# Unable to post as Guest **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-post-as-guest/540984 "2010-05-27T19:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-post-as-guest/540984/1 "2010-05-27T19:59:17Z")
So, my membership lapsed sometime within the last few days. I went to make a post while not a member, and found I was unable to do so. I got a message about my account not being authorized to access “this page”, meaning the enter reply page. I tried it three times in two different threads with the same result. The registration agreement still says that registering to post is free (I checked). I renewed my membership a few minutes ago, obviously, and now can post again. (Was planning to renew anyway.) So what happened? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-post-as-guest/540984/2 "2010-05-27T20:11:53Z")
Not sure why this happened. Your subscription expired today, but even so you should have been able to post. But since you resubscribed this all cleared up so I don’t know what there is to look at or fix. Hmm. If anyone else has this problem since you won’t be able to post please send me an email and I’ll look into it further. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unable-to-post-as-guest/540984/3 "2010-05-27T20:17:27Z")
Okay, thanks. I figured it might be a moot point for me upon renewal, but I wanted to bring your attention to it anyway.