I am logged in already but BBS does not recognize my account

Is the user name and password for the BBS different from the GIMPS user/pass?
It says I am not logged in (even though I am) and it will not allow my user name and password as a valid entry.

If you make the process irritating enough, people won't want to help.

[Batalov]

Originally Posted by dcorbit

Is the user name and password for the BBS different from the GIMPS user/pass?

Yes.

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by dcorbit

Is the user name and password for the BBS different from the GIMPS user/pass?
It says I am not logged in (even though I am) and it will not allow my user name and password as a valid entry.

If you make the process irritating enough, people won't want to help.

Originally Posted by Batalov

Yes.

This website is neither officially nor technologically linked in any way to GIMPS/PrimeNet.

That said, this is unofficially the "official" forum for GIMPS, but you still need to create a separate account. You can use any user/pass you want, it need not have anything in common with your GIMPS account.

[schickel]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

This website is neither officially nor technologically linked in any way to GIMPS/PrimeNet.

That said, this is unofficially the "official" forum for GIMPS, but you still need to create a separate account. You can use any user/pass you want, it need not have anything in common with your GIMPS account.

Or (to be extra pedantic), you can use the same name/pass as your GIMPS account, but your existing GIMPS info will not be automagically transferred from GIMPS.

[NBtarheel_33]

Originally Posted by dcorbit

If you make the process irritating enough, people won't want to help.

Is the agitas really necessary? Why would you assume that the registration process has been purposefully created to be difficult? When you travel to a new land, do you ask questions in an attempt to educate and acclimate yourself to the norms and cultures, or do you simply wantonly cast unfair and unwarranted aspersions on the locals?

There are tens of thousands of people participating in GIMPS, who are not only happy to help the project, but are also willing to learn and share that knowledge with others. Some of them are even able and willing to negotiate the apparently taxing and tedious registration that is a prerequisite for participation in this forum and its discussions. We would love for you to be among them.

[Batalov]

Originally Posted by dcorbit

If you make the process irritating enough, people won't want to help.

If you make the process too easy, this forum would be crawling with spam.
(And it was easy before, and it was indeed crawling with spam.)

[cheesehead]

Originally Posted by NBtarheel_33

Is the agitas really necessary? < snip >

Let's not read too much into the last sentence of the OP, please.