SPAM - New members MUST read before joining

[Phil Blinkhorn]

NEW MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE:

Whilst we welcome new members and actively encourage browsing, due to continued spamming of these Forums and a new tactic of the spammers placing "sleeper" memberships which activate spam after a period of time, all intending members must now complete the joining process AND send a message to the Forum as soon as they have joined. This must be of at least two sentences in English one of which MUST include the date. This could be as simple as "Hi, I'm xxx and I'm pleased to have joined. Today is June 6th 2008".

Any new members not adhering to this will, unfortunately, have their address permanently banned.

Your message will not appear in the Forum public listing but, once checked, will be deleted in the moderation suite.

Sorry for any inconvenience but we have to legislate for morons with nothing better to do than spoil the enjoyment of others.