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Frequently Asked Questions
Why can't I post messages? Some common reasons for not being able to post messages include: You are not registered . In order to post messages on Lottery Post you are required to register . You have not confirmed your e-mail address . After you register, we send you an e-mail that contains a special link that you must click. This is our assurance that you have registered a valid e-mail address. If you change your e-mail address in the future, you will be again required to click the link
Sep 27, 2002, 10:21 am - Todd - Help

Understanding Log In / Log Off
Lottery Post uses several advanced security measures to ensure that your private information and access to your Lottery Post account remains confidential and secure. Like most membership-type web sites, Lottery Post requires the use of a Username and Password to identify yourself to the system, and gain access to your account. When you are logged in, that means the system recognizes you, and your Web browser will continue to provide access to your membership account, and all the features
Aug 5, 2007, 10:52 am - Todd - Help

Posting an image in a forum message, Blog entry, or for your avatar
One of the most common things that people want to do when posting to the forums or their Blog is to post images. Lottery Post uses a very powerful rich-text editor that looks and feels like a powerful word processor, so when it comes to adding pictures, people naturally try to do so using the same methods that they use in their word processing software. For example, sometimes people find a picture on a web site and click copy , then go into the Lottery Post editor and click paste . Or, m
Mar 31, 2006, 10:21 pm - Todd - Help

Leaving Lottery Post for a Long Time (or Permanently)
We are sometimes asked about closing an account when someone is not planning on returning to Lottery Post for a long time, or ever. There is a procedure to follow, but first a few words about your Lottery Post account. Lottery Post contains a historical record of topics and discussions over the course of many years. During that time, some people have signed up and will continue to be active members for as long as their lottery intrigue is maintained, while other people have come and gon
Apr 6, 2007, 8:13 pm - Todd - Help

Logging in and logging off
Log In Logging in is a way for the Lottery Post Web site to authenticate your member credentials (your Username and Password). After Lottery Post verifies that you have entered the correct Password corresponding to your Username, it allows you to post messages to the forums and provdes access to all the other Web site features that your membership should have access to. If you see Welcome Guest at the top-left of the page, that means you are not logged in. Click the Log In link that appea
Sep 27, 2002, 8:32 am - Todd - Help

Clearing Your Cache May Fix Page Problems
Clearing your cache to try and fix page errors Every time you visit a Web page, your browser saves the contents of the page, as well as all the images and other files that are necessary to make it work. Then, when you re-visit the same page, it uses the saved files for that page, because it's quicker than having to download them again. That's why the second time you visit a Web page is almost always quicker than the first time you visit it. The storage place where everything is save
Jan 7, 2005, 10:59 pm - Todd - Help

Getting Error Popup Window
This help topic deals with error popup windows on the Lottery Post web site. There are many types of error popups, some generated by Lottery Post, and some generated by your web browser. We will show you common error windows generated by Lottery Post, but because of the number of possible browser and operating system combinations, it would be difficult to show all the possible browser-generated popups. See your browser documentation (or Google) for those. Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerP
Jul 18, 2007, 11:11 am - Todd - Help

Cookies and cookie usage
In order to post messages and use Lottery Post features, cookies must be enabled on your Internet browser. The use of cookies helps us to bring you easy-to-use yet powerful features. Our use of cookies is harmless to you and your computer, and we do not use cookies for any purpose other than enabling Lottery Post features. What are Cookies? You may have heard horror stories about cookies stories that would lead you to believe that allowing cookies on your computer invades your priva
Sep 27, 2002, 7:22 am - Todd - Help

Recovering lost or forgotten passwords
Security is an important feature on Lottery Post, and to that end, we do not respond to e-mails requesting passwords. In fact, Lottery Post does not even have access to your password, even if we wanted to send it to you. When you create your password at Lottery Post, our system does not store the actual password in our system. Instead, it performs a complex calculation on the password text, and stores the result of that calculation in our database. The reason it does that is in the very slim
Sep 27, 2002, 8:37 am - Todd - Help

Registration with Lottery Post
To be able to use all of the available features on Lottery Post, you are required to register for a membership. Registration is free and only takes a moment to complete. During registration, you are required to supply a valid e-mail address. This is important because if you do not supply a valid e-mail address, you will not receive our confirmation, your account will remain in Guest mode, and you will not be able to post messages. Once you are registered and logged in, you will have access
Sep 27, 2002, 8:47 am - Todd - Help