ren16tx wrote:i tried to register on the "french car forum", but it wouldn't let me register,saying my email address has been banned!! i've no idea why,any ideas?
chris
Yes, I can tell you really easy.
You have a Yahoo.co.uk e-mail address which as part of anti spamming measures has had to be banned.
It doesn't matter what comes before the "Yahoo" bit, it's not allowed.
Why is it not allowed? Well, as Administrator, I get the job of deleting all the spammers as they register so I have the time factor to consider.
Many spammers use phoney e-mail addresses whilst the so called shrewd ones use Yahoo, Hotmail and the like, the reason being that they are untraceable.
Presently, as you are aware, these forums, FCF and this one can take a long time to load and at times my internet service can be as low as 55 kbps and is rarely above 1000 so I have to wait several minutes, including denial of access and timing out, to get to each one to delete.
The other day, I had reason not to be on for some time and I had 55 of these scumbags to get rid of, now whilst to someone sitting on the sideline it might seem to be a ridiculous situation, want to swap jobs doing these deletions or would it just be simpler to send me a fresh e-mail address and I'll include it in your profile and all is fixed?
Alan S
By the time you're old enough to know it all, you can't remember why you were learning.