First - welcome to AW!
Second - I'm getting reports from new members about receiving PM spam soon after you've registered, with a link to a different online writers forum.
We do not endorse or recommend the spam-linked forum, and the messages are absolutely not being sent with our agreement, cooperation, or permission. We keep banning the persistent sockpuppet spammers, but they sneak back in via proxies.
If you've received one of these messages, please just forward it to me and I'll joyfully punt the spammers.
Thank you!