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Probably missing something but I got my codeword from TUG and entered into my BBS account when I joined. I am still only showing up as 'Guest'. Any ideas what I did wrong?
 

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it is correct, however you are currently under probation and it wont change that usergroup to TUG member automatically until that period expires.
 

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You probation status has cleared. You should now be shown as a TUG Member.
What is this probation status? Is it fairly new? IIRC, when the forums switched over to Xenforo, it was only an hour long cycle for the banner to show up after setting the member code.
 

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requires all posts from a new user to be approved by moderators/admin staff before they are public.
 

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I have posted sparingly over the years as a guest. But with the last few months have been reading and learning daily. So much so that I decided to join last week.

I too have noticed that I am still listed as a guest in the bulletin board. Do I need to do something to link my tug membership to my bbs handle? They are one and the same - tamu_bu.
 

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I have posted sparingly over the years as a guest. But with the last few months have been reading and learning daily. So much so that I decided to join last week.

I too have noticed that I am still listed as a guest in the bulletin board. Do I need to do something to link my tug membership to my bbs handle? They are one and the same - tamu_bu.
 

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requires all posts from a new user to be approved by moderators/admin staff before they are public.
Then why do I see so many spam posts for Crypto recovery from posters who signed up the same day? These crypto spam posts seem to be the only spam I see these days.
 

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Yet another of the world's great issues solved by TUG! OP's mission accomplished.
 

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Then why do I see so many spam posts for Crypto recovery from posters who signed up the same day? These crypto spam posts seem to be the only spam I see these days.
its an option that has to be set manually on an account.
 

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We probably need to add a word or two to the list that triggers a new user's post to require staff to review before the the post goes live.
Yeah, 'crypto' would probably be a good word to add to the list.
 

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Looks like the OP is a TUG Member this Saturday morning.
Welcome to TUG.
 

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Perhaps add the word "Bitcoin". Saw it in spam this morning. Likely a word a new legitimate user wouldn't use in their first posts.
 
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Then why do I see so many spam posts for Crypto recovery from posters who signed up the same day? These crypto spam posts seem to be the only spam I see these days.
I guess the words it uses are very specific or case sensitive? I reported a post earlier from a brand new user that had the word "cryptocurrency" in it.
 
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