Just to clean this up and document for future users, this was an IO error (idiot operator)
The answer is already documented in: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Preventing_access_to_all_pa ges_for_non-validated_users
It requires a hack to the title.php file
Jack D. Pond CIO, Montgomery County, PA
"Partnerships are the basis for success." -- Neal Prescot Washington
I've locked down a wiki to allow only logged in users for almost all
functions, but would like to allow a new user to self register (subject to
"approved" status via email as facilitated by the Rob Church (THANKS!)
extension NewUserNotif. The user can go in and create a new user login, but when >they go to confirm the email address, the following error is shown: