A BSCW server may -- or may not -- allow self-registration by prospective users. If a server has not been configured for self-registration, then only the BSCW administrator can register new users.

The following description of the registration process assumes that your BSCW server does allow self-registration.

The key to your registration is your personal email address. A BSCW server will typically get it

• from you by means of the registration form at http://bscw.gmd.de/pub/english.cgi?op=rmail -- or
• from somebody who is already a registered user and who invites you to cooperate with her or him in a shared workspace (more in section 4.1 and section 4.4).

When the registration procedure is initiated by providing your email address, BSCW sends an email to that specified address. This email contains a special URL which you have to open in your Web browser.

Opening this URL (which can be used only once!) brings up a form to fill in your user name and your initial password.

Note:

Before you enter a user name and a password, you should read our recommendations regarding user names and passwords in section 2.1.2 and section 2.1.3.

When you submit the form, BSCW combines the information in the form with the email address, registers a user with your user name and is ready for your first log-in using this user name and the password you have specified.