Why arn't you guys using this board too?

[DOHCTA]

Club DSM Canada

It's Canadian based.

Tons of great people and cars!

 

[Paul@RTM]

Some are. 'Course in most cases the usernames aren't the same so that makes it a bit tough to make the connection. I'm on that board under my real name.

 

[DOHCTA]

I could tell who you are

It's Mike E.

Tell Ziggy I say hey!!!

 

[4Lurker4]

Other big thing I've heard from people that are on here only is the email requirements for the dsm.org site. Since hotmail and gmail won't allow you to make an account some simply can't create an account.

 

[greddy_1700]

Agreed, I wish they could change the Email requirements.

Regardless, I am on there as well.

 

[Paul@RTM]

Agreed, I wish they could change the Email requirements.

Maybe it's time they changed that rule. For those unaware, that email condition was put in place deliberately for a reason, but there's a good argument that maybe that reason doesn't really fly anymore. The reason it was put in place was to offer a small amount of protection to the members against unscrupulous individuals engaging in questionable transactions (mainly the selling of defective, misrepresented, non-existent parts, etc, etc). Incidently, that's also the reason the originators of that board insisted on people using their real names: to make it more difficult for unscrupulous people to scam members. These rules were put in place many years ago (close to 20 years ago I would think) and most of the original moderators/members that were around then are all long gone. I guess this notion of trying to safeguard members might be a bit outdated. The truth is now and has always been that individuals are obliged to take their own precautions when engaging in online transactions. Let's face it, these days online transactions (of all kinds) are fairly commonplace. Paying bills online, online banking, purchasing online, etc, etc. At one time these activities were new and regarded with some suspicion and reluctance. Those days are pretty much gone. These days, who doesn't use online banking, make online purchases, etc, etc, etc. The disasters predicted by the doon and gloomers never really happened.

Anyway, that's enough ramblin from me. I may PM a few moderators on that board and see if I can get any opinions on this.

 

[4Lurker4]

Yeah I think they could lift it. There's already a core of good guys. Heck I got screwed over on a deal on dsm.org a while back even with that thing on. Simple fact, anybody, even well known people with another type of email other than those two can still screw you at any point. So I make it a goal to cover myself no matter what, as I believe everyone should unless you know the guy personally...or at least, where he lives

 

[Blurred Talon]

That's one of the things I like about Club DSM Canada, no hiding behind a screen name. Not that I really do though as my name is in my sig on must forums I'm on.

 

[DOHCTA]

I like where you're going with this Paul. See if you can take your idea to the powers that be and shake them down

We're behind you 100%

 

[1990AWD]

I would've joined but I don't have an acceptable email, so yeah, it'd be nice if that was changed.

 

[Nekid]

Buy a domain, $5 a year and with google apps, 10 email accounts and near limitless alias's for each account.

Best yearly purchase I ever made was for a domain.

 

[DOHCTA]

Where do you find the domain and who collects the $5?

I did at one point create this forum http://dsm.yuku.com but it's nothing special. I did it to more or less practice and see how/what it's like being an admin or mod. Very neat stuff! But time consuming to say the least.

 

[Nekid]

Err, I bought a domain to have my own personal email. I then got Google Apps and have 10 unique inboxes to divvy up. So I bought the domain somethingsomethingdarkside.com, I would have 10 emails @somethingsomethingdarkside.com such as [email protected] or [email protected]. etc... then you can alias the account to have more than one valid address. such as '[email protected]' and '[email protected]' both go to the same inbox, and if you are getting a bunch of spam directed at '[email protected]' you can simply unalias it and it will start bouncing back but leave '[email protected]' intact.

What having google apps and a domain allow you to do is, is to have a 10 email addresses that are @ that domain, but still have the rocking awesomeness that is google mail.

Anywho, I register my domains through baremetal.com. If you don't want to setup up google apps, baremetal provides a rudimentary email system that is valid as long as the domain is registered.

 

[buhay6]

I heard of dsm.org awhile back but since I already have 3 email accounts I didn't want to make a new one. They change it up and I'll be in for sure.

 

[slick122]

I've been on DSM canada for a few years now and its totally worth the hassle of getting a paid email address. I just registered a godaddy account for cheap and used the email address from that.

If only we could merge somehow....maybe our meets would be bigger?