When you could not post at Badminton Central after registering

[chris-ccc]

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Greetings,

We have 2 members@ccc, Siva-S & Jackey-W telling me that they could not post at Badminton Central after registering.

I remember that villeneuve and Pan_Leung telling me the same thing before they finally managed to post.

Please note that after registering, you should get a reply from Badminton Central something like this:

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Dear ******,

Thank you for registering at the Badminton Central Discussion Forums. Before we can activate your account one last step must be taken to complete your registration.

Please note - you must complete this last step to become a registered member. You will only need to visit this url once to activate your account.

To complete your registration, please visit this url:
******

<a href=******>America Online Users Please Visit Here to be Activated</a>

**** Does The Above URL Not Work? ****
If the above url does not work, please use your Web browser to go to:
******

Please be sure not to add extra spaces. You will need to type in your username and activation number on the page that appears when you visit the url.

Your Username is: ******
Your Activation ID is: ******

If you are still having problems signing up please contact a member of our support staff at jmpsmash@yahoo.com

All the best,
Badminton Central Discussion Forums

====== * ====== end BC reply ====== * ======

I hope that our new members@ccc registering at Badminton Central are aware of this.

Cheers... chris@ccc

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[Samson.]

Hi Chris, i did activate my account through the link, but I think the problem was that those that had less than 5 posts would be moderated. This is to reduce spam, according to BC.

[kikks9]

so you should post one more time. ahahah

[chris-ccc]

Hi Chris, i did activate my account through the link, but I think the problem was that those that had less than 5 posts would be moderated. This is to reduce spam, according to BC.

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Samson. You have been added to our Wednesday session namelist.

Like what kikks9 said; soon you will become a Registered User.
It is strange that you could post in this thread, but not in the other.
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[Samson.]

posting one more time for registered user status haha

[chris-ccc]

posting one more time for registered user status haha

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Hi Samson.,

Hahaha... You are still not a "Registered User", after 5 postings.
You might want to read this thread that I found: What is 'registered users'?

Btw remember to let us know as soon as you have become a "Registered User", as to after how many postings, so that we can answer questions asked the above thread.

Cheers... chris@ccc

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[Samson.]

i read through but still there is no definite answer. I have suddenly become a "Registered User" and I think the post # has to be 5 or above. Hopefully I can post properly now.

[koo_fan]

i read through but still there is no definite answer. I have suddenly become a "Registered User" and I think the post # has to be 5 or above. Hopefully I can post properly now.

Keep posting samson.Im looking forward to see more and more

Frequent posting may helped u being a registered user.
I think thats the reason.

[chris-ccc]

i read through but still there is no definite answer. I have suddenly become a "Registered User" and I think the post # has to be 5 or above. Hopefully I can post properly now.

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Congratulations Samson. !!!

We now welcome you as a 'Registered User'.
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[chris-ccc]

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Greetings,

It's good to know that more than a hundred of our players@CCC are now members@BC.

An estimation of our memberships:
10% are "New Members"
45% are "Registered Users"
45% are "Regular Members".

From Samson.'s case study, we now know that our "New Members" could experience delays in their postings because their postings would need to be moderated.

We wish to have all our players@CCC registered@BC.

CCC communication via BC is efficient. Emails sent to me are too numerous sometimes; and I could not cope replying.

Most of our players@CCC could answer questions asked; when I am away from the computer.

Cheers... chris@ccc

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[Samson.]

I have suddenly become a regular member, but by the time i noticed it i had 14 posts, so i'm not sure as to how much really triggered the status change. =)

[chris-ccc]

I have suddenly become a regular member, but by the time i noticed it i had 14 posts, so i'm not sure as to how much really triggered the status change. =)

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Just 2 days ago, kwun have decided to remove the "Registered User" category.

Now, all members are either "New Members" or "Regular Members".
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[chris-ccc]

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Another player@ccc, Andre-C, is having problem.

====== * ====== start mail ====== * ======

Hi Chris,

I got a problem when i want to post a thread, The problem is:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Can u help me with that?

====== * ====== end mail ====== * ======

Andre-C... Just be patient. If you have done less than 5 posts, or if your last post was done ages ago, then your new post could be awaiting to be moderated.

I am not sure myself.

Cheers... chris@ccc

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[chris-ccc]

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I am getting lost about this matter myself.

Again, Daniel-C informed me that he cannot post in our Wednesday thread today.

Perhaps, as kikks9 said... Maybe you guys got to post more often.
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[Oldhand]

Allow me to explain this, please.

Until new members attain more than just a couple of posts, the BC system treats their activities with caution

For instance, BC will block a post or a thread by a new member if it contains certain symbols, words and/or phrases popular with spammers and scammers. e.g. 'free'

Such posts will be automatically reported to the moderators... and, if they are deemed to be legitimate posts, they will be electronically approved (and will subsequently appear within the thread).

In your particular case (that of CCC), it appears that the '@' in chris@ccc is the culprit

The @ symbol is, of course, a certainty in all kinds of spam. Perhaps CCC could ask its new members to avoid using '@' until they are a few posts old.

[chris-ccc]

Until new members attain more than just a couple of posts, the BC system treats their activities with caution

For instance, BC will block a post or a thread by a new member if it contains certain symbols, words and/or phrases popular with spammers and scammers. e.g. 'free'.

In your particular case(that of CCC), it appears that the '@' in chris@ccc is the culprit.

The @ symbol is, of course, a certainty in all kinds of spam. Perhaps CCC could ask its new members to avoid using '@' until they are a few posts old.

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Oldhand... Thank you for the explanation.

So players@ccc, please be careful with '@' !!!
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[Oldhand]

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Oldhand... Thank you for the explanation.

So players@ccc, please be careful with '@' !!!
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In case anyone's worried, please note that this screening mechanism applies only to new, just-in members

The veterans are free to use @ with abandon

Perhaps CCC could ask its new members to avoid using '@' until they are a few posts old.