Membership Form for HyperNews.org

With this form you can either register as a new member, or update your current membership information. Or you can inquire about an existing member. As a member, only you can use your User ID or Email Address; the system will request your password to prove it is you. Membership applies to all forums at this site. Each HyperNews site has its own set of members, so being a member at one site does not mean you are a member at other sites.

Note that this site uses the HyperNews system (version 1.11). This site is called "HyperNews.org". The administrator is liberte@hypernews.org. Read about the access restrictions that apply here at the bottom of this page.

To register as a new member, first make up a User ID and enter it immediately below. Make it something that you can remember and easily type - it may be a "nickname". Then fill in the rest of the form. You should provide a Name since it is used to identify you in messages. You must provide a new password since it protects you from unauthorized use of your User ID. Finally, select Register and click on 'Do It'.
To update your membership information, you only need to enter the fields that you are changing, and make sure the check boxes are set properly. But you will need to enter your User ID and current password at the end. You should inquire about your membership first, however.
To inquire about an existing member (perhaps yourself), enter the member's User ID below and then go to the bottom of the form and select Do It. Everything else on the form will be ignored.

"user" is not a member.

User ID (nickname or email address, no spaces, case sensitive):

Email and Subscription Options

HyperNews.org will send you email each time you update your membership information. HyperNews.org will also send you new postings via email if you "subscribe" to forums. A full internet Email address is required for this purpose. If you get a new email address, you can update your HyperNews email address here.

Email Address: (example: jdoe@my.home.net, case sensitive)

Subscribe to:
Only what I specify in each forum.
Nothing - Please UNSUBSCRIBE me from all forums at HyperNews.org.

Personal Data

Please tell us about yourself. Your Name is used to identify you in your messages; otherwise your Email address or User ID is used. You can leave any of these fields blank, if you would prefer.

Name (example: John Doe):

Personal Home Page URL (example: http://my.home.net/):

To specify or update your password, enter a new password here twice. You may use up to 8 characters. Note that HyperNews.org does not store your password in unencrypted form, so if you forget it, you will need to ask for a new password.
DO NOT USE YOUR INTERNET LOGIN PASSWORD.

New Password:

New Password again:

Remember me:
(HyperNews.org can use "cookies" to let your browser remember your login using your User ID and Password for some period of time. You must also enable cookies in your browser.)
Not at all.
Until I quit my browser.

Current Password for HyperNews.org:
(required to Update anything, if you are already a member)

(If you have a password but cannot remember it, you can ask an administrator (liberte@hypernews.org) to reset it to a random password. Be sure to mention your User ID, 'user', and this URL: http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/edit-member.pl?userid=user.)

Finally...

Inquire about User ID Register Update

(Ignore this unless you are an Administrator making updates for the User)

Administrator :

Admin Password:

Access Restrictions at HyperNews.org

Anyone may register new members. Members may update their own info.
Anyone may read messages.
Only members may add messages.
Anyone may add subscriptions for notification. Once a member is subscribed, only that member may unsubscribe.
Only members may delete their own messages.
Only members may move or copy their own messages.
Only administrators may reset passwords of members.
Only administrators may create new forums. The owner of a forum is the administrator for it.

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