Help - new member can't post...?!

pvtspanky · 2005-11-01, 05:50 PM

OK. Now I feel like a complete jackass! I want to thank greenguy & catseye for pointing something out to me that I had no idea existed!

Two months ago I switched ISP's. This is my third ISP in six years.

I signed up for the board here. I didn't get a confirmation email. But, I could log in. I even changed my password and the board did send me a confirmation for the password change. So now I'm just completely confused...

I ICQ greenguy and he tells me it's a problem on my side. But I just can't figure out why. I do have a spam filter on my email proggie, but I never use it.

I ICQ CatsEye and she tells me that my ISP must be blocking the mails.

I log into my account at the ISP, then I log into my ISP's webmail, something I have never done, and guess what?! My ISP has a feature called SpamGuard Plus and it's automatically set to "On" as the default. Not only that but it "automatically learns by your browsing habits what is and isn't spam." I was so pissed when I found this out. I'm so glad that my ISP thinks it nows what's best for me. There were 285 emails in the junk folder and maybe 20 of them were actual spam. They were all biz related and confirmation links for TGP/MGP & linklists.

Thanks for helping out & thanks for opening my eyes, I'm sorry for wasting your time.

At least I can finally post now!

2005-11-01, 05:50 PM	#1
pvtspanky Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 93	OK. Now I feel like a complete jackass! I want to thank greenguy & catseye for pointing something out to me that I had no idea existed! Two months ago I switched ISP's. This is my third ISP in six years. I signed up for the board here. I didn't get a confirmation email. But, I could log in. I even changed my password and the board did send me a confirmation for the password change. So now I'm just completely confused... I ICQ greenguy and he tells me it's a problem on my side. But I just can't figure out why. I do have a spam filter on my email proggie, but I never use it. I ICQ CatsEye and she tells me that my ISP must be blocking the mails. I log into my account at the ISP, then I log into my ISP's webmail, something I have never done, and guess what?! My ISP has a feature called SpamGuard Plus and it's automatically set to "On" as the default. Not only that but it "automatically learns by your browsing habits what is and isn't spam." I was so pissed when I found this out. I'm so glad that my ISP thinks it nows what's best for me. There were 285 emails in the junk folder and maybe 20 of them were actual spam. They were all biz related and confirmation links for TGP/MGP & linklists. Thanks for helping out & thanks for opening my eyes, I'm sorry for wasting your time. At least I can finally post now!