Is there a way to auto send out an email confirmation, stopping people from continually registering new accounts to get the "one week free trial" of my product without ever paying? I want an email to go out to the email address provided during signup which includes a link (must be clicked before account is activated). Is it possible? What do I need to do to get it?
There are a couple options that may help: 1) Requiring a unique email: In administration, selection Setup/Configuration from left table (or /amember/admin/setup.php) and check the box next to "require unique email" 2) Verifying e-email on signup. In administration, click on "Email" at the top (or /amember/admin/setup.php?notebook=E-Mai) and check the box next to "Verfiy E-Mail Address On Signup" obviously this is only mildly effective as the user can create any number of email addresses and re-signup. I suppose if someone is abusing the system you can ban them using the ban option or differentiating what free trial gets versus full (read versus write, some folders not all ,etc)
Have you tested a $1 trial? This may eliminate the freebie seekers and keep your good customers. David