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[Wellington]

Stop emailing about why your emailed was banned! If you are using yahoo, hotmail, or any other free email provider, you WILL get the "Your e-mail address has been banned." message. It's NOT THAT YOU DID SOMETHING WRONG. IT'S RIGHT IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE.

B. Registration using a free email account (such as hotmail) is prohibited. Use the email provided by your ISP, College, or other such establishments. Gaming-Age will not disclose email addresses to spam providers.

*cleans out his email from this stupid spam for the nth time.*

You'd think people would learn, jeez. :mad

 

[Naked Snake]

Okay, my nephew is trying to register with an email @go.com.jo and it's NOT Free email, it's ISP POP3 mail server, I think it was disabled because go.com might be a free mail or something, can this be fixed?

 

[bishoptl]

HEY CK

YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH

THE ONES WHO ARE BOTHERING YOU

THEY CAN'T READ YOUR MESSAGE

JUST SAYIN

PEACE OUT YO

 

[Mike Works]

DEAR BLIND PEOPLE

PLEASE STOP ASKING ME IF IT'S SAFE TO CROSS THE STREET

SINCERELY MIKE WORKS

 

[Naked Snake]

HEY CK

YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH

THE ONES WHO ARE BOTHERING YOU

THEY CAN'T READ YOUR MESSAGE

JUST SAYIN

PEACE OUT YO

How come? I thought the new forums can be viewed if you're not registred... I think you have just been BISHOWNED.

 

[gblues]

How about changing the message to "Your e-mail address and/or e-mail provider is banned. You must use a non-free e-mail address to register (i.e. not hotmail/yahoo). We will not share your e-mail address with anyone."

Or something similar.

My first reaction was "WTF? I hardly post here, why'd they ban my e-mail address?" but I figured it was probably because I used my yahoo address and tried again with a different address.

Nathan

 

[Archaix]

How about changing the message to "Your e-mail address and/or e-mail provider is banned. You must use a non-free e-mail address to register (i.e. not hotmail/yahoo). We will not share your e-mail address with anyone."

Or something similar.

Or the message can just say "READ THE GOD DAMNED TERMS OF SERVICE, BITCH"

 

[bishoptl]

How come? I thought the new forums can be viewed if you're not registred... I think you have just been BISHOWNED.

GET A JOB

 

[Naked Snake]

GET A JOB

THAT LINE STOPPED BEING FUNNY AFTER THE 16th TIME YOU USED IT.

 

[Escape Goat]

I think this thread discriminates against the uninformed.

 

[Incognito]

THAT LINE STOPPED BEING FUNNY AFTER THE 16th TIME YOU USED IT.

It'll never stop being funny, you 8 year undergrad student. Still enjoying the perks of credit-card scam?!

 

[Minotauro]

I don't understand why we can't use free email services. Right now, my account is set up using my school account which I hardly ever check. On the other hand, I check my yahoo account multiple times a day.

 

[Naked Snake]

It'll never stop being funny, you 8 year undergrad student. Still enjoying the perks of credit-card scam?!

So which OAer are you?

 

[Incognito]

So which OAer are you?

HalfPastMidnight was the old handle at GA. I'm a lurker of all things forum.

 

[Matlock]

I'm highly suspecting HalfPastNoon as Incognito.

 

[Wellington]

HEY CK

YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH

THE ONES WHO ARE BOTHERING YOU

THEY CAN'T READ YOUR MESSAGE

JUST SAYIN

PEACE OUT YO

As adelgary said, the forum is not locked to outsiders.

 

[shoplifter]

how about aol users?

 

[White Man]

What up. Did my registration go through?

 

[neptunes]

ummm, well they sort of work.

 

[evil ways]

I don't understand why we can't use free email services. Right now, my account is set up using my school account which I hardly ever check. On the other hand, I check my yahoo account multiple times a day.

Can't you set up all your school account emails to be redirected into your Yahoo account? That's what I do sometimes since my ISP email is a slow bitch to log on to, so I have my messages redirected to my hotmail/msn messenger account.

 

[WasabiKing]

What up. Did my registration go through?

You're posting, aren't you? And yes, you're welcome.

 

[Minotauro]

Can't you set up all your school account emails to be redirected into your Yahoo account? That's what I do sometimes since my ISP email is a slow bitch to log on to, so I have my messages redirected to my hotmail/msn messenger account.

I'm not really sure. It might be worth trying if I hadn't already graduated...I'm not sure how long my school account is going to last.

 

[The Faceless Master]

even those non-popular discrete free popmail providers dont work... looks like someone compiled a HUGE filter list...

hey, aren't AOL address technically free (for 1099 hours!!!)

 

[Archaix]

even those non-popular discrete free popmail providers dont work... looks like someone compiled a HUGE filter list...

hey, aren't AOL address technically free (for 1099 hours!!!)

AOL addresses are also banned, although for different reasons

 

[bishoptl]

Damn you and your logic, CK and Adelgary. Damn you to HELL.

 

[shoplifter]

AOL addresses are also banned, although for different reasons

hooray!

 

[Ninja Scooter]

i used a free email and got approved. But i won't say what it was to prevent a bunch of spammers from finding a way to join the GAF.

 

[xsarien]

I don't understand why we can't use free email services.

So people who are banned for legitimate reasons can't shuttle themselves off to Hotmail or Yahoo, create another account, and circumvent the ban. (For however long that would last, anyway.)

 

[Minotauro]

So people who are banned for legitimate reasons can't shuttle themselves off to Hotmail or Yahoo, create another account, and circumvent the ban. (For however long that would last, anyway.)

Can't they ban by IP? I remember on the old forum, I was once banned and I tried using different email addresses to no avail.

 

[8bit]

What about gmail addresses? Just curious considering there's a big push to give out invites going on just now.

 

[WasabiKing]

So people who are banned for legitimate reasons can't shuttle themselves off to Hotmail or Yahoo, create another account, and circumvent the ban. (For however long that would last, anyway.)

Nope, that still goes on. As for IP bans, a lot of people use dynamic IPs. Turn off the router or modem and voila, new IP. It's also a big pain in the ass to keep track of all IPs.

As for Gmail, all I have to ask is, what does "FREE EMAILS DO NOT WORK ON THE FORUM" mean to you? "Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?"

 

[gofreak]

Joy! Finally got through on my second attempt. The first address I used WAS an ISP address, that isn't freely available to anyone. Not sure why it wasn't accepted, but my college email worked.

My first post. I really like the new reply screen. Functionally this seems a lot better, but still not sure about the design (colours etc.). But still. It's GAF! Good to be back!

(Oh, and I somehow only realised *yesterday* that the boards were back up - someone needs to redirect gaming-age.com/forum to here. I know forums.gaming-age.com probably takes a while, but gaming-age.com/forum should be very simple to redirect).

 

[Ghost]

Why dont you just add some javascript into the register page to display an alert when people enter a bad email address?

 

[Cold Shadow]

You can use free mails, you just have to know which one work.

 

[Eminem]

You guys should have done a bit of research or something...the first two e-mails I used got denied, even though I'm paying $20 a year for each of them.