From e593f3fa1fd0dbb1de1aca7f1b5271d0d28ebb8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zPlus <zplus@peers.community>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 11:34:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Temporarily disable new registrations.

---
 freepost/__init__.py           | 2 ++
 freepost/templates/banner.html | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/freepost/__init__.py b/freepost/__init__.py
index df1beec2..4fe63ed8 100644
--- a/freepost/__init__.py
+++ b/freepost/__init__.py
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ def register_new_account ():
     Check form for creating new account.
     """
     
+    abort()
+    
     username = request.forms.getunicode ('username')
     password = request.forms.getunicode ('password')
     
diff --git a/freepost/templates/banner.html b/freepost/templates/banner.html
index bef5385e..0599dbaa 100644
--- a/freepost/templates/banner.html
+++ b/freepost/templates/banner.html
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ _\(/_  .:.*_\/_*   : /\ :
     </div>
 {% endif %}
 
-
+<strong>
+Registrations are momentarily disabled because of the recent influx of spam.
+Please write us an email if you need a new account. Sorry for the trouble.
+</strong>