Black listed and clueless

[Geoduck2]

Today while looking around, I clicked on a BBO HBG (Happy Bridge Group) tournament and was surprised to see that my nick had been blacklisted from playing in the tournament. I don't have a clue why I would be blacklisted. I think I tried to sign up on their website once only to give up when I discovered I needed an email client to join. (I only use gmail) Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

[babalu1997]

Today while looking around, I clicked on a BBO HBG (Happy Bridge Group) tournament and was surprised to see that my nick had been blacklisted from playing in the tournament. I don't have a clue why I would be blacklisted. I think I tried to sign up on their website once only to give up when I discovered I needed an email client to join. (I only use gmail) Can anyone shed any light on this for me?

 

that is a private group

 

they admit or not at will

 

but you can always ask a group td for an email address where you can appeal to the group owner

 

tho you will likely find the time and/or trouble are not worth it

 

i just go find other places to play

 

i recall a partner of mine who sparred witha group of tds. there must have been 20 emails, my partner wanted solidarity, i stopped reading or caring after the 3rd email

[Geoduck2]

Ok and thank you for the response. I will take your advice and just forget the whole thing but I am still confused by this!

[barmar]

I've never heard of any organization with a requirement like that. I think maybe you misunderstand. How can they tell whether you use an email client? As long as you have an email address you should be able to sign up and respond to the verification email.

[the hog]

I've never heard of any organization with a requirement like that. I think maybe you misunderstand. How can they tell whether you use an email client? As long as you have an email address you should be able to sign up and respond to the verification email.

Easily Barmar. All they need to do is to look where the accepting email came from. You could even check the headers if you were so inclined.

[TylerE]

Email is email. Web mail IS a mail client.

[barmar]

You can use a mail client to access gmail.

 

I still can't imagine why a bridge club (or anyone else) would care how you read your email. And it seems like this requirement unfairly blocks a huge segment of potential members. I wouldn't be surprised if 50% of Internet users these days use webmail to read their email. If you use Hotmail or Yahoo Mail, you have to pay extra to access them with a mail client. Many people use their ISP's webmail interface so that they can manage their email from multiple computers.