 readme  readmetxt for logintobogganmodule for drupal this module was codeveloped by jeff robbins jjeff and chad phillips thehunmonkgroup with several features added by raven brooks rbrooks00 the login toboggan module improves the drupal login system in an external module by offering the following features 1 allow users to login using either their username or their email address 2 allow users to login immediately 3 provide a login form on access denied pages for nonloggedin anonymous users 4 the module provides two login block options one uses javascript to display the form within the block immediately upon clicking log in the other brings the user to a separate page but returns the user to their original page upon login 5 customize the registration form with two email fields to ensure accuracy 6 optionally redirect the user to a specific page when using the immediate login feature 7 optionally redirect the user to a specific page upon validation of their email address 8 optionally display a user message indicating a successful login 9 optionally have unvalidated users purged from the system at a predefined interval please read the caveats section of installtxt for important information on configuring this feature users who choose their own password can be automatically assigned to a selected nonauthenticated role this role could have more permissions than anonymous but less than authenticated thus preventing spoof accounts and spammers the user will only be removed from the nonauthenticated role and granted authenticated permissions when they verify their account via a special email link or when an administrator removes them from the nonauthenticated role the module does not require any patches to core or other special configurations  