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Car sharing facility for the EEDA Ideas Talk 'Playing to Win'
Tattersalls, Newmarket, 4 March 2008.
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I registered but cannot log in!
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I registered in the past but cannot log in anymore!
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When I click the email link for a user it asks me to log in.
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How do I post a topic in a forum?
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I cannot send private messages!
You are not registered and/or not logged on.
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I have received a spamming or abusive email from someone on this board!
We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should email [email protected] with a full copy of the email(s) you received.
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