new test user success, but on Gmail I had to go into my spam folder to find the authentication email... crap. HAs to do with Godaddy running an SMTP server on a different domain than the sending email domain. Not sure how big of a deal that is, but my previous test, sent to my work account on MS Exchange never even made it to my spam folder, probably got axed on the mail system.
This sounds like more trouble than it's worth. I think for now, we'll just let people register and get immediate access. If problems get too frequent. we can always change it.