WHY THE LIES ???

[Walter]

.............I've always found her to be a person who's comments I admire and trust. This time she's wrong, I don't know why she made the statement about spam, but I'm sure she's not seen your response as it is way down the board.

WWW™

 

[kyleterry]

I am new to diving and started following several of these sites. This was the only one that I recieved any good information from. I have long since closed out of the others. I have only had 12 dives since getting my c-card this past August, but I can say each one was fantastic. Palancar Reef, Yukatan cenotes, wrecks in Bahamas. The vast majority of the credit goes to this group here. Recommendations on trips, equitment, dive shops and dive masters have made for great trips. I have run into people at the same locations who have had bad trips, each time it was with a dive operation you folks had advised me to avoid.

I do not care what anyone says - this is a great site.


Also

I was in a company seminar this morning learing our new computer system. My computer happened to be the ties into the overhead display screen for everyone to see. The instructor was helping someone with a specific problem and I was bored...so I logged on the the internet, on to the scuba board, and pulled up the "Warhammer Manuver" picture. You can imagin the reaction!!!

 

[Warhammer]

Originally posted by kyleterry

The instructor was helping someone with a specific problem and I was bored...so I logged on the the internet, on to the scuba board, and pulled up the "Warhammer Manuver" picture. You can imagin the reaction!!!

Oh, lord, I'll never be able to reveal my indentity anywhere I go, or else I'll be laughed off the boat. And all I did was post a link to a picture!!! You guys have it coming.

 

[DiverInAk]

Well we could all just post to the D2D thread and state that we've never received any spam from this site. But frankly I think her post is buried so far in the noise of that so called board that no one will pay much attention.

I like this board because it's a community which is easy to use, fun, informative and searchable.

The D2D is nothing more than a news group, period. It might as well be alt.rec.scuba.rodales.

I don't think there's anything wrong with it, I just don't think news groups are particularly community friendly. Especially an unmoderated one.

For KN, and all the Scubasource moderators, just keep doing what you're doing, it's working.

David

 

[raffles]

I've looked and as I don't get access to a computer that often this is definitely the best Board out there. I followed the link and got so confused that I gave up. I haven't had any spam and this site is well run and easy to follow as well as great fun so keep it up

Raffles

 

[Iguana Don]

At first when I started on this board, (a long time ago) I subscribed to the "Other" now I can't get rid of it, kinda like flies.

ID

 

[Ladydiver]

Hi folks,

I just thought you might like to know that we set this board up the way we did so your email address and other personal information is protected.

As long as you don't post your email to the board, the spam spiders can't get it from here. That is the nifty thing about that little email button that shows up in the member profile and at the bottom of each post. Anyone who is actually a member of the board can email the other members privately without having to worry about their email address falling into the hands of the bad guys.

Cheers,

 

[King_Neptune]

About the PM's (private msg'ing)

During some of our internal upgrades we had some glitches but we are hoping to have them fixed soon ... So no it's not your browsers fault or anything like that ... hehe ... it's mine...

=-)

 

[kik]

king neptune:

i occassionally lurk, and rarely post, at this site. however, i became aware of this thread and felt i should post a response, due to the uproar about "spam" comments that appeared on the rodales' scuba message board.

i was one of the posters on rodales' message board who indicated that i had received "spam" after registering on this site. after registering, i received unsolicited e-mail with the name of this site on it. i don't know how or why i received this e-mail. although i only opened (and did not read the entire message)of the e-mail, the e-mail was not a "password confirmation message" (i would not consider that to be spam). it may have been a advertisement, it may have been a news bulletin. i can't recall. nor can i retrieve the message for you, as i promptly sent it into the annals of e-mail history with a tap on the delete button.

my post on the rodales' board was a one sentence response to a poster's question, and i relayed what i had in my mailbox. the response was not intended to malign this board in any way, it was just a statement of the contents of my mailbox. at any rate, i have not received anything since with the name of this board on it. while i understand you pride yourself on a "no-spam" policy, this issue has really been given far more attention than it warrants, and i will not be able to reply to further messages on this trivial issue.

 

[King_Neptune]

kik,

i occassionally lurk, and rarely post, at this site.

Ummm, how about this was your FIRST POST EVER!

You were more accurate the first time when you said "uproar" and extremely misguided in your understanding of my position and the attention this situation warrants...

while i understand you pride yourself on a "no-spam" policy...

This is Not a matter of "pride", but rather one of credibility and truthfulness.

Obviously you do not understand the [red]seriousness[/red] of your slanderous accusations!

...this issue has really been given far more attention than it warrants

Please, next time you're lurking around please read THIS THREAD...

Then think about how you would feel if someone attacked your families livelihood! I consult for, and am involved in, many different large Corporate firms and one of my areas of specialty is in Network Security which includes issues such as SPAM.

All to often I feel like the "Last Boy scout" trying to build a respectable resources for divers and spending my time and money (not to mention the input from all the others that help) creating what may seem impossible - A united community, haven or shelter for Scuba Divers online.

The last thing I need or want is someone that has no respect towards the efforts of the many that come here and shoots off their lips with not a care in the world as to what damage it can do!

...and i will not be able to reply to further messages on this trivial issue.

"will not be ABLE to" ... ??? ... Or just WONT reply ???

Since your post I have received 4 or 5 emails within 10 to 15 minutes of your post pointing out something else... On that Other board you said -

i keep getting e-mail spam from them (at least it has their header on it). i guess solicitations is the wrong word. spam is more accurate.

[red]... and then HERE you said ...[/red]

i have not received anything since with the name of this board on it.

Well, which is it? Or are you admitting you were Trying to damage the name of this board and the reputation of those that participate here?

the response was not intended to malign this board in any way

Wow, you sure had a lot of people here fooled!

it was just a statement of the contents of my mailbox.

Well, we all know that isn't true! Why is that you ask?

i only opened and did not read

Hmmm, well which is it? And you wonder why the issue of SPAM causes such an uproar?!

This server has NO POP3 accounts set up for this Domain name. The ONLY thing that will EVER send out an email with this sites domain name on it is this FORUMS script! And last time I checked, PHP and mySQL did not take over the server and decide to start spamming people to try and buy stock in a Redhat Linux Casino or visit the "Hot Teen Unix Kernel" website!

The mail could have ONLY been one of a few things...

• Someone replied to one of your "rare post" that you've never made
• You or Someone else tried getting your password or wanted to use your handle
• Someone from ON this board wanted to talk to you and emailed or "pm'd" you from within the forum system.
• or you were the ONLY one on this site that has ever got one of the GLOBAL Admin Announcements that we never sent!

Which all of this sure looks funny when you consider that you are the ONLY ONE of the 845 current members that have ever received this mysterious email that you didn't read.

844 - vs - 1 ... That should answer any questions on why the "Uproar"...



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