New Member Sign Up - how to access all the other forum areas.

[Dave Winfield]

Much of the Forum is only visible to registered Members.
Sign up is quick and free.
By registering you are disclosing your identity to the Forum admin.
This information will NOT be shared with anyone else.

Registration is for your security and ours.

If you want to post you must become a Member.
Once logged in you will have access to all public areas of the forum and will be able to post.

There are a few easy steps to sign up.
They include filling out your account information,
answering a couple of security questions
and getting your membership approved.

Please understand, in an effort to combat the growing threat of forum spammers
the security measures are necessary to keep our boards free of annoying junk posts.

The first security question you will need to answer is an image capture...just look at the
image and type in the text/numbers you see.  You can refresh for a new capture if you
have any difficulties seeing the image.

The second security question is a simple text based question...just read it and answer it.

Your Member account will still require Administrator approval...this is as a result of recent
increased spam threats. Once we feel the number of spam accounts is under control, this
security measure will be removed.

Please be patient, it is still a fairly simple signup process...but the security measures are in
place to guaranty our members a better experience here.
Thanks

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Please be aware re: User Names
Pick a decent and acceptable User name!
If you choose to use an inappropriate or suspicious User name, you will most likely be blocked from registering.
There have been a few highly suspicious User names in the past.
Combined with risky email addresses, it usually leads to an immediate block.

All new account registrants are carefully checked before being approved.
This means manually checking your IP address, Email address and User name against a number of blacklists.
I use half a dozen different sites that provide blacklisted and reported addresses.
If you show up on any of them, you are immediately blocked.

If you believe you were blocked wrongly and wish to appeal, just send me a private email.