When you sign up for a forum account, the server sends you an email with activation instructions. This is necessary in order to verify your email address.
Email will be titled "Action Required to Activate Membership for RarityGuide.com Forums".
After you have registered, please check your email and follow the instructions there (which generally involves just clicking on an activation link).
Until you have activated your account, you will see the following message when you attempt to post or access some other features:
you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- 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?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Some ISPs might mistakenly think the activation email is spam and, depending on the ISP, either:So, if you cannot locate the activation email in your inbox, check your spam folder. If you still can't find it, use the contact form to send us a support request. Make sure to include the username and the email address from which you used to sign up with.
- Automatically move it to a spam folder, or
- Block it altogether