New Members
Be sure you do the Following:
Read & Sign Dog's Rules
Read All the IGA's
Lastly but Most Important.....
?Go to member tools and click on
?Check your E-mail Settings and you get what's Below!
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When the page opens, there is a little box underneath your e-mail address next to "Allow other group members to see my e-mail address". make sure that box is unchecked. Then click the Save Changes button at the bottom.
Reasons why we ask this of all NEW Members:?
1. If you're exposed your passport & e-mail address, a hacker is halfway to getting into your account. Once they have your account they have access to all your groups.
2. Having your e-mail address exposed allows your account to be spoofed. (allows someone to make posts in your username by e-mail without having to get into your account). Being spoofed can result in you being banned to stop the posts. (Also keep in mind it does not matter if you have a fake e-mail address showing, that fake e-mail address can be used to spoof your account).
3. Having your e-mail address exposed subjects you to spammers who go into groups and harvest e-mail addresses. We just recently banned someone who was spamming our members.
4. Commercial "spiders" can pick up your e-mail address and use it, or sell it to other companies, for purposes of spamming.
If you must have an e-mail address so people can contact you, hide your e-mail address and get a separate one for contact and list it in your profile under "about me" or somewhere.
We want this group to stay around please Respect this One Important Thing we Require!
