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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3002840, member: 112"]You have mentioned this twice, and I've been all kinds of confused trying to figure out what you were talking about. Well, after days of thinking about it, and somebody else who had a similar experience that I just became aware of today - I think I've finally figured it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>In both of those posts of yours that I quoted above you talk about the CoinTalk Newsletter and subscribing to it. But the CT newsletter is not related in any way with joining the forum and becoming a member of the forum. And for the life of me I couldn't figure out what the CT newsletter had to do with anything. Then it hit me !</p><p><br /></p><p>If somebody types - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com">www.cointalk.com</a> - into to their browser url address box and hits the Enter key, this is what they will see.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743309[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now you see that big black box in the middle of that screenshot, and the white box where it says - Enter your email address</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, if you type in your email address there and then click on that - Get Free Updates button - that is NOT what one does to join the forum. But it is what one does to subscribe to the CoinTalk Newsletter. And it appears to be quite obvious that THAT is exactly what you did, because that's the only way there is to subscribe to the CT newsletter. And when you do, CoinTalk sends you an email about your subscription to that newsletter. And when get that email, you will see an image that looks like this -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743310[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And in both of your comments I quoted above in this post, you are talking about precisely that.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I think that's part of your problem. It may be all of your problem, to be honest I don't know. But if it is, or it isn't the only way for you to fix it is for you to do what I have already told you to do several times. Get a Gmail email account and start over. Do that, and your problem will be solved.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when you do, first, make sure that you log out of CoinTalk. And then, please make sure that you DO NOT enter your email address into the big black box in the center of your screen !</p><p><br /></p><p>If you'll look at the top right of this picture you'll see where it says in a small black box - Log In or Sign Up - that is what you need to click on !</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743309[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you do that open a window that looks like this -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743314[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What you need to do then is go up and click on the little white circle where it says - No, create an account now. And then click on the Log In button.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you do that, you will see a screen that looks like this -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743319[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you see that, click on the small black X you see in the top right corner of that big black box. That will close the black box for you. And the page will now look like this -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743320[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then just fill it all out, using a new user name, and your new Gmail email address, make sure you put a check mark in the box that says you agree to the terms and conditions, and then click on the Sign Up button.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you do that, an email from CoinTalk will immediately be sent to your Gmail email address and in it you will see a link that looks like this one that I told you about before -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then all you have to do is click on that link. Your email address with then be confirmed and you will have posting privileges here on CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3002840, member: 112"]You have mentioned this twice, and I've been all kinds of confused trying to figure out what you were talking about. Well, after days of thinking about it, and somebody else who had a similar experience that I just became aware of today - I think I've finally figured it out. In both of those posts of yours that I quoted above you talk about the CoinTalk Newsletter and subscribing to it. But the CT newsletter is not related in any way with joining the forum and becoming a member of the forum. And for the life of me I couldn't figure out what the CT newsletter had to do with anything. Then it hit me ! If somebody types - [URL='http://www.cointalk.com']www.cointalk.com[/URL] - into to their browser url address box and hits the Enter key, this is what they will see. [ATTACH=full]743309[/ATTACH] Now you see that big black box in the middle of that screenshot, and the white box where it says - Enter your email address Well, if you type in your email address there and then click on that - Get Free Updates button - that is NOT what one does to join the forum. But it is what one does to subscribe to the CoinTalk Newsletter. And it appears to be quite obvious that THAT is exactly what you did, because that's the only way there is to subscribe to the CT newsletter. And when you do, CoinTalk sends you an email about your subscription to that newsletter. And when get that email, you will see an image that looks like this - [ATTACH=full]743310[/ATTACH] And in both of your comments I quoted above in this post, you are talking about precisely that. So I think that's part of your problem. It may be all of your problem, to be honest I don't know. But if it is, or it isn't the only way for you to fix it is for you to do what I have already told you to do several times. Get a Gmail email account and start over. Do that, and your problem will be solved. But when you do, first, make sure that you log out of CoinTalk. And then, please make sure that you DO NOT enter your email address into the big black box in the center of your screen ! If you'll look at the top right of this picture you'll see where it says in a small black box - Log In or Sign Up - that is what you need to click on ! [ATTACH=full]743309[/ATTACH] When you do that open a window that looks like this - [ATTACH=full]743314[/ATTACH] What you need to do then is go up and click on the little white circle where it says - No, create an account now. And then click on the Log In button. When you do that, you will see a screen that looks like this - [ATTACH=full]743319[/ATTACH] When you see that, click on the small black X you see in the top right corner of that big black box. That will close the black box for you. And the page will now look like this - [ATTACH=full]743320[/ATTACH] Then just fill it all out, using a new user name, and your new Gmail email address, make sure you put a check mark in the box that says you agree to the terms and conditions, and then click on the Sign Up button. Once you do that, an email from CoinTalk will immediately be sent to your Gmail email address and in it you will see a link that looks like this one that I told you about before - [ATTACH=full]743323[/ATTACH] Then all you have to do is click on that link. Your email address with then be confirmed and you will have posting privileges here on CT.[/QUOTE]
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