# How long does account activation take?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044>\
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**Created:** [October 30, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044 "2004-10-30T18:07:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044/1 "2004-10-30T18:07:41Z")

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A buddy of mine registered as a guest last week or so, and he is still unable to post. He’ll be a paying member soon, but he wants to try it out first. Is there an issue with his guest membership, or is activation just taking a while right now? Should he keep waiting patiently for posting privaleges, or is there something an Admin needs to do?  
His user name is **madcow**. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044/2 "2004-10-30T18:10:49Z")

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Did he get his confirmation email? It’s probably sitting in his spam folder; that’s the most common complaint I hear these days.

In any event, since I had to look at his entry anyway, I moved him into the member database. He’s good to go. I also changed his join date to give him the full 30 day trial.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044/3 "2004-10-31T01:22:53Z")

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**TubaDiva**  
Helping to spread Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy since 2004

😉

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-account-activation-take/272044/4 "2004-10-31T06:31:22Z")

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Now that’s funny!

Thanks, dear heart.

Jenny  
your humble TubaDiva