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# Request a new account at Proteopedia, using your gmail address. | # Request a new account at Proteopedia, using your gmail address. | ||
::Use a '''different form of your name''' than in your previous account request. '''It must still be your real name.''' Add (or remove) a middle initial, or add a period (.) at the end: | ::Use a '''different form of your name''' than in your previous account request. '''It must still be your real name.''' Add (or remove) a middle initial, or add a period (.) at the end: | ||
:::If your first request was for "Eric Martz", make the new name "Eric Martz."<ref> If you do not change your name, Proteopedia will reject your request automatically. We have verified that simply adding a period at the end of your name makes it acceptable as a "new name" to Proteopedia.</ref> | :::If your first request was for "Eric Martz", make the new name "Eric Martz." (See note<ref> If you do not change your name, Proteopedia will reject your request automatically. We have verified that simply adding a period at the end of your name makes it acceptable as a "new name" to Proteopedia.</ref>) | ||
# Carefully look for a message from account@proteopedia.org. You '''must''' confirm your email address from a link in this message. If you do not receive this message right away, open "More" and look in your Spam box (and mark messages from Proteopedia as "not spam"!). | # Carefully look for a message from account@proteopedia.org. You '''must''' confirm your email address from a link in this message. If you do not receive this message right away, open "More" and look in your Spam box (and mark messages from Proteopedia as "not spam"!). | ||
# After you confirm your email address, your account will be created (not immediately, but usually within 24 hours, by a human being) and you will receive a second email containing your password. Remember to look in your Spam box. | # After you confirm your email address, your account will be created (not immediately, but usually within 24 hours, by a human being) and you will receive a second email containing your password. Remember to look in your Spam box. | ||
Revision as of 19:30, 23 January 2016
If you have been unable to receive emails from Proteopedia.Org[1][2], and therefore your request for an account has not been approved, here is a workaround.
Before doing this, carefully check your spam/junk email box for messages from Proteopedia. If you find them, mark them as "not spam" or "not junk" and then you do not need to do what follows.
Use GmailUse Gmail
- Create a new email account at gmail.com. It is free. (We know that gmail will accept messages from Proteopedia.)
- If you already have a gmail account, you may use it but be sure to empty the spam mailbox first.
- Request a new account at Proteopedia, using your gmail address.
- Use a different form of your name than in your previous account request. It must still be your real name. Add (or remove) a middle initial, or add a period (.) at the end:
- If your first request was for "Eric Martz", make the new name "Eric Martz." (See note[3])
- Use a different form of your name than in your previous account request. It must still be your real name. Add (or remove) a middle initial, or add a period (.) at the end:
- Carefully look for a message from account@proteopedia.org. You must confirm your email address from a link in this message. If you do not receive this message right away, open "More" and look in your Spam box (and mark messages from Proteopedia as "not spam"!).
- After you confirm your email address, your account will be created (not immediately, but usually within 24 hours, by a human being) and you will receive a second email containing your password. Remember to look in your Spam box.
ForwardingForwarding
If you wish, you can set your gmail account to automatically forward emails to another email account.
- Click on the gear icon
at the upper right and open Settings. - At the top, click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP".
- Click on the button "Add a forwarding address" and enter your other email address.
- Check "Forward a copy of incoming mail to" (and set it to the new address).
- At the bottom, click the button "Save Changes"!
NotesNotes
- ↑ The Proteopedia Staff has confirmed (January, 2016) that some email systems reject emails from Proteopedia.Org. One system that we know to reject our emails is yahoo.com. In contrast, we know that gmail.com accepts our emails. We believe the problem is with Proteopedia, not with yahoo.com. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working to fix this problem.
- ↑ Eric Martz is an administrator at Proteopedia.Org who is in charge of approving and creating new accounts in January, 2016 (since April, 2009).
- ↑ If you do not change your name, Proteopedia will reject your request automatically. We have verified that simply adding a period at the end of your name makes it acceptable as a "new name" to Proteopedia.