We have been having a problem with robospam registrations (i.e. spambots automatically registering using bogus or captured email addresses). I was initially pleased to see so many new members but quickly realized that folks like
buyviagra@gmail.com probably weren't going to be contributing a lot to the forum.
We now routinely get a hundred or so bogus registrations a week. The bots seem to have figured out the mechanism where one is asked to enter a random set of letters but they seldom seem to respond to the email sent to activate registration. So what I am doing is deleting any inactive registrations older than a couple of days.
Obviously I don't want to reject anyone who legitimately wants to use the forum... So, if you want to join, please look for and respond to the activation email as soon as you get it (should be within minutes of your initial registration).
I apologize if I have inadvertently rejected any legit folks.
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