i reply to email and says no validation code found

i received an email from
"Open Directory Application <apply@dmoz.org>"
stating that
"To complete your application process, please reply to this message. This will confirm that we have your correct email address. Do not change the Subject: line -- it contains your registration key.
and when i hit reply it comes back to me saying that
"Re: opendir - 74c279736596977ed4a253edb33b5925



Your Open Directory editor application could not be confirmed.
The error received was:

Can't find your authentication ticket"

any idea why it is doing that....Your help would be greatly appreciated

I just tried to write an application and it got through. So the system itself seems to work.

any idea why it is giving me that error code. Is it because i replied late to them

can i get help...please

Re: i reply to email and says no validation code f

The ODP site has been down for a couple of days due to a hardware failure, as explained in other threads here.

When it comes back on, people will have a lot of things to do, including verifying that whatever they did just before the problem occured is still intact or needs to be done again.

Be patient for a few days, and someone will look into it; when they are able to.

Re: i reply to email and says no validation code f

CAN I GET AN ANSWER NOW <img src="/images/icons/confused.gif" alt="" />

Re: i reply to email and says no validation code f

Try submitting a new application and see what happens.

Re: i reply to email and says no validation code f

ok i will do that... and will come hear again for the status <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />
i know i will get an answer as DMOZ is filed with helpful people like you all.
Thanks again. I appreciate your help