Newbie jail rules?

[notminingatall]

Poking around the forum, I've seen a few different ideas about the requirements before you can PM. Can someone clarify definitively? And are replies the same as posts? Or do I have to post some lame question just to get out of newbie jail?

These rules seem a little user-hostile...

[utarinues]

Poking around the forum, I've seen a few different ideas about the requirements before you can PM.

Post count 1+ and 4 hours since your 1st post

And are replies the same as posts?

Yes.

[mearylll]

Poking around the forum, I've seen a few different ideas about the requirements before you can PM. Can someone clarify definitively? And are replies the same as posts? Or do I have to post some lame question just to get out of newbie jail?

These rules seem a little user-hostile...

NEWBIE README :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0

Newbie Restrictions
You can only post in the Newbie and Local sub-forums till you have made one post and waited 4 hours. This post must be substantial: at least several sentences. The other two restrictions are you need 1 post to be able to send a PM and 10 posts to put a link in your sig.

So one post for PMs