Do you have the "Create New Users" option set to no? If this is set to yes, they should (upon first registration) be sent to a 'quick' registration page which will ask them for their preferred username/password/email address.
I'm not sure where the 'fake' foo.bar email address is coming from. Can you clarify further?
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