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Post by Daenerys on Oct 14, 2021 11:48:14 GMT 1
"Your forum account is currently pending approval from a forum staff member. Once the account has been approved, you will receive a confirmation email."
Can I just ask how much longer this is likely to take?
Thanks
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Post by FFS on Oct 14, 2021 12:14:42 GMT 1
Although the IP address was in France, the email address associated with it didn't seem a 'normal' one, so I rejected the application. Having now seen this post, re-register and I'll approve it.
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Post by Daenerys on Oct 14, 2021 12:23:23 GMT 1
I can't apparently my name is unavailable now.
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Post by Daenerys on Oct 14, 2021 12:46:57 GMT 1
Shall I just assume you don't want any new members and go away and leave you alone?
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Post by FFS on Oct 14, 2021 14:09:05 GMT 1
Thank you - but what a palaver I had to register with a different name and then change it in my profile, as you no doubt noticed. I've never had that problem before when joining a forum.
Please don't take this as a criticism but it's not very welcoming and may put off others who aren't as patient as me.
To explain to those who might have no idea of what we see behind the scenes, your email address was similar to 654dnr7ly@the24app.com (I've changed certain digits) - to me, and probably others, that is not a 'normal' email adddress.
Please don't take this as a criticism, but the next time you try to join a forum it might be better to use an email address that resembles a real person and not a random collection of numbers and letters.
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Post by FFS on Oct 14, 2021 14:55:04 GMT 1
Thank you so much for the warm welcome FFS, you've certainly made me feel at home. No need to feel offended, I was simply responding to your description of the "palaver" you felt you went through to register. With an email address like that, I think 9 out of 10 forum admin would have rejected the initial application for membership. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 17:16:37 GMT 1
Thank you so much for the warm welcome FFS, you've certainly made me feel at home. No need to feel offended, I was simply responding to your description of the "palaver" you felt you went through to register. With an email address like that, I think 9 out of 10 forum admin would have rejected the initial application for membership.
FFS, you may get even more odd-looking email addresses now that Apple have provided these ("burner emails" - really just email addresses to preserve privacy) for users.
Not sure how you do the QC in such an environment!
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Post by ForumUser2 on Oct 14, 2021 18:11:06 GMT 1
To put this in context, the number of attempted intrusions of spammers, crooks and general ne'er-do-wells can be double figures per day. Usually the giveaway is a weird name accompanied by an email address from places like Russia, Ukraine, Bangladesh and other places unlikely to have so many people interested in joining a French forum. A small number appear to have somehow used nifty software to give a French IP address. Lastly, many spoof attempts carry an email address that is non-personal.
I expect FFS has weeded out scores, even hundreds, of spoof applications and that the OP's joining attempt got caught up in the waves of spammers.
Glad it got sorted.
And a welcome to the Mother of Dragons.
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Post by lapourtaider on Oct 14, 2021 18:51:35 GMT 1
Welcome Daenerys
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Post by houpla on Oct 14, 2021 19:14:07 GMT 1
Hi Daenerys  Welcome to the forum! It's friendlier than first impressions might imply  Whereabouts in France are you based? (I'm the nosy ***** here, according to FFS  ) Oups! just read the following post...all becomes clear! |
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Post by FFS on Oct 14, 2021 19:49:55 GMT 1
To put this in context, the number of attempted intrusions of spammers, crooks and general ne'er-do-wells can be double figures per day. Usually the giveaway is a weird name accompanied by an email address from places like Russia, Ukraine, Bangladesh and other places unlikely to have so many people interested in joining a French forum. A small number appear to have somehow used nifty software to give a French IP address. Lastly, many spoof attempts carry an email address that is non-personal. I expect FFS has weeded out scores, even hundreds, of spoof applications and that the OP's joining attempt got caught up in the waves of spammers. Glad it got sorted. And a welcome to the Mother of Dragons. Surprisingly there have been a lot fewer than that, unless my colleagues have been more on the ball than I have been.
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Post by suein56 on Oct 14, 2021 20:09:36 GMT 1
To put this in context, the number of attempted intrusions of spammers, crooks and general ne'er-do-wells can be double figures per day. Usually the giveaway is a weird name accompanied by an email address from places like Russia, Ukraine, Bangladesh and other places unlikely to have so many people interested in joining a French forum. A small number appear to have somehow used nifty software to give a French IP address. Lastly, many spoof attempts carry an email address that is non-personal. I expect FFS has weeded out scores, even hundreds, of spoof applications and that the OP's joining attempt got caught up in the waves of spammers. Glad it got sorted. And a welcome to the Mother of Dragons. Surprisingly there have been a lot fewer than that, unless my colleagues have been more on the ball than I have been.
Your helpers have always waited for your final decision .. tho I've no doubt they would spring into action if someone was hell-raising and scaring posters, and you were at work. Can only agree about the low-incursion rate as I think the Proboard registration filters out some would-be spammers. Otherwise we are nicely, boringly normal .. and who wants to spam nice boring people who are enjoying themselves 😊 ? |
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Post by houpla on Oct 14, 2021 20:20:49 GMT 1
We're not boring! We're balanced, sane, normal, no chips on shoulders......unlike some forums out there  |
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Post by suein56 on Oct 14, 2021 20:29:12 GMT 1
Yes, you're quite right .. ?
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Post by Dominic Best on Oct 14, 2021 20:58:13 GMT 1
To put it in perspective I recently registered with a forum run by a U.K. magazine. I immediately received an email saying that an administrator would get back to me. They didn’t. A week later I sent an email via contact us. Still no answer. Another week. Repeat. And again. Finally I found their presence on FB and asked the same question there. An instant response, I was on. Criticising an amateur site where the moderators perform routine security tasks is not a good start.
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Welcome to the forum! It's friendlier than first impressions might imply 
Whereabouts in France are you based?
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