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Matthew, the chessvariants.org site does not require logon. For some
functions, like verified comments or polls, we require that members enter
their user IDs and passwords, but this does not apply to the site in
general. What specifically were you unable to do?

I would like to try out that Game Courier thing but it seems to balk because I haven't logged in? Well, how do I log in? Shall I attempt once again to go over to the Game Courier section of the website? If a log is being kept of my comings and goings, I always arrive at the 'comments' section of the website first, and that is where the variables are probably initialized as they relate to me, and only then, later, try to navigate my way around the rest of the website, with the variables following me from where I first made contact with the website.

As you can imagine, with the incredibly slow screen-loading I suffer from, and the occasional bouts of keyboard lag that happen sometimes too, I find it difficult navigating my way from one part of the website to another. Having to click the Refresh icon of Internet Explorer is also problematical. (Anyway, all those kinds of problems, together, constitute impeccably good reason for people to avoid HTML in general; reliance upon graphical markup languages is a principal source of bandwidth bloat in today's modern world.)

Say, I would also like to be able to post a comment, and then see it immediately afterwards, rather than wait for an administrator to come along, inspect it and approve it, some 12 to 24 hours later.

I tried going there but it keeps saying:  'The email address you
specified
is already being used.'  My email address is, as you already ought to
know, [email protected].

As I said before, please don't employ an IP verification routine that
jumps to the conclusion that I'm using a webbrowser to get my email from
my Internet Service Provider.  I *always* disconnect and power down, and
then powerup, and - at least 6 or 7 minutes later - go to DOS where I can
boot up an ordinary DOS based term program which I can then use to go to
Pine (the name of my Internet Service Provider's mailreader).  There is
absolutely no webbrowsing involved in reading my email.  As in the olden
days, people did not plug a mouse into their computer to get their email.

That's the platform I prefer to get my email with.  It's easy, it's
simple, and it's fast.  That's where I am at.

If you'd like, I can post my password publicly here.  It's not
necessary
to do that, is it?  What good is my password if I have to tell everybody
what it is?  I just thought it would be more convenient to have an icon I
could click, and then login with.

That's why you should have an icon somewhere that says 'LOGIN' - so I
can click it, and tell it my password.

There is no need to log in. You are prompted for your user id and/or
password when they are required. Since you already have a user id and
password, I think you're all set.

We do not employ any 'IP verification'. Your user id and password are
prompted for each time you try to do something that requires verification
of your identity.

I hope this helps you to understand how our system works. If not, please
do ask more questions. Thanks.

Since I am using Pine to read my email, there is obviously no way of clicking on some kind of a website/URL thing and going somewhere, and turning a 'temporary password' into a permanent password. Lord knows I've tried.

Is there any way that you can just make my temporary password into my permanent password?

http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displayperson.php?personid=matthew_montchal

Okay, I think it works now.

I had to truncate my name by clipping a couple letters off of it.