Why am I having trouble registering on this physics forum?

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Registration issues on the physics forum may stem from the use of email addresses or usernames containing underscores. A user successfully registered after creating a new email account and avoiding subscripts in their username. Previous attempts with different emails and usernames that included underscores did not yield a confirmation email, which was not found in spam folders. There are indications that the forum's software might have compatibility issues with certain email systems or username formats. Users are encouraged to check their notification settings and consider using simpler usernames if they encounter similar registration problems.
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I finally succeeded in completing registration on this site. I first attempted to do this a week ago using one e-mail address, and a handle with a subscript (_) in it. I didn't have an e-mail 3 days later and thought because I unchecked "receive e-mail from administrators" option that a bug occurred skipping on the registration e-mail. I then tried to register with another alias that contained a _, using a different e-mail and left the e-mail from administrators option checked. This did not work either. I then made a yahoo mail account and registered a name without any subscripts and succeeded.

I checked my spam folders on the first 2 e-mail addresses and never found a physics forum e-mail. I think your software may have issue with either the mail system or the handling of names that contain subscripts.
 
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I'll check it out. Thanks for the notice. Let me know if you want me to activate one of your other accounts (send me a PM).

- Warren
 
I haven't played with my notification settings to test, but I don't think I've gotten a PF email in a long, long time. And my email addy has the same underscore as my username.
 
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