Quote from: Pmalek on Today at 07:40:46 AM

If I know I am going to be away from home for some time, but I will need to access Bitcointalk from public WIFIs or internet cafes to get in touch with my business acquaintances regularly, why couldn't I merit myself to get to Jr. Member, make a few posts, and get rid of the PM restrictions associated with newbie accounts?

You shouldn't do that, it's frowned upon big time. Even though most people won't hold it against you, you shouldn't give the remaining users an excuse to blame you either.

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Buying the copper membership doesn't affect PM limits if I remember it correctly.

Copper Membership includes whitelisting, which solves your problem:

Quote from: theymos on December 06, 2017, 07:35:30 PM

Activity	Max recipients	Max recipients if whitelisted	Max PMs per hour	Max PMs per hour if whitelisted	Max PMs per day	Max PMs per day if whitelisted
0	2	10	1	40	2	120
15	3	10	10	40	15	120

Or just vouch for your alt-account in Remove Proxyban (evil fees), I'd say this qualifies as knowing yourself personally:

Quote from: LoyceV on July 20, 2021, 03:59:04 PM

If an established member knows you personally, they can post your username in this topic for whitelisting.

Quote from: Pmalek on Today at 07:40:46 AM

- The second account would be clearly marked as an alt account.
- The sole purpose of that 1 merit is to remove PM restrictions.
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- Maybe I am unsuccessful in acquiring a merit or two in the "normal way" while posting with the alt account to get the needed activity points for Jr. Member.

Get someone else to Merit your alt, that's what happened to Maggiordomo when Piggy didn't want to Merit his own alt-account to lift PM-restrictions.

Quote from: Pmalek on Today at 08:32:35 AM

Quote from: jackg on Today at 08:04:01 AM

I think Theymos might remove the pm restrictions on your newbie account if you sent him a message and asked too...

This is the first time I hear that he can do that? Are there are any documented cases where he has done that that you know about?

The proxyban message says you'll be banned if you email for free whitelisting. I wouldn't bother theymos for this:

Quote from: isaac_clarke22 on Today at 08:57:02 AM

Quote from: theymos on December 06, 2017, 07:35:30 PM

Do not ask me for free whitelisting.