Account registration system is a joke

[fleycds]

Dear HE,

1) I have an old account which I'm trying to restore. Hitting the Forgot Password button is reporting a success sending a recovery email to my mail account. I haven't seen any email so far (gmail.com)
The account seems to exist because the registration form reports that the account name is already taken.
2) I can't register a new account. I'm getting "Invalid registration data". That's not very helpful in determining where the error is in so many required fields.
3) Outlook.com addresses aren't allowed. What year is it?

KR