Just trying to get past the message

[HankDfrmSD]

"You do not have permission to access this page."

I'm just trying to read a post on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/ps2f4yn

[Watermom]

Until your registration is completed, you'll have to log out first to see the rest of the forum. A way to get to the Google search is to either click on the link in one of my or PoolDoc's posts OR you can go to our sister website www.poolsolutions.com and click on "search" on the left hand side. That search will search through all the posts on the forum and all the pages on the PoolSolutions website. (It is MUCH better than using the search feature that is built into the forum's software, by the way.)

Welcome to the Pool Forum!

[Josephls]

Same Here, just learning the ropes

[Watermom]

Welcome to you, also! Glad to have both of you with us.

[4candles]

One more for getting past the message, hoping after first post logout and in, I'll be able to use google site search, Thanks

[HankDfrmSD]

I've been blessed! It now says I may post.

[b15nut]

Trying to do the same.

Have many questions but want to research first lol

[PoolDoc]

@b15nut; HankDfrmSD; 4candles: membership updated.

@Josephls: membership upgraded.

Since agglomerating registration notices makes this more visible, I better explain:

Forum privilege level is inversely related to the anonymity of your registration: if I can find out exactly who you are and where you live, it's very unlikely you are a spammer or a pool product internet marketer. On the other hand, the more anonymous your registration info, the more likely you are a spammer, hacker or marketer, and your forum access level is diminished accordingly. Bogus info -- of whatever type -- guarantees a low privilege level.

I do this for 5 reasons:
+ The forum software I use, vBulletin, has never been very secure from attack once a visitor has user access.
+ I have dozens of hacker and spammer attempts daily, BUT
+ I can spend very little time trying to keep these out
+ People who can be named are very unlikely to do things that will hurt the forum, so I can trust them much more.
+ Spammers and marketers deliberately try to act just like legitimate -- but anonymous -- forum users.