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• The maximum dimensions of the avatar you upload is 100 X 100 pixels; the maximum file size is 50KB.
• You can only upload a .gif, .jpg, or .png file.
• Members are not permitted to upload any material that constitutes a copyright or trademark infringement. Please do not use avatars unless you know that you are not violating those laws.

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Email Settings

• Change your forum email address.
• Control whether the forum administrator can send you email from a special administrator's email form.
• Control whether members can email you from the forum software.
• Ask the system to automatically subscribe to all the topics in which you post a message. (The system then sends you an email notification when someone replies to those topics).
• Enable Smart Notification for all the topics to which you have subscribed.
• Ask the system to send you an email notification when someone sends you a private message.

• Depending on your preferences, select or deselect any of the check boxes.
• To change your email address, enter the new one that you want to use from this point forward in the Email Address text box at the top of the form. Then, enter your password in the Your Existing Password text box at the bottom of the form.
• Click the Update button.

• Only members can email or send private messages from the forum.
• When members email you from the forum, they cannot see your email address; however, you can see their email address in the message that you receive from them.
• If you deselect the option for accepting email from others, your EMAIL button is hidden in your public profile and the member list.
• If you disable private messaging, the Notify me via email when someone sends me a private message check box remains in your Email Settings form; but if you select it, it has no effect.
• If you don't want to subscribe to all the topics in which you post a message, you can still subscribe to any of them individually.

Username & Password

1. If you are changing you screen name, all your previous private and topic messages reflect that change. Be advised that this might cause confusion among other forum members who have become acquainted with you. Out of courtesy for other members, you might want to avoid changing your avatar, screen name, and signature at the same time.
2. If you are changing your password, enter it a second time in the New Password Confirm text box.
3. In the Your Existing Password text box at the bottom of the form, enter your current password (i.e., the last one you used to log into the forum).
4. Click the Update button.

Edit Preferences

• Whether to accept private messages from other members.
• Whether to display members' avatars when you view the forum.
• Whether to display members' signatures when you view the forum.

• Depending on your preferences, select or deselect any of the check boxes.
• Click the Update button.

Localization Settings

• From the Select Time Zone drop-down list, select your time zone.
• If you are currently observing Daylight Saving Time, select the Daylight Saving Time check box.
• From the Time Formatting drop-down list, select your format (either United States or European).
• Leave the Select Language drop-down list as is; English is the only available language in the forum.
• Click the Update button.

View Subscriptions

• All the topics to which you have subscribed are listed. To visit any of the topics listed, click on the corresponding link in the Title column. The topic page is displayed in a separate browser window. To unsubscribe from a topic, select the corresponding check box in the Unsubscribe column, then click the Unsubscribe button.

• You can also unsubscribe by visiting the topic and clicking the Un-subscribe from this thread link in the upper-right corner of the topic's title bar.
• When you first register for membership, a default preference is selected in your email settings that automatically subscribes to every topic in which you post messages. You can deselect that option if you post often and don't want that much email.

Manage Ignore List

1. Click the Add Member button. A small window is displayed over the form.
2. Enter the screen name of the member whose topic messages you want to ignore and click OK. The member is added to the list. The next time you visit the member's topic message posts, they will be hidden. Tip: When you ignore someone, you can view any of her individual topic messages by clicking the View/Hide link in the upper-right corner of her hidden post.

1. Select the check box across from the screen name of the person whose topic messages you want to view again.
2. Click the Delete button. The name is removed from the list. The next time you visit the member's topic message posts, they will no longer be hidden.

Private Messages

• You can communicate with individual members without receiving extra email.
• You don't have to navigate away from the forum and open your email software or webmail site to communicate privately with other members.

Notepad

1. Enter, delete, or change text.
2. Click the Update button.