Anon wrote: &lt;what they could do, is prevent anyone from registering with a hotmail or yahoo account&gt;<BR>I registered with my hotmail address, that one is just as valid and real as the e-mail address that I have through my ISP and which I use for personal correspondence.<BR>I use my hotmail address for online shopping and for forums such as this one.

Because if you don't register, eventually you won't be able to post clever questions like that.

I registered right away and just got notice of my gift -- two first class tickets to Rome and a week at a villa in Tuscany.<BR><BR>(Just kidding, folks). But without our addresses what can they send us?

Hm... they might have kept the addresses, when sending out the Fodors pins...<BR><BR>

They EMAIL you at the address you used for registration -- I received my giftie yesterday for having been a beta tester. I won't spill though -- t'would spoil the fun

We weren't supposed to mention that we were beta testers, you know.<BR>

My Yahoo addresses ARE my &quot;real&quot; e-mail addresses. The e-mail that comes with my ISP is unreliable and vulnerable to viruses and I never use it.

&lt;&lt;Trolls will just make up different screen names with invalid e-mail addresses attached to them.&gt;&gt;<BR><BR>&quot;Abusive posting will surely result in Fodors invalidating that person's registration.&quot;<BR><BR>How was that abusive? It is just an opinion. Someone's a bit sensitive.<BR>

So disappointed - I can't register with the screen name I use because it has already been taken. Darn it - I'll need a new name.

flint, not Flynn<BR>In like flint.<BR>

Just registered. No gift...

o no, it's &quot;in like Flynn&quot; - coined about the actor Errol Flynn after he committed stautory rape. Brush up on your history!

Well, now I'll change from being an anonymous helper, to an anonymous lurker. I don't like to register and will likely stop providing what (sometimes) was decent advice. When the other board I followed changed to registration, it dramatically decreased participation. I don't know if this means the end to Fodors, but it is the end of Fodors as we know it. I suspect the board will become less entertaining and more serious which, for some, is good. I, for one, will miss the trolls.....

Belinda,<BR><BR>The things that I have posted here are things that I have said to family and friends about travel. They have never insulted me. I know that I am not the only one that has been needlessly insulted here. <BR>

Ok, are we on the same page? I looked everywhere, and I don't see any registration page. I'm still able to post, so what are you people talking about?

Is that All you got Patrick? Gosh, my prize was even better yours (can't tell it now). They even threw in a tricket for my husband.

Gee, I'm going to try to get my wife to register, if the husband gets a &quot;tricket&quot;!<BR>

I thought &quot;In like Flynn&quot; referred toi the way Errol would make an entrance -- kind of the way Kramer did on Seinfeld.

Registration at last! Happy, happy days...<BR>From this day forth I shall be known as Lucy_in_Oz.<BR>Alas, no prize for me!!

Registration done.