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New User Registrations Update
« on: February 09, 2016, 04:01:07 AM »
08 February 2016

For a variety of reasons, and for many months now, new users registering on the site were not getting approved promptly. Earlier today we were able to adjust some site permissions, and I was finally able to start working at long last on the backlog -- which had reached over 1,800 registrations! I have spent several hours going through all of them this evening, and while I've had to reject over 1,000 of them as being probable spambots, as of today, amiga.org is welcoming several hundred new members. So if you see them around, please be sure to make them feel at home. :)

No doubt there may have been a few errors , so if anyone legitimate had their registration denied, please re-apply and send me or any of the other site staff a PM so we can get you sorted. And I may well have approved some "users" that are indeed spambots, so I'll be paying special attention this week to make sure any spam that gets posted is handled as quickly as possible.

But for our new members, many of whom had been waiting over a year to get their registrations at long last approved, our apologies for the delay and a very hearty, if belated, welcome to amiga.org! :)

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2016, 05:02:50 AM »
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Were you able to send out welcome emails to those in the backlog? If not, I'm just wondering how many won't check back to see if they were approved.

A possible 800 new members would be awesome for our community! That's actually a staggering amount! :laugh1: I just hope they make their way back! We could use some new blood around here! :)

Thanks for the information on this Eliyahu!

everyone approved should have had an email sent to the address they registered with. the new members are close to 300, rather than 800, but i didn't keep exact tallies. but, yeah, i'm thrilled to be able to welcome so many folks to the forum. i hope at least some of them return after getting the email and join in.

i hope your friend is among them! :)

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2016, 12:41:12 PM »
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i'm not a new member but had to create a new one because i no longer able to login to my account..and forget password doesn't work because was my old email..anyway around this?

my old account was "Syperhawk"

no problem. just send me a PM confirming this, and the email address you want assigned to your old ID. i'll then reset your password to a default and email you.

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thank you for registering me!

glad to finally have you able to post! :)

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2016, 12:56:52 AM »
@retroPhil / @Jezry

great to have you guys here! welcome! :)

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2016, 02:27:29 AM »
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For the past week I've been unable to access the site except the home page, clicking anything gave me a blank page with "forbidden", it's now working again, I think your site permissions might have had something to do with it

uh oh. please send me a PM anytime you run into things like that. hopefully now i'll be able to respond to problems like this quickly. glad to see things are working now, though!

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2016, 11:21:19 PM »
@kneehighspy / @HaukeVB

welcome to amiga.org! very glad to have you guys here with us.

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Re: New User Registrations Update
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2016, 02:39:03 AM »
@Oldsmobile_Mike

thanks for bringing this to my attention. please have them PM me directly. i had to do this just this morning, activating a new user, A2666.

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