If you were supposed to get an email from the forum but didn't (e.g. to verify your account for registration), email Wes at stararmy@gmail.com or talk to me on Discord for help. Sometimes the server hits our limit of emails we can send per hour.
I gave up on re-uploading Hoshi, but normally this is Hoshi as seen in my avatar. Whenever things get hot and my laptop shuts itself off, I lose my background and it goes to the current OS background... I always prefer Hoshi to this.