+two bison Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Is anyone else having trouble getting validation codes? I just went caching with a grandson and then set up his account. The validation code has not arrived although it says that it has been sent. How long should I expect this to take? I'm using gmail and do not usually have any trouble getting geocaching mail. Link to comment
+two bison Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Now my account is not validated and I can't get a validation code. What is going on here? Link to comment
+two bison Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Now I get a validation code, try it and they say it's not the latest one so it doesn't work. Can somebody out there please help? Is there a moderator monitoring this that can send me an answer? Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Validate My Account Now my account is not validated and I can't get a validation code. What is going on here? Is this where you went to get a Validation Code? Validate My Account Link to comment
+two bison Posted February 1, 2009 Author Share Posted February 1, 2009 Validate My Account Now my account is not validated and I can't get a validation code. What is going on here? Is this where you went to get a Validation Code? Validate My Account Yep. However the validation code they sent didn't work because they said that it wasn't the "latest" one but they never sent one after that one. Link to comment
+trainlove Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 If you waited and waited for your email account to get the validation code sent, and were impatient and clicked the validate button again, then be patient and WAIT for the latest most recent email to come. Then validate. If you are in too much of a hurry then you will be using invalid validation codes. Link to comment
+Gob-ler Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I do think there was a hiccup in the system earlier. I updated to a new email and tried to get my validation code last night and it never came. Tried it again this morning and it came right through with no problem. Link to comment
+Kayak Kouple Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Now I get a validation code, try it and they say it's not the latest one so it doesn't work. Can somebody out there please help? Is there a moderator monitoring this that can send me an answer? I know how you feel ....I am going thru the same thing....Geocaching.com is all screwed up this w/e ....I just wish we could get some kind of confirmation from the web site Link to comment
+Kayak Kouple Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 If you waited and waited for your email account to get the validation code sent, and were impatient and clicked the validate button again, then be patient and WAIT for the latest most recent email to come. Then validate. If you are in too much of a hurry then you will be using invalid validation codes. Well I do wait & when I enter the code they send it still says invalide.....I opened an e-mail this morning from yesterday (I think thats waiting long enough) & when I tried that code it wasn't any good ....so I clicked send a validation email. I got home around 9 hrs later & I still havent gotten an e-mail .....what do I do Link to comment
Elias Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Well I do wait & when I enter the code they send it still says invalide.....I opened an e-mail this morning from yesterday (I think thats waiting long enough) & when I tried that code it wasn't any good ....so I clicked send a validation email. I got home around 9 hrs later & I still havent gotten an e-mail .....what do I do You mail provider is rejecting our email to you. I'll send you a PM with the log entries so you can follow up with them. Elias Link to comment
+Kayak Kouple Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Well I do wait & when I enter the code they send it still says invalide.....I opened an e-mail this morning from yesterday (I think thats waiting long enough) & when I tried that code it wasn't any good ....so I clicked send a validation email. I got home around 9 hrs later & I still havent gotten an e-mail .....what do I do You mail provider is rejecting our email to you. I'll send you a PM with the log entries so you can follow up with them. Elias Thank you ...I had a validation e-mail sent to my MSN account & I got it right away & have set up my account....but I will not have this e-mail account for much longer ....but now I have a new problem....As I have said I have been switched from Verizon to FairPoint....I have used Internet Explorer to view the cache pages but now when I open them up this is what I see for coords N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? ....I looked at the same cache page with MSN & everything is ok there....But like I said we will be losing MSN soon & I would like to clear up this mess .....Thanks for all your help Link to comment
+Kayak Kouple Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Looks like everything is working with the cache pages ...I can see the coords now .....still need the situation with e-mails fix Thanks again Link to comment
Elias Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Looks like everything is working with the cache pages ...I can see the coords now .....still need the situation with e-mails fix You'll have to contact FairPoint to ask them what's happening. They are rejecting email from us. Elias Link to comment
+J-Way Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Looks like everything is working with the cache pages ...I can see the coords now .....still need the situation with e-mails fix You'll have to contact FairPoint to ask them what's happening. They are rejecting email from us. Elias I had a similar problem with bellsouth (now AT&T) a while back. I suddenly stopped receiving all mail from GC.com. It wasn't being bounced back, just disappeared into the ether. I got a gmail address and haven't had single problem since. I've switched all my personal email to gmail. Link to comment
+two bison Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 If you waited and waited for your email account to get the validation code sent, and were impatient and clicked the validate button again, then be patient and WAIT for the latest most recent email to come. Then validate. If you are in too much of a hurry then you will be using invalid validation codes. Exactly what I did "wrong." I've never been a patient person and, at this age, I'll probably not change. Now that the e-mail problem has been solved, all is good. Link to comment
+hallycat Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Get Gmail like J-way says. You don't have to use it for everything if you don't want although I don't know why you wouldn't. ISP mail is so 90's. Link to comment
Elias Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I had a similar problem with bellsouth (now AT&T) a while back. I suddenly stopped receiving all mail from GC.com. It wasn't being bounced back, just disappeared into the ether. I got a gmail address and haven't had single problem since. I've switched all my personal email to gmail. Bellsouth is a constant problem for us. We send more email to Bellsouth than they're willing to receive, so some of that mail ends up getting deleted from our servers after a few days. Attempts to get them to stop heavily throttling us have been unsuccessful. Elias Link to comment
Recommended Posts