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Welcome to FlyerTalk!
As a brand new member, we want you to feel welcome to our frequent traveler community of over 600,000.
Some spammers also sign up and create spurious accounts to spam us, or spam our members privately without posting. We have found the most effective way to protect our members from unwanted spam include:
1) Allow new members a maximum of five posts a day initially. (We wont reveal how many posts you must make to be released from this condition because wed be giving it away to spammers, but its really not onerous.)
2) New members are not allowed to post web links, image links, URLs. If you attempt doing so, your post will be hidden temporarily until a Moderator can review and approve it.
3) New members can make new posts or start new threads, but some posts and new threads may be hidden temporarily and sent to the moderation queue for review and approval.
4) New members are restricted in how many Private Messages they can send initially. We have found a few have taken advantage of signing up for an account to spam members with PMs.
(If you encounter any glitches, such as a message warning you cant post a URL but dont have one in your proposed post, let us know here or contact a Moderator in the forum youre trying to post in. A glitch existed for a short time, but we think it was fixed.)
We apologize for any frustration you might experience from this initial throttling back of your activity, knowing you might have a number of questions that brought you to establish an account, or that now that youve found us youre enthusiastic and want to participate fully in our community. As you become more active, we also suspect youll appreciate how we value your privacy and protect you from unwanted spam.
The Administrators and Forum Co-Moderators
As a brand new member, we want you to feel welcome to our frequent traveler community of over 600,000.
Some spammers also sign up and create spurious accounts to spam us, or spam our members privately without posting. We have found the most effective way to protect our members from unwanted spam include:
1) Allow new members a maximum of five posts a day initially. (We wont reveal how many posts you must make to be released from this condition because wed be giving it away to spammers, but its really not onerous.)
2) New members are not allowed to post web links, image links, URLs. If you attempt doing so, your post will be hidden temporarily until a Moderator can review and approve it.
3) New members can make new posts or start new threads, but some posts and new threads may be hidden temporarily and sent to the moderation queue for review and approval.
4) New members are restricted in how many Private Messages they can send initially. We have found a few have taken advantage of signing up for an account to spam members with PMs.
(If you encounter any glitches, such as a message warning you cant post a URL but dont have one in your proposed post, let us know here or contact a Moderator in the forum youre trying to post in. A glitch existed for a short time, but we think it was fixed.)
We apologize for any frustration you might experience from this initial throttling back of your activity, knowing you might have a number of questions that brought you to establish an account, or that now that youve found us youre enthusiastic and want to participate fully in our community. As you become more active, we also suspect youll appreciate how we value your privacy and protect you from unwanted spam.
The Administrators and Forum Co-Moderators
New Member Posting Restriction [URL - link - image]
#31
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 14
I'm having the same problem. I'm trying to make a post with no images or URLs, but get the error others have pointed out above.
I even pasted the text of the post into Word as unformatted, and then copied it back into the FT window to make sure there was no complicated formatting, and still get the error message.
I can't even post the message here to show you all! Help please? I'm not trying to get around a rule; I really can't figure out what in the world is going wrong.
I even pasted the text of the post into Word as unformatted, and then copied it back into the FT window to make sure there was no complicated formatting, and still get the error message.
I can't even post the message here to show you all! Help please? I'm not trying to get around a rule; I really can't figure out what in the world is going wrong.
#32
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,856
I'm having the same problem. I'm trying to make a post with no images or URLs, but get the error others have pointed out above.
I even pasted the text of the post into Word as unformatted, and then copied it back into the FT window to make sure there was no complicated formatting, and still get the error message.
I can't even post the message here to show you all! Help please? I'm not trying to get around a rule; I really can't figure out what in the world is going wrong.
I even pasted the text of the post into Word as unformatted, and then copied it back into the FT window to make sure there was no complicated formatting, and still get the error message.
I can't even post the message here to show you all! Help please? I'm not trying to get around a rule; I really can't figure out what in the world is going wrong.
#34
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 20,920
oklamom
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 5
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 5
Tomorrow you will get more access to FT
The 5 post limit is a spam prevention measure
And welcome back to FT ^
#35
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 15
Oh and how do I edit to where I get emails when someone answers my question? Thank you!
#36
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Not here; there!
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 29,360
#37
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Travel Safety/Security & Texas, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: AUS / GRK
Programs: AA, HHonors, Hertz
Posts: 13,466
Here's the link to all of the car rental forums. There are sub-forums for many specific, such as Hertz, Avis, and National:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/car-...-services-392/
You can edit your personal options here:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/prof...do=editoptions
You can set it to receive an email when someone replies to a thread you start, and there's a few other options on that page.
#38
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,968
Quick Links
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Or if you want to change it so you get an email on a thread of interest to you, with the thread open,:
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Notification type: Instant notification by email.
But I see that a mod posted a more complete option while I was typing this.
#40
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 4
Still won't let me post on the UA forum...its just a question about cancelling and rebooking and this is the message I keep getting: You are not allowed to post URLs until you have at least 5 posts
Well I tried to post the question to this forum but no go...thinking it must be my computer? Anyway this will be my 5th post sooo maybe it solves the prob...
Well I tried to post the question to this forum but no go...thinking it must be my computer? Anyway this will be my 5th post sooo maybe it solves the prob...
This happened to me too