29-12-2016, 05:36 PM
vk2ezt Wrote:Applying this limitation will possibly, most likely reduce the audience of the forum.
Too true HOWEVER there is a way around it: Use the "Contact Us" link at the centre of the bottom each page on this website to request approval of a specific email address regardless of domain name (eg gmail.com, yahoo.com etc....) to allow user registration.
That request provides the email address to be manually added to the list of emails approved for forum registration. The email account is checked several times a day so the delay in approval is typically less than 6 hours (daytimes, overnight about 12-15 hours). Any doubt I have as to the actual location of the requester can be resolved by the IP address whois lookup from the webserver-captured IP address. If it doesn't correlate then it won't be manually approved e.g. using a VPN won't help get your address approved. Only enquiries incorporating a callsign are even checked.
What this does is it maintains a stricter control on who can access the forum to post, between the signup questions relating particularly to AR plus the email addresses that are acceptable. We have already had the situation where someone in the Ukraine signed up and advertised little blue pills and, quite candidly, I would prefer lower numbers of users than that sort of rubbish happening.
You don't need to be registered to read the forum topics, only to post to it, so it only affects those who wish to place comments.
Doug VK4ADC, Admin