Error 401 Authorization Required

You don't have permission to access this URL

For those accessing these pages from outside dma.org

Some pages can only be viewed from within the dma.org network. This is so that outside people don't get confused by information that really only makes sense to dmapub Internet Service subscribers. If that is the case, you should have been prompted for a login name (your five-digit DMA® membership number - e.g. 01234) and password (your correctly capitalized last name) to access the "DMA(R) FAQs" section, or certain other DMA(R) content. Your membership number is above your name on the mailing label of each issue of The DataBus, formatted as 01234 02 2005, where the 1st group of digits is your membership number and the 2nd & 3rd groups of digits represent the month and year of your membership expiration date. This information is also on your membership card.

This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.

The three most common reasons people have trouble accessing our protected pages are:

1. Using the incorrect login name and / or password. Did you use your five digit membership number for your login name?
2. Quoting either login name or password, as in "01234" or '01234'. However, if your last name includes an appostrophe, such as O'Reilly, be sure to include it.
3. Using the numeric keypad to enter numbers when NumLock is turned off. The numbers across the top of the keyboard always work.

Another possibility is that you accessed the page previously and clicked the "Remember my password" option at that time and your password has changed since then due to renewing your membership. If that were the case, the initial attempt to access the page would fail and you would get a login prompt with the login name already filled in.

Return and try again.

For those accessing these pages via a dmapub.dma.org Internet account

This error is mostly likely due to your web browser having mis-configured proxy settings. You should ensure that "No Proxy" is selected for the dma.org domain.

Netscape users should use the "automatic proxy url", which correctly configures "No Proxy" for dma.org., or should put "dma.org" in the "No Proxy" box in the proxy configuration area.

Microsoft Internet Explorer users should add "*.dma.org" to the exceptions box in their proxy settings.

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Contact DMA® webmaster or DMA® membership chair for assistance.