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Lee · 10th December 2007, 01:53 PM

Welcome, Norman.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people whose idea of doing business on the internet is to spam forums like these with ads for dubious products and services. In order to prevent the membership from being exposed to this refuse, we have had to implement a policy of putting new member's posts into a moderation queue where such ads can be killed before they appear. The moderators are all unpaid volunteers without a duty schedule and sometimes it can be a while before waiting posts get reviewed and cleared. You have now been promoted to allow instant posting.

Sadly, things just seem to keep getting worse. Recently, someone used the PM function to spam their e-book to every member. In the past, we had allowed unconfirmed members to send PMs, as a long time lurker might wish to inquire about an item in the swap forum. The ability to send PMs is now limited to confirmed members.

But, if we did not have these pre-emptive measures in place, these forums and your PM box would be packed with offers for amazing pharmaceuticals of dubious origin and the like.

10th December 2007, 01:53 PM	#13
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 898	A few spoil it for the many Welcome, Norman. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people whose idea of doing business on the internet is to spam forums like these with ads for dubious products and services. In order to prevent the membership from being exposed to this refuse, we have had to implement a policy of putting new member's posts into a moderation queue where such ads can be killed before they appear. The moderators are all unpaid volunteers without a duty schedule and sometimes it can be a while before waiting posts get reviewed and cleared. You have now been promoted to allow instant posting. Sadly, things just seem to keep getting worse. Recently, someone used the PM function to spam their e-book to every member. In the past, we had allowed unconfirmed members to send PMs, as a long time lurker might wish to inquire about an item in the swap forum. The ability to send PMs is now limited to confirmed members. But, if we did not have these pre-emptive measures in place, these forums and your PM box would be packed with offers for amazing pharmaceuticals of dubious origin and the like.