Procedure to register onto BBS??

[CraigD]

I pointed the guy that bought my V65 to the BBS, but yesterday he said he was unable to register.  Using his email address, I tried to register him myself and got the message that he wasn't allowed to register.  He had never heard of the BBS before, so I wouldn't think he had previously been banned.  Is there some procedure that I am missing?

BTW, he is using a gmail account.  Is that an issue?

Craig

[Doc4pcs]

I think that I had read somewhere on here before that gmail accounts didn't work 

[Big Al in NY]

Use his ISP email address and he'll be fine.

Big Al

[Doc4pcs]

Just found it in the Rules for the bbs

"When registering, use an email address from your ISP account; ie not yahoo, gmail, etc."

[CraigD]

"When registering, use an email address from your ISP account; ie not yahoo, gmail, etc."

Great, thanks for pointing this out.  I'll pass this along and hopefully he will join the BBS soon.

Craig

[pigoo3]

One other thought is...the new guy may have received his registration confirmation e-mail...but it might have gone into a "Spam" folder, instead of his "New Mail" folder in his e-mail program.

When registering here...this is mentioned as a possibility.  It happened to me...registration confirmation e-mail whet to my spam folder.

- Nick

[Midias]

I use gmail now but I used an aol address to register.

[Larry in Michigan]

I thought the BBS was full and
no new members could register
until someone dies.

[scherhmj]

We are all MUCH HAPPIER when someone uses a real email address versus gmail/yahoo/ect but the biggest problem folks have in registering is usually the response email going to their SPAM folder. Then they try 5 more times with variations on their original user name choice with the same results. If you've got a friend having a problem please drop me a note or PM and I can preregister them. 


PS. Friends don't let friends leave their sig lines blank. 

[kennyw]

I had to use a different email address other than my normal gmail account to sign up, but was able to switch it back after I signed up.  Some of us don't get an email address from our ISP though.

[Zenon]

We are all MUCH HAPPIER when someone uses a real email address ......

At first glance I thought I read something different. Corresponding to the previous posting I thought you had typed "We are all much happier when someone dies." I'd have spit my coffeee if'n Ida had one in me hand

[rrwarrenvanman]

Mike, I believe there are many V4 riders out there that do not have an ISP, they log onto the internet at work, the library or whatever.  I recently recommended a guy that was rejected because the only email address he had was a hotmail account.

There must be some compromise that would let them join the board?

[scherhmj]

Mike, I believe there are many V4 riders out there that do not have an ISP, they log onto the internet at work, the library or whatever.  I recently recommended a guy that was rejected because the only email address he had was a hotmail account.

There must be some compromise that would let them join the board?

Ron,
  I didn't say they couldn't do it , just that the mods are happier! If your friend is having a problem just drop me a note with his desired id and email address, if it's available I register him and sned him his id/password. He can then change his password to whatever he wants. 

[rrwarrenvanman]

Thanks Mike.  I am away from my home computor for a month.  Will have to track him down and have him re-apply.  His name is Steve Cooney.

[Quinn]

Are any Mods able to help register a new member since Mike left?  I've got a guy from another forum that just picked up a v45 Magna and wants to join.    Unfortunately all he's got it a gmail addr