This is really minor, but can we put a space or something in "donations@ buffistas.org" where ever it is on the site? It's not a mailto: link or anything is it? Just because most of the spam I get is from that address.
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It is a mailto, and most spiders will grab the mailto instead of/as well as what's displayed.
Oh, OK then. It's nice to be able to just click through. I can deal.
And once the spammers got you, they never let go. I continue to get spam at my work email, even though I took it off my web page years ago.
It's fascinating how many Russians really want to advertise to donations@buffistas.org, I must say.
insert standard infrastructure-based anti-proliferation argument here
Everyone not having the ita lust step to the left.
All of us the to the right...
Wait! I am never to right of anything.
Confusion! Massive confusion!
I have a question.
How much is one year on a dedicated server?
sorry, wrong thread.
Our current plan is $1200/year.
Curiosity: Is there a historical reason we went with building our own message board system rather than using an out-of-the-box solution like vBulletin or phpBB?
I wasn't around then, I don't really know what went into the decision.