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Help! Can not access classifieds board, no permission?
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ETA: I've just looked at your account and it's showing that you've got access to the classies. Maybe go make a couple of posts elsewhere and have a look tomorrow see if that sorts it, other than that - as I say, hopefully a colleague more au-fait with how permissions work on the more recent setups we've gone over to since the change in ownership can explain...
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We have had a number of unused accounts being hacked and then used to scam the classifieds as a result we have removed classified access from accounts that haven't been used for 6 months or more and it resets, i,e, you are treated as a newcomer and must make a number of posts before getting access back.
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Hi Lindsay,
To save on spamming the help section, thought I'd keep it here... (May I suggest a sticky post regarding the topic, if it's a reoccurring post topic?)
I've since changed my PW and added 2FA. What were the other prerequisites to access classifieds again? It's been a while since popping my head in here, so I don't quite remember! Would be handy as I have a few things I'm needing to offer up to raise some pennies (Hopefully not for another lens...!)
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Hi,
This is a recurring topic but only about once a fortnight, and we don't want to advertise to the hackers that created the situation that it's actually fairly automated now.
Basically, if you are new, then you need to make at least 30 genuine contributions to forums - more than just adding simple comments about someone's pictures.
If you are an older member but haven't been on the site for 6 months or more, then the Classifieds are removed, so that if you've been hacked or someone takes over your account somehow, they can't pretend to be you and offer things for sale that don't exist. If you then come back on the site and make any genuine forum contributions, your access is automatically reinstated, but if you login and change password and email address but nothing more, you'll not have the Classies reinstated. Unless you start joining in. It's not very scientific but it's the best we can do to protect people.
But as I say, if we posted this very obviously, the spammers/hackers would find a way to bypass our controls.
This is a recurring topic but only about once a fortnight, and we don't want to advertise to the hackers that created the situation that it's actually fairly automated now.
Basically, if you are new, then you need to make at least 30 genuine contributions to forums - more than just adding simple comments about someone's pictures.
If you are an older member but haven't been on the site for 6 months or more, then the Classifieds are removed, so that if you've been hacked or someone takes over your account somehow, they can't pretend to be you and offer things for sale that don't exist. If you then come back on the site and make any genuine forum contributions, your access is automatically reinstated, but if you login and change password and email address but nothing more, you'll not have the Classies reinstated. Unless you start joining in. It's not very scientific but it's the best we can do to protect people.
But as I say, if we posted this very obviously, the spammers/hackers would find a way to bypass our controls.