Thanks for the intro, Byron.  I remember when you were talking on the SciFi board talking about moving into your home (which is weird, considering that half the time I can't remember why I've entered any room that I find myself in ?!?).  Anyway, I'm glad you found your way back to us!

LOL, thanks!  I have a really super teacher.

Welcome, DS!

This on or the other avatar I had. .the glam shot??

Tough call.  But this one [with the hypo] is way more fun!

J99, yes, that's the one!!!

What did do wrong?? ?!?
abbeymarch

Absolutely nothing, abbeymarch.  We've found that some email servers block the messages that are automatically generated from dsboards, and as I recall your password didn't reach you either.  This is why we requested and appreciate the responses from members that didn't receive the notification.

Craig_Slocum's

A friend of mine got the message a couple of days ago and told me about it, but I figured maybe she got deleted because she never comes here anyway, never logs in.

CS, your friend is welcome to email me so that we can clear up what happened.  All registrations are welcome, and we honestly would never delete anyone for not posting.  It could be that your friend registered using aol, but she would've received an explanation (using my Telis account to insure it would get through) and invitation to re-register under the subject heading "Your aol registration on dsboards".

Again, I want to assure everyone that all registrations are welcome regardless of how often a member chooses to post, even if it's not at all, and I'll always communicate with a member as best I can if I feel they've violated any board rules and I'll also give warnings, whenever possible, before any other action is taken.  Banning from the forums is reserved for visitors that have made it apparent that they're here for no other reason than to cause problems for the rest of us, and I have never blocked a regular poster nor have I ever received any protest from a visitor that has been kicked off the forums, and I have to assume it's because they know exactly why it happened-- because they were here for no other reason than to troll.

I believe we've always issued warnings to posters that have stepped outside the rules of the board.  Banning is reserved for extreme cases-- usually trolling, flaming, or utilizing multiple identities for those purposes.

Our apologies to anyone that may have been offended by one of our recent registrants, who btw is no longer with us.

Josette,

Here's the explanation posted by MB on the Current Talk board:

"YaBB released a major upgrade of our system and I created a duplicate copy of the forum in our Web space to test it out before I install it for real. As part of testing out all of the administrative functions, I deleted the duplicate members list without even realizing that the duplicate forum would send everyone a notification that they been removed from the forum. Ooops!

But rest assured that no one has been removed and everyone is still able to do everything they usually do here.

My deepest apologies to everyone and anyone who got upset by that e-mail. But think of it this way, at least Midnite and I know that the forum's mass e-mailing feature works. "

MB also asked that anyone who didn't receive email notification that they'd been removed to please email via MysteriousB@dsboards.com or post under the topic where this appears on the CT board.