How about giving members the option to be logged in when arriving from email?

The email uses SSL so you just need to talk to Verisign and get a certificate since vBulletin will workwell with SSL.

When I come here from email I get the standard non member non logged in view with all the bells and whistles in view that I have no interest in especially all signatures that make a 5 post run fifteen feet long then I got scroll to the top, log in, then the page defaults to the home page (it should at least stay on the same page after logging in), close that, come back from email to get back.

Big hassle.