Marlin Owners dot com not accepting new registrations?

[scarville]

In the past month I've tried three times to register with the Marlin owners forum. Each time I get the "Welcome to Marlin Owners" email with the admonition that my "request will be reviewed and approved." I never hear anything else. When I check back a day or two later all I get is a warning my account does not exist. There is a message under "Site Registration" advising I contact Gunjunkie with any registration problems but I have to be registered to do it.

It may be I am just not pretty enough to be a Marlin owner but it also possible there is some other problem. Is anyone aware of any?

[Blaine]

JMO, but put a couple logs on the fire here, and sit back.....I wouldn't give you a nickel for That Place.

[FWiedner]

You're obviously not groveling properly.

You haven't registered yet, but why not skip the BS in the middle and just apologize to them in advance.

[1894c]

I really like it here--no need to bug the good folks over at the marlin-forum--probably to busy disecting the latest REM-Marlin offering--sometimes you can get so busy that you don't notice someone knocking on your door :)

[w30wcf]

Scarville,
I know one of the administrators personally and have shot with him on several occasions. I have found him to be a very fine fellow and "one you could ride the river with". I just sent him a personal message regarding your inquiry.

I like this site very much and I like Marlin Owners just as much. There are some fine folks at both places but one bad apple tends to spoil the whole bunch for some folks.......

w30wcf

[Bill in Oregon]

Scarville: At least Marlin Owners is not as ridiculous as the Ruger forum, which will not accept registration from anyone using Gmail because they are too cheap to buy decent anti-spam software.

[Hobie]

Scarville: At least Marlin Owners is not as ridiculous as the Ruger forum, which will not accept registration from anyone using Gmail because they are too cheap to buy decent anti-spam software.

This forum only accepts registration from gmail accounts on a case-by-case basis for the same reason. We don't charge anyone to participate and work within "our" budget. Frugal, yes, cheap, no. We spend our TIME here. We hope this is sufficient for our members.

[Bill in Oregon]

Hobie: What is it about gmail that makes it an issue for moderators and registration? From a user's standpoint, gmail is great.
And believe me, I appreciate this site!

[41 Redhawk]

Hobie: What is it about gmail that makes it an issue for moderators and registration? From a user's standpoint, gmail is great.
And believe me, I appreciate this site!

Because gmail.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com and verizon.net are so popular spammers regularly use them as a fictitious from address when they are sending spam. Also spammers use auto e-mailers to automatically send e-mails to just about every combination of user id @ gmail.com.

[scarville]

First, let me thank those who responded. I appreciate the advice and the help.

Second, I read this site daily. I don't post a lot because you guy know more than I do so I learn by listening more than by talking.

That said, I have a couple of projects in mind which involve Marlin leverguns and the Marlin owners forum was recommended to me as good source of information. Once I commit to starting either, I'll probably be asking questions here too.

I just wonder why my application keeps falling through the cracks.

Hobie: What is it about gmail that makes it an issue for moderators and registration? From a user's standpoint, gmail is great.

I don't know why Hobie scrutinizes Gmail accounts but I can guess. I administer the email gateway and spam filtering software for my employer. Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail are the three largest sources of phishing and trojan emails. The reasons behind this are legion but, ultimately, irrelevant to a sysadmin. I cannot fix Gmail (or Yahoo or Hotmail) but I can protect my users.

[jeepnik]

Scarville, no great loss. If you are an independent minded soul, you won't last long. It's follow the party line, or you get disappeared. Hmm, sorta like another "evil empire". And heck, even they tore down the "wall".

[6pt-sika]

If you are an independent minded soul, you won't last long. It's follow the party line, or you get disappeared.

Hmmm I think I'll agree with that summation

I will say this however !
The part owner in PA is a stand up guy . The other owner in Okieland never bothered me either for that matter .

However they have a couple moderators I come nowhere close to seeing eye to eye with and another regular forum member in the southern carolina state that is a difficult person to deal with unless you see it all his way !

[cas]

Scarville: At least Marlin Owners is not as ridiculous as the Ruger forum, which will not accept registration from anyone using Gmail because they are too cheap to buy decent anti-spam software.

"Too cheap"? It's a labor of love. It costs the owner money and generates no income, receives no donations. There is no budget.

The same could be said about you, you're too cheap to not use a free email account.

See? Kinda silly huh?

[6pt-sika]

Scarville: At least Marlin Owners is not as ridiculous as the Ruger forum, which will not accept registration from anyone using Gmail because they are too cheap to buy decent anti-spam software.

"Too cheap"? It's a labor of love. It costs the owner money and generates no income, receives no donations. There is no budget.

The same could be said about you, you're too cheap to not use a free email account.

See? Kinda silly huh?

MO usually has a rifle raffle every year that is all pure profit and normally raises about 3 grand . They also have what I kinda refer to as charity auctions where folks donate stuff they no longer need or want and it is auctioned off on the sight with the proceeds coming back for use in maintaining the site . And of course they have folks who advertise there and pay an amount .

Castboolits.gunloads does a thing each year where they set a goal they need in donations to cover operating expenses for the year and that plan seems to work rather well also . As they usually get the 2 to 3 g's they ask for in a couple weeks thru donations . The majority of the folks give I think something in the $10-20 range although there are other guys that may drop a $50 or $100 . And just like MO castboolits has advertisers that they get some proceeds from as well to cover running expenses .

[w30wcf]

Scarville,
I heard back from one of the owners earlier today. He said to register and then let me (w30wcf) know your user name and email address. I will forward that to him and he would get you set up.

You can PM me with that info or email me at w30wcf@roadrunner.com.

w30wcf

[scarville]

Scarville,
I heard back from one of the owners earlier today. He said to register and then let me (w30wcf) know your user name and email address. I will forward that to him and he would get you set up.

You can PM me with that info or email me at w30wcf@roadrunner.com.

Email sent. Thank you for your help.

[Hobie]

Hobie: What is it about gmail that makes it an issue for moderators and registration? From a user's standpoint, gmail is great.
And believe me, I appreciate this site!

Free and with little oversight, GMail is a haven for the spammer, porn purveyor and ne'er-do-well. I have a gmail account in order to simplify my blogging. Can't register in a number of places using it. I'm not offended. I also have a hotmail and a yahoo account. Can't register at as many places with the hotmail account and not even the yahoo account at some.

Sadly, there are bad guys everywhere and good guys have to deal with their actions. It is what it is. That is simply how it is. At least we here will make allowances and exceptions for specific accounts. I'm glad you like it here. We all do our very best to ensure that you will always like it here.

[Don McDowell]

[quote="scarville"]First, let me thank those who responded. I appreciate the advice and the help.

Second, I read this site daily. I don't post a lot because you guy know more than I do so I learn by listening more than by talking.

That said, I have a couple of projects in mind which involve Marlin leverguns and the Marlin owners forum was recommended to me as good source of information. Once I commit to starting either, I'll probably be asking questions here too.


If there was some way to give you my registration over there you could sure enough have it.
Ask your questions here, you'll likely get a more reasoned and experienced down to earth answer, than the other place....

[cas]

MO usually has a rifle raffle every year that is all pure profit and normally raises about 3 grand . They also have what I kinda refer to as charity auctions where folks donate stuff they no longer need or want and it is auctioned off on the sight with the proceeds coming back for use in maintaining the site . And of course they have folks who advertise there and pay an amount .

Castboolits.gunloads does a thing each year where they set a goal they need in donations to cover operating expenses for the year and that plan seems to work rather well also . As they usually get the 2 to 3 g's they ask for in a couple weeks thru donations . The majority of the folks give I think something in the $10-20 range although there are other guys that may drop a $50 or $100 . And just like MO castboolits has advertisers that they get some proceeds from as well to cover running expenses .

Yup. And the Ruger forum doesn't do any of those things.

They should so they can accept gmail accounts?