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Hi all, You may have noticed (or may not) that the forum was hacked overnight. I urge you all to change your passwords. I will be doing the same...
Hi forum, I know I've been very quiet lately, and I'm glad you are all enjoying yourselves here (thanks to those who have kept it ticking along,...
Hi all, We've had a serious spam attack over the last four or so days with round 250+ new registrants to the forum. Sadly, these are not all...
Hello all, I'll be out of the office on annual leave from the 19th of July until the 30th of July so won't be able to moderate users in this time....
Dear All - Following a genuinely accidental sys-admin blunder on my part, the database that runs the forum was deleted round about 11 a.m. this...
Dearest Forum Members - On the grounds that Rac hasn't been seen around here for a while (Rac? If you're reading, hope all is okay...) and Ed...
Looks like the updates are holiding and the recent spam-storm issues have been resolved (touch wood) so its business as usual again. Please...
Howdo Folks - My sincere apologies, but I've had to close the forum to new members for the time being. There has been an explosion of spam-bot...
Hi, My "new posts since last visit" seems to have gone all to cock, is it just me? Also can we have a - problems with the forum section of the...
Just a quick note to say that I'll be away from my desk from August 9th - August 13th 2010. Apologies if this means that sign-up moderation takes...
Howdo folks - I'll be upgrading the forum software in the next couple of days. As I understand things, the latest upgrade is actually a move to a...
Very sorry folks, but we've been having a spot of bother with a few new, pre-moderated accounts sending spam PMs to regular members of the forum, ...
I got the following message toady at my email address: Dear, BeckyH;yoursingularity;Luseferous;ferall;Adamus! A virus alert was noticed on your...
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