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Simon
Editor
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The new Ship of Fools forums are now open. Please follow this link:
https://forums.shipoffools.com
Everyone will need to register to join the new forums. Your old login on these boards will not work in the new place. Here's how to register in four easy steps:
1. Register button – On the new forums homepage, click the 'Register' button on the right, which goes to the Register page.
2. Register page – On the Register page, there are several fields to fill in, including:
Email: use a working email address.
Username: you only have one shot at this, because once you've entered your Username, it can't be changed. So choose wisely and check you've entered it correctly. There's a maximum of 20 characters.
Password: you'll be asked for a password which has at least 15 characters.
3. Confirmation email – Once you've completed the form, click the 'Register' button. An email will be sent to your email address asking you to confirm your registration. Please click the 'Confirm' link in the email.
4. Approval email – Once we receive your email confirmation, an Admin will approve your registration. You'll then receive a second email inviting you to sign in.
That's it.
You might find it helpful to look at these three FAQs pages, which explain registration and login, your forum identity and how to post messages.
From 5pm UK time today, we'll be closing the old boards here and setting them to read-only. The Styx alone will remain open. Please post on this thread any problems you have with registration.
Thanks, welcome to the new Ship of Fools, and farewell to our old online home, which has served us so well since 2001. My grateful thanks to every shipmate who has helped make this happen.
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Qoheleth.
Semi-Sagacious One
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<crashes bottle of champagne on the bows>
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The Benedictine Community at Alton Abbey offers a friendly, personal service for the exclusive supply of Rosa Mystica incense.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf
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MaryLouise
Shipmate
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Off we go! Bracing for the gangplank.
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Og, King of Bashan
Ship's giant Amorite
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I'm losing the comma in my name. No one get thrown off...
![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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"I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair?" ― Walker Percy
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Mind how you go...
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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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That was painless!
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On pilgrimage in the endless realms of Cyberia, currently traveling by ship. Now with live journal!
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jbohn
Shipmate
# 8753
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Indeed!
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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Eutychus - last 0ne to post on the old Ship (apart from here, of course ) ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Eutychus
From the edge
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I swear it wasn't intentional. I obviously saw the timestamp after posting ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy
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luvanddaisies
the'fun'in'fundie'™
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Registered and awaiting approval.
Thank you very much, looking forward to exploring.
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Oscar the Grouch
Adopted Cascadian
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I'm in!
Say goodbye to OtG and hello to Rufus T Firefly!
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Faradiu, dundeibáwa weyu lárigi weyu
Posts: 3871 | From: Gamma Quadrant, just to the left of Galifrey | Registered: Dec 2001
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Pine Marten
Shipmate
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That was simple - even for a non-techy Luddite like me ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. - Oscar Wilde
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Stejjie
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Don't know if anyone's reading this, but I'm in on the new ship and am Mr Smiff over there.
'Tis very nice and shiny and clean - well done and thank you to all who made it happen! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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A not particularly-alt-worshippy, fairly mainstream, mildly evangelical, vaguely post-modern-ish Baptist
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David Goode
Shipmate
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A fifteen-character password? That’s ridiculous.
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SusanDoris
Incurable Optimist
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I don't know if I have clicked on the right thing for the 'security check'.
I have clicked on 'register' a couple of times, but nothing has happened.
I tried clicking in the Female' box but nothing showed up.
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
I don't know if I have clicked on the right thing for the 'security check'.
I have clicked on 'register' a couple of times, but nothing has happened.
I tried clicking in the Female' box but nothing showed up.
The security check is a visual reference. Could that be the issue?
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Nick Tamen
Ship's Wayfaring Fool
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FYI, I got onto the new site earlier, but now my local network is blocking it. I’m getting a message that the site's certificate isn’t valid and that "attackers" may be trying to steal personal information.
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The first thing God says to Moses is, "Take off your shoes." We are on holy ground. Hard to believe, but the truest thing I know. — Anne Lamott
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SusanDoris
Incurable Optimist
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
quote:
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
I don't know if I have clicked on the right thing for the 'security check'.
I have clicked on 'register' a couple of times, but nothing has happened.
I tried clicking in the Female' box but nothing showed up.
The security check is a visual reference. Could that be the issue?
What does that mean? With the magnification high, I could see the letters of 'I am not a robot' but no picture.
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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SusanDoris
Incurable Optimist
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Also I couldn't see what to do with 'I accept terms and conditions' which seemed to have a link which needed to be clicked on, but when I did, a panel came up which I couldn't get rid of.
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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I'm now Priscilla, which was my original first choice of ship name. It wouldn't accept St. Gwladys, unfortunately
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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SusanDoris
Incurable Optimist
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By the way, I couldn't ask my friend next door to lend a hand, as she has yet another chest infection and must not set foot outside her door in this icy wind. (No snow yet here.)
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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Lept, somewhat ungainly, aboard
[ 28. February 2018, 18:28: Message edited by: Doublethink. ]
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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. George Orwell
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magicroundabout
Apprentice
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quote:
Originally posted by Nick Tamen:
FYI, I got onto the new site earlier, but now my local network is blocking it. I’m getting a message that the site's certificate isn’t valid and that "attackers" may be trying to steal personal information.
Hi Nick,
Can I ask what web browser you are using? We've upped the security on the site, which is a good thing for everybody. But the certificate should be valid.
I'll need a bit more detail to check this out.
Thanks
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Zacchaeus
Shipmate
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Very stupidly I hadn't realised that the user name was the board profile name and not just for signing in.
Looking for a safe secure sign in I have ended up with the random name glover - I don't recognise myself
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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quote:
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
By the way, I couldn't ask my friend next door to lend a hand, as she has yet another chest infection and must not set foot outside her door in this icy wind. (No snow yet here.)
I'm going to try a back-door member registration, using the email address on your profile here. It should send you an email telling you something useful (I've not done it before, so I've no idea what'll happen!)
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Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
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Nick Tamen
Ship's Wayfaring Fool
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quote:
Originally posted by magicroundabout:
quote:
Originally posted by Nick Tamen:
FYI, I got onto the new site earlier, but now my local network is blocking it. I’m getting a message that the site's certificate isn’t valid and that "attackers" may be trying to steal personal information.
Hi Nick,
Can I ask what web browser you are using? We've upped the security on the site, which is a good thing for everybody. But the certificate should be valid.
I'll need a bit more detail to check this out.
Thanks
Sure. I’ve tried on Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer, and it's blocked on all three. It seems to be the network firewall that’s blocking the new site. If I turn my phone's WiFi off, I can get to the new site without any problem, but when I’m on the network WiFi, I can't.
The strange thing is the network wasn’t blocking the new site at first; I got on and was able to register. But after an hour or so, I couldn’t get through anymore.
Thanks, and let me know if you need more info.
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The first thing God says to Moses is, "Take off your shoes." We are on holy ground. Hard to believe, but the truest thing I know. — Anne Lamott
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magicroundabout
Apprentice
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Originally posted by SusanDoris:
Also I couldn't see what to do with 'I accept terms and conditions' which seemed to have a link which needed to be clicked on, but when I did, a panel came up which I couldn't get rid of.
Yeah, I'm really sorry about this (I'm the developer who helped make the new forums). I'd not really seen the registration screen before today and I should have tested it better. I hope the rest of the forums are OK for you to navigate. I do have some accessibility improvements to make, but the zoom at least should work nicely. Be SURE to let me know if you have any other problems with it. We really don't want anyone left out.
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magicroundabout
Apprentice
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The strange thing is the network wasn’t blocking the new site at first; I got on and was able to register. But after an hour or so, I couldn’t get through anymore.
Would you be willing to tell me who your ISP is - i.e. who you get your broadband or internet connection from? I'll see if there's some kind of blacklisting happening.
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quetzalcoatl
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Why do I keep being asked to confirm my email? I have clicked on that about six times.
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Barnabas62
Shipmate
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The only reason I've ever seen for getting that repeated message is that the software thinks your email address is in some way not valid. In my case, that's happened a few times because of an inadvertent typo.
But I doubt that's the reason in your case. Have you got a back up email address you can use? (I've got two).
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Gee D
Shipmate
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Trying to board, did my registration etc, got an approval but seem caught at the confirmatory email stage - I received a box on the screen asking me to confirm my email address, I clicked the button but 90 minutes later there's still to be the promised email back. Probably a busy period, and given time zones etc there's a bit of a hold-up.
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Nick Tamen
Ship's Wayfaring Fool
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Originally posted by magicroundabout:
Would you be willing to tell me who your ISP is - i.e. who you get your broadband or internet connection from? I'll see if there's some kind of blacklisting happening.
In this particular case it’s not my network—it’s an office network, so I don’t have that info.
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The first thing God says to Moses is, "Take off your shoes." We are on holy ground. Hard to believe, but the truest thing I know. — Anne Lamott
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magicroundabout
Apprentice
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Can I just check, you're doing the registration, and seeing the Thanks You screen, and you have the pop-up that says "You need to confirm your email address" but you've got no email. Is that right?
Can I ask if you have a spam email box (most online email services like Outlook/Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and GMail have this. And if so, have you checked in there? Sometimes automated emails like this get classed as spam.
If you are getting the email and clicking the link and it's the link in the email that's not working let me know as that's a different problem.
Sorry for the difficulties. We'll do all we can to get you in.
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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I attempted to register, got the confirmation email, clicked the link but now am getting permission denied when I try to log in
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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Mrs Shrew
Ship's Mother
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Solved it myself - needed to wait to be approved. Sorry, and thank you
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"The goal of life is not to make other people in your own image, it is to understand that they, too, are in God's image" (Orfeo)
Was "mummyfrances".
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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There is a delay because an admin will need to approve each registration. We've been trying our best to keep that delay as short as possible.
I can confirm that everyone who has posted problems with the "confirm email" page has been approved. Can you please try again, if just to confirm it's not just that there was an approval delay causing the problem. Let us know if it works, as well as if it doesn't.
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Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.
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The Scrumpmeister
Ship’s Taverner
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Originally posted by Zacchaeus:
Very stupidly I hadn't realised that the user name was the board profile name and not just for signing in.
That wasn't stupid at all. For years we've been accustomed to them being two separate things and there's nothing in the registration on the new forum that explicitly indicates that they are now one and the same.
I only happened to notice that there was no way to choose a separate display name and guessed that they must have been merged into one, but it would be useful, I think, to make that clear.
I now use my Christian name, which is Cyprian, after the sainted bishop of Carthage.
[ 28. February 2018, 22:10: Message edited by: The Scrumpmeister ]
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jacobsen
seeker
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Whoops - I thought I was on the new ship only to find myself on the old. What did I do?
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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RooK
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
Whoops - I thought I was on the new ship only to find myself on the old. What did I do?
Either you used the "forum" URL instead of the new "forumS", or you used the community link from the home page which still points here. For now.
https://forums.shipoffools.com/
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Freddy
Shipmate
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Originally posted by quetzalcoatl:
Why do I keep being asked to confirm my email? I have clicked on that about six times.
Same thing happened to me. I ignored it.
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"Consequently nothing is of greater importance to a person than knowing what the truth is." Swedenborg
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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Originally posted by SusanDoris:
Also I couldn't see what to do with 'I accept terms and conditions' which seemed to have a link which needed to be clicked on, but when I did, a panel came up which I couldn't get rid of.
Yeah, I ran into that, too. It's actually a copy of the Ship's 10 Commandments. (Cute that it's the Terms Of Service.)
The only way I could find to get rid of that was the Escape key. The panel had no other way of closing.
Glitch, I think...
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--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")
Posts: 18601 | From: Chilling out in an undisclosed, sincere pumpkin patch. | Registered: Oct 2001
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Gee D
Shipmate
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Still no further down the track - I have yet to receive the confirmation email promised?????
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Either a) check your spam folder or b) wait for an admin to wake up.
(Or c) recall whether you put the correct email address in your registration...)
[ETA you are showing up as registered on the new boards]
[ 01. March 2018, 05:36: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
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quetzalcoatl
Shipmate
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Cheers, Alan and magicroundabout, the return email was nestling in the spam folder.
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I can't talk to you today; I talked to two people yesterday.
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SusanDoris
Incurable Optimist
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan Cresswell:
quote:
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
By the way, I couldn't ask my friend next door to lend a hand, as she has yet another chest infection and must not set foot outside her door in this icy wind. (No snow yet here.)
I'm going to try a back-door member registration, using the email address on your profile here. It should send you an email telling you something useful (I've not done it before, so I've no idea what'll happen!)
Thank you very much. I have received an e-mail with the info in it and several other e-mails with notifications of private messages. I will settle down to work it all out this afternoon. The computer-generated password has only about 6 characters so that was slightly puzzling, but I'll see how it works.
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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