There's a blip in the default settings for new users (I can't understand what makes it difficult to fix), preventing users who registered after the great forum crash of 2006 (that's you, but not your fault).
Just send a polite email to Alan at helpdesk as dh2k3 says, but I think the queue is steadily growing so expect a fix to take a few days.
BidMod.
PS: Dave - you need to be logged on to post at all.