Jeremy has blocked my IP address
 

and soon he's going to nix my account.

Please FIX the ridiculously ONEROUS registration process.

Jeremy KNOWS what I am talking about.

Please STOP blocking temporary e-mail services.

You are NOT going to sell this P.O.S. site for millions of $.

Give it a REST, Jeremy.

For crying out loud. Take a hint - nobody but you thinks the process is hard. And you registered 3 times or more now so maybe it's not that difficult. If you don't like the way we do things here, don;t post here. Stop rejoining.

Or maybe you think this is fun? Stop it.

Oh, and despite offers, Jeremy has always said that he will never sell LQ and I have seen no indication that he has changed his mind on this.

You have NO IDEA how difficult it is to register an account on this forum.

Why does Jeremy continue to block temporary e-mail services?

When he STOPS blocking them, I'll STOP complaining.

You are under no obligation to register on this site. Jeremy is under no obligation to make it easy for spammers or other malicious types.

Go away.

Sheesh. Actually, because we've all done it, everyone at LQ knows *exactly* what it's like to register at LQ, and it's minimal.

I'm not clear on what the purpose of that bugmenot server is and I don't care, but obviously, they perceive a real advantage to themselves in having LQ's cooperation.

Bugmenot lets you sign into a site using shared login details. Why one would need it on a forum is beyond me. Also registration is done once, so why moan about something that you don't have to repeat unless you are after causing mischief like the OP. The OP has signed up to LQ under various usernames (probably 5+ times), so I doubt that the registration process is difficult or complicated.

I have just had another look at the registration page (having not seen it since 2003), and it would have to be one of the easiest I have ever come across.

Why on earth would bugmenot be useful? It strikes me that it is just a way of spamming sites, and being a complete pain in the arse like the OP.

--Ian

It's useful for pages that require registration (often for a price) before you can access the info - like the New York Times website, for example. Using Bugmenot, you can access the information for free.

No point using it here, ditto with the temporary email addresses the OP wants to use - at LQ, registration is quick and easy, but if your mail bounces a few times your account gets suspended.

Seems like the OP needs to spend a little more time securing his box and a lot less time moaning about registering at LQ :)

I'm using bugmenot for years but it simply doesn't fit for LQ. There is another thread where people have explained why, I agree with them.

"Please FIX the ridiculously ONEROUS registration process."
With this, most of the people here will think that you are the ridiculous, whatever private discussion you had with X or Y (which nobody really cares about to be honest).

What are temporary email services? Does this mean hotmail, etc.?

No, he means those anonymous throwaway addresses - similar to hotmail I'll grant you, but hotmail is designed to be a full time account, whereas the temporary ones aren't.

FWIW, we don't block hotmail or any of the normal free email services. We do block some throwaway account services, based on the number of spam messages that originate from them. As for me selling the site, it's not going to happen.

--jeremy

A quick clarification on "but if your mail bounces a few times your account gets suspended". You're account doesn't actually get suspended, the system just sets all your email preferences to "No".

--jeremy

I just wondering if this guy thinks this is a P.O.S. site then why does he keep coming back and complaining about registering?
if ya don't like this site dude don't come to it
seems simple enough to me

The manner in which LQ blocks throwaway account services is EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

You block them without giving any warning whatsoever.

This is my main complaint about the registration process. It is exactly what makes the registration process so frustrating.

Please consider fix it.

Throwaway e-mail addresses will continue getting blocked and the reason has been satisfactorily explained. Live with it... nothing's going to change.

So don't use a throwaway account. As Jeremy explained, there are certain sources that are responsible for *large* amounts of spam, and in order to keep LQ orderly, it's effective to block those sources. Is there a non-zero possibility that a legit user might happen to be using one of those services? Yes. But if that person used a different Email address during registration, all of these "frustrations" you keep talking about would disappear. To use an analogy, would it be worth accepting 9999 spam messages in your Inbox just on the chance that maybe message #10000 might be legitimate? I'd say No, and I'd bet you would too.

FWIW, when I signed up at LQ (granted, a couple years ago) I used one of my (free) Yahoo! Email accounts. I encountered exactly zero "difficulties", "frustrations", "problems", or any other kind of negative experience when registering at LQ. (If you don't happen to have a Yahoo! account you can get one for free by going to Yahoo! ) Honestly, it's not that hard, and of course you can always use your ISP Email account, GMail, Hotmail (as Jeremy confirmed above), or any number of other accounts as well if you choose.

LQ is a pretty amazing place, and registering under a free Email account is hardly what I'd consider a massive or unsurmountable problem.

tootsieroll, exactly what kind of accounts do you mean by throw away accounts?

How can these accounts be used to validate a person's identity?

Since when can you validate a person's identity with any email account?
Last time I signed up for one they didn't send the cops over to check my ID :p

Tootsieroll: stop this now.
 

@Tootsieroll: your actions again are a point of concern.

LQ offered you a listening ear, hints and instructions in the hope it would help you get over your "issues". You in return *again* started up different discussions about LQ registration matters which I *explicitly* forbade you to do here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...48#post2592348.

Now hear this CFB: the LQ registration process, which is like any other, works for thousands of members. LQ is *not* going to change the registration method. If you take note of the hints already offered, you can make it work.

I am really sorry to see our help does not seem to get through to you. In one final attempt to turn the tide I'm asking you, and let me put this as bluntly as I can: what can I (by email) help you with to either resolve the issue or get you out of LQ? Because this has got to end and end right now.


@all: I ask you to please cease replying to posts he made under whatever different handle he uses for the time being and point him to this post. Thanks in advance.

While we are more than open to constructive criticism and thrive on feedback, it's clear that's not what you're interested in providing. In that vein, I am closing this thread. You have made clear how you feel and we have responded with our logic for doing what we do. Starting 10+ threads on the topic and posting in various unrelated threads does not make your case a better one. Please DO NOT post additional threads on this topic. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me off line.

--jeremy