[tlug] The Forums (Again)

  • From: tlug@xxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:14:13 -0500

Well, if you haven't noticed this already, the forums have been completely wiped out. We attempted to restore them from a back-up after we updated, but it didn't work, so I'm just going to start over from scratch. When I finish writing up the rules, there is something I would like everyone to know about before attempting to re-register an account once I put the forums back online.


I am going to have to ban gmail.com from the allowed emails list. Most of the spammers are registering with gmail email addresses, and this is one of the few things that I can do to save time besides going through and deleting every account one by one by myself. So I'd like to ask you that when you re-register an account at the forums (I apologize again for this inconvenience) that you use your latech.edu email address. Again, I'm really sorry about this, but for right now it's the only thing that I can do to keep the forums from filling up with Viagra advertisements and porn.

I had hoped that updating the forums would help solve the problem but apparently it didn't. This is the next step I'll have to take. I haven't even set the permissions to display the new forums yet, and there are 26 new users that have registered since the forums were wiped. Something isn't right here.

I may or may not keep the "Are you Human" profile field in place, but I'm not sure. I could use some feedback on this. In any case, I will work as hard as I can to get these forums back online and keep them free of spam.

Once again I'd like to reiterate that if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please email me at tlug@xxxxxxxxxxx

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