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Hello,
When creating a user, I noticed many subscribers and participants. What’s the difference between the two?
Also, all the subscribers have @mail.ru addresses, is that odd or dangerous?
Lastly, what does it mean if a user is “pending”?
Thanks!
Hi @mishkinn
I assume that you’re running bbPress?
Subscriber – The default role assigned to a user for WordPress
Participant – The default role assigned to a user for bbPressIf you’re worried about mail.ru spam, which can be an issue, you could try a plugin like WangGuard https://wordpress.org/plugins/wangguard/ and you’ll be able to set what addresses you allow/disallow.
A pending user is a user who has signed up but has failed to activate their account. Personally, if they’re a pending mail.ru user that is more than two weeks old I would delete them.
Kieran.
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