> i seem to be unable to find a clear explanation of how to enable self-
registration in the docs.
> 
> just to be sure i grepped the doc directory, but the two references to it 
were in the changelog and the faq.
> 
> it could be just me but i'm not reading between the lines or connecting the 
various places in the docs to get it going :/

Sorry, I haven't fully documented it yet, will do on Monday next week. For 
now, see the configuration file for this forum which is attached.