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On Sat, 15 Nov 2014, Mike. wrote:

>
> On 11/15/2014 at 10:28 AM Jeffrey Needle wrote:
>
> |Hi.  I've signed up for the freebsd forums, confirmed my e-mail
> address,
> |and everything seems fine.  Except, I have no idea how to post a new
> |thread.  There's no button, no prompt at all that lets me do this.
> Can
> |someone please direct me how to get this done?  I hope this is the
> right
> |place to ask this.  Thanks.
> =============
>
> You have to be in a part of the forum that allows posting by mere
> mortals.
>
> For example, go to the General forum in the Base System section.
>
> You should see a Post New Thread button on the right near the top.

There is a delay before new users are authorized to post.