A temporary change to the members list

[Steve Ashton]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In our endless battle against spammers and hackers I have been going through the entire member list of the forum. All 12,000+ of them. One at a time. The reason for this is because many spammers put their junk in their user profile but never attempt to actively post to the forum.

If you click on the members list under the community tab at the top of the forum you will see some changes.

I have temporarily activated the spammers to show on the list. (they show up in red.)
I have also created a new usergroup to allow me to keep track of those I have checked. This usergroup is called "Non-Active Members". It includes those who, while members in good standing, have never posted to the forum or not logged in for over a year.

Oh, and FYI, if you ever wondered what an "active member" is --- It is any member who has logged onto the forum and made at least one post within the last 90 days.

I ask for your patience in this. You can imagine the task of reviewing all 12k members. As soon as I have completed this sweep I will turn off the spammers again and return the member list to its original look. If you are curious about my progress you should be able to watch those with no posts to gradually change to either "Banned as a Spammer" or "Non-Active Member" as I work through the list.