Unsure if bumping this is rude (it's been a while since I've used a webforum), but I wanted to say I ran into this same issue trying to sign up the last few days. I was using a gmail address and couldn't get the activation email to show up at all. I checked my spam folder multiple times, tried the resend function, and nothing ever showed up.
I ended up using my work email for now and it showed up no problem. As a further heads up, when I tried to change my account to use my gmail account (which is what I want this to be associated with) after finally getting in, it then wanted me to activate the account again and once again i could never get an activation email to come through, so I'm back to using this with my work email.
Anyway, glad to be in. I joined to follow along the V.EA 2nd gen IC thread, which I am very excited about!