Hello users!
I have more news for you. It’s now possible to register via the XMPP.is website, all you need to do is go to xmpp.is/register (and fill out the details) which is also listed on the top menu bar. I’ve decided to implement this because there has been waves of XMPP spam going around and they seem to be bots that register with XMPP servers that don’t have a captcha. It also seems easier and appeals to most people to register through the web instead of a client.
What does this mean? Well, although I’m adding a nice feature I’m going to be taking one away… The usual in-band registration via the various XMPP clients is going to be disabled in the next few days because there is no viable solution to stop spammers from registering through it. So let all your friends know! I’ve also seen some strange behavior where thousands upon thousands of accounts were registered with different but similar names (possibly trying to take up all the cool usernames). I’d like for this kind of thing to stop, so this is the solution I came up with.
Users of our .onion XMPP server don’t need to worry, you’ll still register through your client.
Stay tuned for updates on our Twitter. Happy chatting!