Policy Change: First-Time Posters

[MTGuru]

Due to the recent spate of spam registrations and postings, the Chiffboard now requires Moderator approval of all first-time posts by new Chiffboard users.

When a new user registers, his/her forum posts will not show up immediately, but will enter the moderation queue for one-time evaluation. Once approved, queued posts will appear as usual in the forums, and the user can use the board normally from then on.

Disapproved posts will be deleted, and the user account deactivated.

This policy change has no effect on existing Chiffboard users.

Thanks,
- The Mods

[MTGuru]

As a related change: New account registrations that are not activated within 24 hours via the e-mailed link may be deleted. If this happens, the user can simply re-register and activate.