Membership Changes

[Ickie]

..... Due to changes forced upon us by hackers and spammers, we had to make changes to our membership. If you are a Member and found you cannot post anymore, please contact henry, henry@sim-outhouse.com for a free upgrade to Member + .....

Note you must make 5 posts in the forums to keep your new status! Either new threads or reply to thread.

If you can post than I already upgraded you to "member +", Note I gave "member +" many more privileges, like signatures, extra storage, more PM's, and faster downloads, enjoy.

[Toastmaker]

Thanks for tending to the "machine", Ickie -

[Allen]

Great.... Is there any thing hackers and spammers can't do?



Other than go way....

[Ickie]

We now have a human checking every aspect of new registration, and a human doing the membership upgrades, This stops the bot scripts.

I was having about 100+ Suspicious process running under user ? per day,
and today I deleted 10,000 zero posters to flush out these bots, and now I am at zero Suspicious process running under user. Now the bot spammers/hackers/data miners are gone.

these bots was pushing fonny emails too to look like they came from us at 250,000 per week, I got all the rejects and was getting pissed at this.
We are now at zero rejects.

So sleep well tonight, A human is watching over you.

[HouseHobbit]

Thanks Ickie,
I am truly grateful for all the work you and the other admin members do on our behalf..
BRAVO..
God bless you all..
HouseHobbit
:applause::applause:

[pied]

Ickie you need to get yourself down to the Harp and Thistle in S. St. Pete and have a black and tan on the membership!

Thanks for all that you do to keep us up and running!

pied

[dswo]

So sleep well tonight, A human is watching over you.

Thank you, Ickie, and all who help you.

[OleBoy]

Thanks Ickie

I did notice that I was forced to clean out my private messages. There was a lot there I wanted to keep and I didn't have a clue how to save them. They were fine one day (not full) and the next day I had to delete them to respond to a message from OBIO. My quota dropped immensely and immediately

[WarHorse47]

Thanks, Ickie. Got my five posts in. :wiggle:

--WH

[fsafranek]

So sleep well tonight, A human is watching over you.
Thanks for doing the extra work needed to keep this great place running. :salute:
:ernae:

[WND]

Thanks Mr. Ickie - I appreciate all you do..

Bill

[stormtrooper271]

Thanks Ickie, I wish every forum was tended to like it is here.

[HighGround22]

Checking In. So-far, so-good!

Thanks, Ickie!! :salute:

[flyboyhunt05]

Thanks Ickie for keeping the site safe.

[aeromed202]

Thank you, and it's not even my birthday.:wavey:

[Clarke123]

The new outhouse is really going from strength to strength now

[Duckie]

This is one

Duckie

[johnh_049]

This is one

Duckie

2 for me:173go1:

[dogknot]

working the magic

[Duckie]

Cinco de Ickie!

:running:

[Drzook]

Thank you very much Ickie :ernae:

[whitehawk_2009]

3 for me.

WH

[Kiwikat]

Thanks for the updates and upgrades Mr. Ickie! :salute:

[Wiens]

Thanks, Ickie!!!

Hats off to you......:salute:

Kevin

[voyager]

Ickie

Thanks for what you are doing and have done.

voyager

[CG_1976]

Thank you Ickie for making the Outhouse stronger:salute:.

[modelr]

Thanks Ickie, you've earned a cold one. :kilroy:

[magoo]

Thanks for your patience and tenacity, Ickie.

[Rich]

To make sure hopefully I will not fade away

[TomSteber]

Thanks for all you and the rest of the fella's do.
This really is the best forum out there!

Do I get the member+ Now????

[Aviator273]

I have to thank you and all the other of the staff, too.
This is a great forum.

aviator

[stuartcox]

Thanks for the "Spring-Cleaning"!

[halvar342]

Everything looks good with my account here. :wavey:

Thank you for running this platform for us simmers. :salute:

[wildcat]

Thanks for all the hard work ickie

[rohan]

At the bottom of each forum page, there is a list of members currently browsing that forum. The names of the members are in various types - roman, italic, bold and / or underlined. I've looked through the various FAQ pages but could find no explanation of the significance of each of these different types. Please can someone explain,
thanks,
Ro

[Astoroth]

Thanks for all your hard work, Ickie and Team!

~A~

[robert41]

Thanks Ickie and everyone.

[Ickie]

type settings

member = normal type
member + = italic
senior amin = italic + bold
admin = italic + bold + underlined
charter member 2010 = underlined
soh staff = bold

[hews500d]

Thank you Ickie for all the hard work and watching out for us !

Darrell

[wings4521]

Many thanks Ickie :applause:

[deKoven]

Works for me. Have a real nice day, Ickie :salute:

[Daveroo]

hi ,im off to have fun today...buncha bikers..wish me luck...........

[RKinkor]

Thanks for keeping this together

[SabreAce]

Thanks to Ickie, and to all the staff, for keeping the Out-house running smooth.

[stuartcox]

Well..., this is post number 2, just clogging up the thread

[Hurricane91]

Great job Ickie, thanks.

[dhasdell]

Thanks from me as well.
:wavey:

[rpjkw]

Thanks for all the hard work, Ickie! :salute::applause:


Bob

[leonross]

NUMBER 1

[Ickie]

if you look at your name on the side you will see that most of you have way more than the 5 required, lol

[fnkybnch]

Thanks, Ickie! :salute:

[Bushpounder]

Damned spammers are ruining so many things. Glad you are still here!!!

Don

[mfitch]

While I realize that net bots are usually for unsavory purposes (by our reckoning), I am reminded of a line from a Douglas Adams book.

We have machines to wash our clothes and dishes (washing machines, dish washers). We even have machines to watch our TV for us (DVRs). Now we even have machines to browse the web for us (bots).

[Txmmy83]

ok I hate Spammers any measure to make SOH Spammer free is good measure :jump:


BR
Tom

[rohan]

Ickie,
thanks for that explanation,
Ro

[dominique]

My 5th post today to secure the + status, thanks !

[llanning08]

Thanks for the hard work to protect the Outhouse!

[TomSteber]

So, do I have to keep posting here to get the + ?

[redfly]

Thanks Ickie! Your diligence is greatly apprectiated :salute:

[Wh61]

Thank you, and it's not even my birthday.:wavey:
Thanks for all your work

[TARPSBird]

Ickie, thanks for all you do to keep SOH running.

[Kofschip]

Ikie, you are doing great. Am trying to keep up with everything.... I believe this is post 1686....:wavey:

[Jean Bomber]

type settings

member = normal type
member + = italic
senior amin = italic + bold
admin = italic + bold + underlined
charter member 2010 = underlined
soh staff = bold

Ookay and many Thanks for the works :salute:

JP

[Penzoil3]

Thanks for watching out for us.
Sue

[papab]

Can still post

[bpfowler]

another thank=you note, ickie!
this forum is safe to visit and great to hang about thanks to your work!

cheerio
brady

[CADFather]

I guess I can post.

[hewman100]

Always good to know that you and the team are continually vigilant Ickie:applause::applause:

[OKOutlaw]

Ickie...
You guys never cease to amaze!! You are doing a great job!!
THANKS GUYS

[sky pilot]

We now have a human checking every aspect of new registration, and a human doing the membership upgrades, This stops the bot scripts.

I was having about 100+ Suspicious process running under user ? per day,
and today I deleted 10,000 zero posters to flush out these bots, and now I am at zero Suspicious process running under user. Now the bot spammers/hackers/data miners are gone.

these bots was pushing fonny emails too to look like they came from us at 250,000 per week, I got all the rejects and was getting pissed at this.
We are now at zero rejects.

So sleep well tonight, A human is watching over you. I like the new layout but now I think it don't like me as each I get it to let me in even with a new password it will lock me out after one tiime sky pilot

[1150]

Thanks for all your efforts , Mr. Ickie . Including answering my stupd e-mails when I can't find something .

Regards
1150

[1150]

Good Grief , Now I can't even spell stupid !!!! AAAAGH!!!!

[Blackbird686]

Reckon I better get cracking and get my requirement in....:salute: :jump: Thanks for all you do, Ickie. :jump:

BB686:USA-flag:

[Z-DarthVader]

Yep, can still post too! Thanks for tending the machine Ickie! ;)

[GypsyBaron]

Just noticed/read this thread....post #1

Paul

[mid757fast]

Thanks so much.

[Tracon]

A welcome surprise when I logged on. Thanks!