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Joe Blow

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Hi everyone!

I am getting a lot of bounced emails coming back to me from ASF members who no longer have valid email addresses attached to their accounts. Many of these are thread subscription or Private Message notifications that I am sure people would prefer to be recieving.

Can everyone please take a moment to check that your registered email address is currently a valid one. I would really appreciate it!

Click here to view/edit your current registered ASF email address

If you have any problems changing your email address please send me a PM and I will sort it out for you.

Thank you!

P.S. Your email address is always treated with the strictest confidence and is never shared with any third party.
 
Oops, guilty! But all fixed up now. Must have been another lifetime
 
Just bumping this thread for those that missed it first time around.
 
Joe Blow said:
Just bumping this thread for those that missed it first time around.
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Nice to know I'm not the only one then....could say something about dumb blondes but well.....
 
If anyone finds they are unable to post it is probably because your email address is no longer functional.

Contact me via PM and I will help you sort it out.
 
Can all ASF members please check that their email addresses are up to date: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/account/security

Within the next couple of weeks, those ASF accounts with non functioning email addresses will be temporarily suspended, so please check that yours is correct.

If you are an established ASF member and would like to use a free web based email address as your registered email then please let me know via PM.

Thanks!
 
I have just sent out the monthly newsletter and I will be temporarily suspending the accounts of those with emails addresses that are bouncing. A PM will automatically arrive in your inbox letting you know that your email address is bouncing and will contain instructions on how to rectify the situation.

If you are an established ASF member and would like to use a web based email address then please contact me via PM and let me know what it is.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused but bouncing emails were becoming an issue and this was the only way I could see to rectify the situation.
 
I am currently conducting a major cleanup of old spam accounts and accounts that no longer have a functioning email address. This cleanup involves several hundred ASF accounts.

If your account has an non functioning email address (one that is bouncing back to ASF) you may find that your access to the forums has been restricted. If this is the case please follow these instructions to restore your access.

NB: Do not create another account. The system will pick this up and you may end up banned!

Visit the edit email/password section of your UserCP here: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/account/security and check that the email address attached to your account is valid and up to date. If it isn't please update it. An email will immediately be sent to this address containing a link that you must click to verify that the email address is valid. Once you have done this your access will be immediately restored. Please note that these verification emails sometimes inadvertently end up in your 'spam' or 'junk' folder. If you do not see it in your inbox please check these other folders and be sure to click on 'This is not junk' to let your email provider/client know to send any future emails from ASF to your inbox.

Because of the huge spam problem ASF no longer accepts free web based email addresses for new registrations. Forum spammers use these disposable email addresses to register an account at ASF and then post spam on the forums. However, if you are a long standing member of ASF and no longer have a valid ISP based email address and would like to use a free web based email address please contact me via PM and I can update your email address for you.

Thank you all for your co-operation and my apologies for any inconvenience caused.
 
Hi Joe

Even though I fixed my email address on file sometime back, I haven't seen any emails come through for a few weeks. Have any been sent?

regards

nulla nulla
 
nulla nulla said:
Hi Joe

Even though I fixed my email address on file sometime back, I haven't seen any emails come through for a few weeks. Have any been sent?

regards

nulla nulla
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Hi Nulla,

I would check your 'junk' or 'spam' folder as sometimes emails get incorrectly filtered into these folders. I know a lot of my legit emails ends up in these folders accidentally so I just do a check every couple of days and move them back into my inbox.
 
This email is sent to all members of Aussie Stock Forums in accordance with the ASF Terms of Use. If you do wish to receive further emails please reply to this email with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line. Please note that if you elect not to receive emails your Aussie Stock Forums account will be permanently disabled.

so we have to receive the spam to be a member of the forum? or am i incorrectly reading that?
 

Yes you do, I have asked Joe about this already. Its a small price to pay for being able to visit such great forums.
 
Stormin_Norman said:
so we have to receive the spam to be a member of the forum? or am i incorrectly reading that?
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Hi Norman,

There are only so many ways ASF can earn revenue. I don't have anything to sell other than advertising. I haven't written a book, I don't have a course or some software to flog you, all I have to offer is this website and the only way I can earn revenue is through advertising. To be completely honest, advertising is the only thing that keeps it going. Without advertising, ASF would cease to exist.

I can assure you that your email address will never be shared with any third party and that you won't recieve more than (on average) one email a week at most.

I urge everyone to see the advertising on ASF as a way of supporting the site and ensuring that it continues to prosper, because by supporting ASF's advertisers you are giving them a reason to continue to advertise here. So please, take a look at what they have to offer, and if you're interested, pay them a visit.

Just so everyone knows, when people unsubscribe from the mailing list they are unable to post, search the forums, use the chat room and view (or download) attachments, but they are still able to read posts. So you can still be a member and not receive emails if you would prefer, you just don't have full access.
 
cool, wanted to check i was reading it correctly.

its a fair enough requirement, and up to the individual if they accept it or not.

i was about to unsubscribe when i noticed the print and thought i should ask before i went and killed my account.
 
In the last 24 hours around 500 ASF accounts have had their access restricted due to bouncing email addresses. If you find that your account is one of these please follow these instructions to restore your access:

Update your email address here: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/account/security

Once you update your email address a verification email will be dispatched to your new email address. This email contains a link that must be clicked to verify that your email address does in fact exist. Once you click this link your access to ASF will be restored.

If you only have a free web based email address then please PM the details to me and I will update your email address manually.

If you encounter any other difficulties updating your email address then please contact me via PM and I will do what I can to help.

Please do not register another account because your account has been disabled. Operating multiple ASF accounts is grounds for permanent suspension. Please contact me via PM if you experience any difficulty reactivating your account.
 
Approximately 300 ASF accounts that no longer had valid email addresses were suspended today. If your account is one of these you will notice that you are no longer able to use the site search function or many other of the features that you previously had access to.

To restore your access immediately, please follow these instructions:

  • Update your email address here with a valid email address.*
  • Check your inbox for an account verification email. If it is not in your inbox, it may be in your spam/junk folder.
  • Click the account verification link contained in the email.

Voila! Your full access to ASF will then be restored!

* As most of you know, we no longer accept free web based emails at registration due to the activities of spammers and serial pests. However, if you are a long standing member of ASF and your primary email address is a free web based email please contact me via PM (or the site contact form) with the details and I will update your email address manually.
 

Another few hundred ASF accounts were disabled today due to invalid email addresses.

To restore your access, please refer to the quoted post above.
 

Another few hundred ASF accounts were suspended today due to invalid/bouncing email addresses.

Please keep your ASF email address up to date!

If you have difficulty in updating your email address then contact me via PM.

N.B. DO NOT create a new ASF account because your old account was suspended due to an invalid email address. Contact me about it first.
 
Another few hundred ASF accounts were suspended today due to invalid/bouncing email addresses. Many of these were inactive accounts but some were current users.

If you find your access to ASF has been restricted please follow these instructions to restore your access:

Update your email address in your UserCP.

If your primary email address is a free web based email address (which have been banned upon registration thanks to spammers and serial pests) and you have been an ASF member for a while, please contact me via PM or the site contact form and let me know your user name and your email address and I will update it for you manually.

DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER ACCOUNT IF YOU FIND YOURS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO AN INVALID EMAIL ADDRESS!

Please contact me about it first and I will try and help you restore your access.
 
Prospector said:
Nice to know I'm not the only one then....could say something about dumb blondes but well.....
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You must know somethings wrong if you don't get emails about responses to subscribed threads.
If they stop you know there's a problem.
 
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