import logging import registration.signals from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.dispatch import receiver logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) @receiver(registration.signals.user_activated) def handle_same_email_account(sender, user, **kwargs): logger.info('checking %s' % user.username) old_users=User.objects.exclude(id=user.id).filter(email=user.email) for old_user in old_users: # decide why there's a previous user with this email if not old_user.is_active: # never activated old_user.delete() elif old_user.date_joined < user.date_joined: # relax pass else: # shouldn't happen; don't want to delete the user in case the user is being used for something old_user.email= '%s.unglue.it'% old_user.email