When new people join, they start with a minimal set of capabilities, but simply by reading and contributing they gain more quickly. See this post about “trust levels” in Discourse, including how they are achieved and what powers are granted.
OK, so Matt. My first attempt to post a new topic here from email just got bounced because I don’t have a sufficient “trust level”.
I just updated the settings. You should be able to post a new topic via email now.
It doesn’t work… @cogmission is a troll and is here…
Just kidding… 
(although these jokes make me a troll too? 
)
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Hey, I resemble that remark! 
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Relax, man. “In Rob We Trust”
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david-ragazzi wrote:
robf wrote:
OK, so Matt. My first attempt to post a new topic here from email just got
bounced because I don’t have a sufficient “trust level”.
Relax, man. “In Rob We Trust”
I hope I’m more trustworthy than a dollar bill.
Though I’m not gold backed either.
Seriously though. I hope Matt can make it as easy as possible for new
members to post. I don’t know what filters there were in NuPIC-theory, but
spam was rarely a problem, and the community should be in grow-grow mode.
-Rob
I’m working out some issues, but that is my goal. Any users should (at this point) be able to email discourse-new-topic@numenta.org and have a new uncategorized topic show up. Remember that different address will show topics in different categories: