activation code, you can find it in the email that was sent to you when you first registered. To have it sent again, please click here:
Send new email with activation code
If all else fails, email the administrator, making sure that you include your registered email address and username.

from another member - In a message dated 9/25/2008 6:19:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

420 writes:
http://www.example.com/forums/register.php?a=act&u=56610&i=98826047
Hello, this URL above is not working. Please send one that is working

is there a known bug in the update or something?

it worked before the upgrade.

[Steve Machol]

What is your forum URL set to? Have you installed any add-ons?

[FourTwenty]

i edited out my site name and put "example.com" in place of it.

my home page url and forum url are proper.

there are some add-ons installed, yes.

[Steve Machol]

If the forum URL is 'proper' then this has to be from a modification you installed. There are no other possibilities.