# Users can't make new account (register error)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-make-new-account-register-error/251002
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 7, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-make-new-account-register-error/251002 "2023-01-07T07:58:30Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-make-new-account-register-error/251002/13 "2023-01-08T06:12:44Z")

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Just to link this up - @Stephen has created a #Contribute > Bug topic:

> [@Use of an asterisk in blocked email domains prevents registration from any email address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-an-asterisk-in-blocked-email-domains-prevents-registration-from-any-email-address/251024/1):
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> Per this topic: [Users can't make new account (register error)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-cant-make-new-account-register-error/251002/) I’ve been testing various permutations of blocked email domains and ascertained that if an admin includes an asterisk as a wildcard then all registrations will fail. To replicate I added \*.mail.ru as a blocked domain on a test site. I tried to register from both a gmail account and a .co.uk - both attempts were met with: Something went wrong, perhaps this email is already registered, try the forgot password link Wildcards aren’t ne…

I’m glad you managed to resolve it for your site though @undasein 👍

> [@undasein](#):
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> `mailinator.com`  
> `*.ru`

And if you remove the wildcard asterisk from `.ru` it should behave as you intended without blocking all sign ups.

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