[development] User registration without email

[Marc Poris]

If this doesn't belong in core then it sounds like good stuff for 
LoginToboggan -- http://drupal.org/node/34309 -- which is being actively 
supported by hunmonk.

- Marc



Robert Wohleb wrote:

>Agreed, just setting the email field to a dummy value and hidden causes
>a few problems. For example, it still generates an email. This is not
>very optimal.
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>~Rob
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>Leo Burd wrote:
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>>- In my case, it would also be good to not require users to provide an
>>email address.
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>>I'm implementing a series of modules that allow users to access Drupal
>>functionality (events, audio entries, groups, etc.) by telephone and,
>>since I'm working mainly with people from underserved communities that
>>are either illiterate or do not have access to regular computers, I
>>cannot expect my users to have email accounts (in fact, one of my
>>modules provides voicemail accounts to make it easier for users to
>>communicate among themselves).
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>>Ideally, it would be great if users wouldn't be forced to provide an
>>email address.  Wouldn't it be ok to create a special config setting
>>for this and allow $user->email be set to NULL upon registration and
>>updates?
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>>Best,
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>>Leo
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Moshe Weitzman" <weitzman at tejasa.com>
>>To: <development at drupal.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:52 AM
>>Subject: Re: [development] User registration without email
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>>>Robert Wohleb wrote:
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>>>>I've seen people post patches to past versions of Drupal that allow
>>>>user
>>>>registration without requiring an email address. I've recently
>>>>written a
>>>>patch to user.module for 4.7 that does the same.
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>>>>The reasoning behind this is due to the application. We are using
>>>>Drupal
>>>>for an intranet where access to employee information is not possible,
>>>>and email is not allowed. Because of this, users have to register
>>>>and an
>>>>admin has to approve.
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>>>>I have something that works so I don't need to know how to do it.
>>>>What I
>>>>need to know is if there is a better way and if this has any chance of
>>>>getting in to core. At the moment I just patch user.module. Is it
>>>>possible to do this with a module? If not, is there enough interest to
>>>>get this as a core option? Whare are the core developers' takes on
>>>>this?
>>>>
>>>>~Rob
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>>>using form api, you can change email to a hidden field and just put a
>>>dummy unique value for the email address. no patch required.
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