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NOTE: While anyone may post here, these posts will only be seen by Staff. If you try to spam us or use this section maliciously, we will ban your IP... and possibly your entire region. Save us all the hassle and don't do it.
AGAIN: THESE POSTS ARE ONLY VISIBLE TO STAFF UNTIL WE APPROVE THEM FOR VIEW. ONCE YOU POST, YOUR POST WILL NOT BE VISIBLE. EVEN TO YOU.
******** NOTICE as of SEPT 6, 2022 *******
This section is temporarily locked for PUBLIC/GUEST use to reduce spam abuse on the forums. I may reopen it in a while but for now, if you need to contact me about a problem and you don't have a working account to post in the forums; please reach out by email or on Discord. My email can be found with a little effort (reading the forums). - Kristin
registering/logging in
23 Aug 2021 21:15 #239
by Kristin Darken
Fate guard you, and may the Light brighten your Way.
Replied by Kristin Darken on topic registering/logging in
And... posting here to tell me this without also telling me who you are... makes it difficult to aid you. 
This might sound... pointed... but I have to ask:
1. Have you looked in your spam folder? The account activation mail should be coming to you from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... until you respond to that email, I don't even get a notification that you are registering. Once you do, I get an email to approve you. I CAN bypass that and activate you manually... but following the process allows me to verify that you have a valid email account set up with the site. And that you aren't going to be producing bounces when you subscribe to forums threads and the system tries to mail you. That's bad for us, because it hurts the site's reputation with our mail provider.
2. Is the email you provided for the account valid, active, and accepting email... and not being reported by anti-spam or hacking services? This is an automated system and it runs some checks against online databases... if you happen to be in one of them because your account was hacked and used for spamming... that email isn't going to be approved and you might not get a registration email from us.
IF you've attempted too many logins within the set period and your account is locked out; note that that IS temporary. It will clear in a short period of time. I actually don't see anyone on my ban list at the moment from the automated system, so I suspect you aren't actually locked out... you simply haven't made it through the account activation process yet. Which means you cannot log in because you are not an approved user yet. Until I take that final step to approve you, no matter how many times you try to log in; it isn't going to work.
So... first thing... please double check that the mail isn't lost on your end and that you've followed through the full process to register with a valid email account. Then, come back and let me know who you are. If the confirmation email isn't there, I'll email you directly to verify the email account and we'll go from there.
This might sound... pointed... but I have to ask:
1. Have you looked in your spam folder? The account activation mail should be coming to you from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... until you respond to that email, I don't even get a notification that you are registering. Once you do, I get an email to approve you. I CAN bypass that and activate you manually... but following the process allows me to verify that you have a valid email account set up with the site. And that you aren't going to be producing bounces when you subscribe to forums threads and the system tries to mail you. That's bad for us, because it hurts the site's reputation with our mail provider.
2. Is the email you provided for the account valid, active, and accepting email... and not being reported by anti-spam or hacking services? This is an automated system and it runs some checks against online databases... if you happen to be in one of them because your account was hacked and used for spamming... that email isn't going to be approved and you might not get a registration email from us.
IF you've attempted too many logins within the set period and your account is locked out; note that that IS temporary. It will clear in a short period of time. I actually don't see anyone on my ban list at the moment from the automated system, so I suspect you aren't actually locked out... you simply haven't made it through the account activation process yet. Which means you cannot log in because you are not an approved user yet. Until I take that final step to approve you, no matter how many times you try to log in; it isn't going to work.
So... first thing... please double check that the mail isn't lost on your end and that you've followed through the full process to register with a valid email account. Then, come back and let me know who you are. If the confirmation email isn't there, I'll email you directly to verify the email account and we'll go from there.
Fate guard you, and may the Light brighten your Way.
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