New Members

Hey Brett, over 700 registered members......looking good! Just a few months ago it was about 275. Looks like things are taking off. :thumb

To all the new registered members, welcome aboard.
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AGCHAWK
Brett,

Although it's great that the member's list is growing rapidly, I noticed that a LOT of the new members are not "members" but someone, or some computer program, logging onto the site and "posing" as members. If you click on thier "name" you'll notice that it will give you a URL to some advertisement or shopping website. I counted at least 25 for some watch company, a couple for an offshore gambling site, and there are a number of pornographic sites also. ESPECIALLY over the last 3 or 4 days.
I am by no means a computer expert so I have no idea how to keep that from happening unless you make it a requirement to give an address, phone number, or something else that will keep these idiots from using this site for thier own means. I know that a lot of us are rather private individuals though and giving that much private information may be too much.

Hawk
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AGCHAWK
My mistake. After looking at the memberlist I see that this has been going on for at least the last couple months (I stopped clicking on the names and counting the bogus "members" after a while).
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BOHNTR
Spot on Hawk......Brett, you may want to ban those IP addresses.
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MuleyMadness
Thanks guys,

Yep I've got some work to do, this is unfortunately the part I really dislike about the site and interenet. Tons of "bots" spamming the forums and I get to go in and ban them one name at a time and then figure out a way to "perma" ban hopefully future idiots.

thanks to all the legit guys/gals out there. :thumb
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AGCHAWK
No problem Brett.

Oh, and thanks to you too. I can't wait to tell my wife that I am a "legit guy" now! She's gonna be SO PROUD of me!...LOL
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MuleyMadness
Just deleted a whole truck load or all of those bogus members.

Now to figure out how to forever BAN them, that's a different story and a little tougher than one might imagine.
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I just had to re-register !!! I think you deleted me. My address indicates a company because I work there and check this site from there. nono
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BOHNTR
Welcome aboard!
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AGCHAWK
Welcome brdnspr! Don't take that little mix up and a sign that we don't want ya here...LOL MuleyMadness is just tryin' to clean up the member's list.
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MuleyMadness
brdnspr

My bad if I deleted you, didn't try to. I manually looked at all of them, guess I messed up. Forgive me. oops
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