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Does anyone else have trouble registering for this Data Base. I'm supposed to get an email back from them to confirm my registration but never have received it. I have made three attempts and there is no email address to to see if this situation can be corrected. They did say that g-mail was not going to work but my email is ATT.
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TDB is funky, I couldn't register on it either. Ive just given up. The website makes it clear that it doesn't want me to sign up, so I wont. Im not gonna deal with this.
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I think the TWDB wants a registration only if you plan to add to the Owner's Gallery with photos of one's machines and to report your serial numbers. etc..
I have not registered but can use the TWDB as a reference, nevertheless.
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I just created an account there with no troubles at all, and I don't even want an account there. I got the confirmation email, clicked on the link, entered my login info, and I'm in. I used the random password generator because I couldn't find what their requirements are for passwords and that's a common reason to get rejected.
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I had to do an online search for "ATT email" because I didn't know what that meant. I'm assuming that it's an AT&T email address?
It's possible that Ted is just busy and doesn't have time to screen applicants on a daily basis. It's also likely that he manually verifies applicants just like I do for this forum. And just like here, he probably gets dozens of spam/scam applicants every day.
You said that you made three attempts to register; how far apart were those attempts spread out? Applications in rapid succession are often a red flag, but there are a number of reasons why you haven't been able to register, and many of them can have to do with your user name/email address appearing suspicious. I would try again using a different email address.
It's an unfortunate reality of online life that the scum of the world have made things very difficult for those who run websites and forums. I have to filter through upwards of twenty applicants a day here and verify if they are legit, or just some loser who wants to ruin things for everyone else. Around 99 percent of those who register here are scammers/spammers of some kind, and although I try to be as thorough as possible about it, it is possible that over the years I have erroneously denied a few legitimate people because of suspicious user names or email addresses.
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My approval was instantaneous. I'm sure it was automatic, not manual.