Forum Issues and User Purge

[AMA_DirtTwister_Admin]

The forum has been moved to a new server because of a registration e-mail problem.  Most forums have a problem with the activation and password reminder e-mails being trapped by spam filters, so they show up in your spam folder.  This forum was previously hosted on GoDaddy which forces you to use their SMTP server and they then implemented a filter which didn't allow sending of those e-mails.  After 3.5 hours of multiple support calls I gave up.

The only solution was to move to a different server.  I then took the time to delete a bunch of users.  There are a lot of spam users so I used the criteria if you registered prior to 06/01/2010 and had posted only 1 time then the user was deleted.  If you registered prior to 11/15/2010 and never posted then you were deleted. 

If you registered prior to 1/23/2011 and didn't get an activation e-mail then I activated you manually.

If you registered 1/23/2011 to 1/25/2011 and didn't get an activation e-mail then I sent a reminder e-mail.

If you have registered and can't get in or if you can't register please let me know bruceatk @ gmail.com

Sorry for all the trouble,
Bruce

[DirtTwister]

I have had to disable automated registrations.  If you want to register and get your account out of mounds of spam account requests then please register and then e-mail me by using the envelop icon on the left.

If you have registered and haven't been able to get in then please contact me.

Bruce (DirtTwister)

[DirtTwister]

I have turned registration back on.  I'll see how it goes and decide what to do in a couple of weeks.