From Entertainment Weekly --

DS'll be pre-empted Friday and Monday of Memorial weekend.  As the alien in the floaties has rapped ad nauseum-- so often, in fact, that I've wanted to poke out all 3 of his eyes-- SciFi's programming department has elected to show a Scinemathon tomorrow in its place.

Hi,

Since the last message for unregistered members was written as we approached the 100 total, it must be time for an update since we're now nearly 200 members strong, woo!

If you haven't already done so, please take the time to read MysteriousB's message covering the benefits of becoming a registered member.  If you use AOL, a Netscape address, Compuserve, or a Road Runner address, unfortunately these services do not allow you to receive email from dsboards, and since your password is emailed to you, we ask that you not use any of the following to register:

aol.com
netscape.com
netscape.net
cs.com
rr.com

They all use AOL servers, and for some reason mail from dsboards isn't allowed to get through.  There's a bit more information about this in the Registration section of the forum's Help files, including a link to obtain a free hotmail account in the event you have no other address with which to register.

If you already registered but have not received your password, please don't hesitate to let us know at Midnite@dsboards.com or MysteriousB@dsboards.com.

Some webtv users were able to receive their passwords and some weren't, so we've been handling webtv registrations on a case by case basis.

After you register and receive your password, logging on with your username and password will give you access to your Profile where you'll be able to personalize it and change the password to one you prefer.  However, if you change your email address, the board will generate and email a new password, so please don't change the address in your profile to one that's listed in blue above.

The forum will alert you if you attempt to register with a name that's already in use.  But once you register a username, it becomes yours alone.  We cannot, however, guarantee that a guest's username will remain available for that guest to use.

Just one more thing about usernames-- We realize that Barnabas is the most popular character on the show, so please know that we're not going to stand in your way if you have your heart set on a name that's some form of that character's name; I just want to point out that the following names are already in use:

ABarnabas
Barnababy
Barnabas
BarnabasCollins
Barnabas_Collins
Barnster
SonofBarnabas
collinsbarnabas

If anyone has a question regarding registration, please don't hesitate to reply to this post or ask it on the Testing. 1, 2, 3... board, or you can email it to one of the forum administrators.

Hope to see you on the board!

~Midnite

Don't mind me... just testing colors.

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Our mrjuggins wears many hats-- FAQ host, hard-working moderator of the DS message board on Ezboards, and dear friend to many of us, but today he's sporting a very special hat...

Wishing you a fantastic birthday, mrjuggins!  And thank you for all you do!!

Ecards can be sent to mrjuggins@yahoo.com

Dsboards and its administrative addresses are NOT infected with a virus.  The emails being circulated that purport to be from dsboards accounts and from its users are actually originating from one individual's email account; if you expand the headers in the email messages you'll see the actual sender's address.  This person is aware they have the virus and is taking steps to rid their computer of it.  However, I wanted to assuage any concerns that posting here or allowing your email address to be listed on the forum puts anyone at risk because that isn't at all the case-- You're receiving these emails because your address is in the address book of the infected computer, and the names/e-titles from other users/messages in that same address book are merely masking the actual originating computer.  The Klez virus is one tricky little buggar, and it sends out these emails without the user's knowledge.

For your protection, do NOT open any attachments unless you have a CURRENT antivirus program, and update your program if you haven't already done so.  A removal tool/scan for the Klez virus is available on the Symantec website at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen@mm.html

Some messages also apparently contain the addresses of ezboards users, but to my knowledge Ezboards itself is also NOT infected.

As some readers may already be aware, dsboards has a troll whose appearance and script were not at all unexpected.  The administrators will do our best to remove the messages as quickly as possible to limit their audience and have already begun reporting the abuse to the proper authorities.

I recommend that no one respond to any of these messages and even avoid reading them if possible.  I realize that this sort of thing can be shocking to first-timers, but the administrators here are not at all upset nor surprised and our priority will always be the comfort of our visitors.

If anyone is contacted privately, please feel free to forward messages to us because it only helps to strengthen our case for abuse.

Thanks, and we apologize for any interruptions in the discussions.

Happy birthday, mfmdpt! Wishing you all the best on this special day!!


Ecards can be sent to mfmdpt@aol.com