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Subject: Re: Registration issues on the new board


Author:
Mary Ann
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Date Posted: 04:02:50 09/07/04 Tue
In reply to: Lynn 's message, "Registration issues on the new board" on 14:27:09 08/31/04 Tue

This registration will be the down fall of your site. The old forum worked better. I get enough junk e-mail and am hesitant to register on any site. You've had a good run. I'd stick with what has been working.

>OK, this is starting to get out of hand. My inbox is
>filling up with people who (it seems) typed in an
>incorrect email address....in other words, the
>confirmation email could not be delivered. That
>includes MOST of the people who have posted here about
>problems.
>
>In a couple of cases, people apparently had their
>Hotmail or other email accounts set up so that "junk"
>email gets deleted immediately, and is never seen.
>
>I love you all, but I just don't have time to babysit
>this. I'm also having a hard time getting an answer
>from PhPbb support about how to re-send the
>confirmation email.
>
>Here are some suggestions:
>
>1. Before you register, make sure your email account
>isn't set up to delete junk email automatically.
>
>2. Then when you register, make sure -- double check
>-- that you typed in your email address properly
>before you SUBMIT the registration form.
>
>3. If you don't get a confirmation email in ANY of
>your email boxes (inbox, junk, trash, bulk, etc)
>within two hours, then you can assume that your
>registration didn't work, so...
>
>4. Use a different email address and a different user
>name and try to register again.
>
>If you do ALL of this and you're still having
>problems, THEN let me know. Otherwise, I just don't
>have time to handle all these bounced registrations.
>My kids are starting school tomorrow and we're really
>busy right now.
>
>Thanks for understanding,
>
>Lynn

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Re: Registration issues on the new boardJim04:32:19 09/07/04 Tue
Re: Registration issues on the new boardLynn20:32:40 09/08/04 Wed


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