Having a hard time registering for the forum?

[supthecreek]

My buddy is having some trouble registering
His applied for screen name in "Biggieboy"

He's a Harvard guy, so he may need help.

Thanks

[Admin]

I am not seeing a live registration from him so it was likely not accepted.  BiggieBoy was likely picked up as a non SUP name.  Please have him reregister using a very obvious SUP name. 

Thanks

[mrbig]

It was challenging. No Gmail and had to add sup in my handle. Upper and lower case and numbers in PW. But worth it!

[CoryPaddler]

OK, cool.  I finally got registered after about 10 tries.  Mahalo finally for letting me join the club

[redtx]

I also registered 2 or three times with no response. Kept waiting for approval.. Finally emailed the main site admin and he/she looked up my attempts and then approved one. My username now was one that did not get approved, possibly because it was suspicious??

[jgfsup]

i am a registered user, but i cant make a new topic in the Gear forum

i also have to enter the security characters to do a PM

why is this?

[Admin]

i am a registered user, but i cant make a new topic in the Gear forum

i also have to enter the security characters to do a PM

why is this?

There is no restriction on the Gear forum for registered users.  I would suggest trying again.  PM requires Security characters to avoid abuse.

[jgfsup]

ok - i'll try again in the gear forum.

i don't know if you got my email yesterday, but the security letters for PM's are a pain..., i got them wrong, had to re-type my PM, got them wrong again, and gave up.

i was talking to a distributor about a board i am interested in buying, and when i get around to trying again, i will ask him if we can converse by email instead.

this will cost your site page views.

i'm new on this forum, but have participated on many others - some with huge traffic. none require security letters for PM's, and as far as I know there is no problem.

has there been a problem in the past?

if not, why not try going without them, and see how it works?

[hbsteve]

The good thing with the new security letters, other sites included, is that you know the person is persistent.

[Admin]

ok - i'll try again in the gear forum.

i don't know if you got my email yesterday, but the security letters for PM's are a pain..., i got them wrong, had to re-type my PM, got them wrong again, and gave up.

i was talking to a distributor about a board i am interested in buying, and when i get around to trying again, i will ask him if we can converse by email instead.

this will cost your site page views.

i'm new on this forum, but have participated on many others - some with huge traffic. none require security letters for PM's, and as far as I know there is no problem.

has there been a problem in the past?

if not, why not try going without them, and see how it works?

Yes, it has been a problem.  This is a stock option on all forum software and is used by many/most.  It is a necessary step.

[supdiscobay]

FYI,
I thought I sent a PM to SW, about a week ago and never got any response, so I went to my messages and it appears my PM never went out.  I also got the letters wrong the first time, but it didn't make me write the PM all over.  So how do I know if the PM actually got sent?

[Admin]

FYI,
I thought I sent a PM to SW, about a week ago and never got any response, so I went to my messages and it appears my PM never went out.  I also got the letters wrong the first time, but it didn't make me write the PM all over.  So how do I know if the PM actually got sent?

If reentry was not required then it is unlikely that it was sent.  I would suggest trying again.