> While I'm mailing.. any chance of getting Dan to upgrade the Forum Perl
> script to check a username has already been allocated ? Im sure most of you
> have seen the blatently racist, baited messages some idiot posted under the
> name OCB. It would just be nice to stop any repitition.
Warning: off-topic post follows:
If it's of any interest to anyone, I took the DForum code and modified
it to allow the administrator block IP addresses. If someone's being
bad you can lock them out. I also added a user-registration feature,
that requires users to register with the standard name, password and
valid e-mail address before they can use the forum.
I doubt that Dan would implement it, though.
I prefer forums and lists such as this one, because they tend to keep
the riffraff out. Every BBS I've seen that doesn't require registration
inevitably turns into a flame-war battleground. Knowing that they can
be traced/blocked usually keeps trolls away.
I too am tired of the crap that goes on at Dan's forum, but I've come to
accept it.
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