I've been trying to join Amigans.net. They say they aren't accepting new members. It sounds like an exclusive country club. I'm sure they have legitimate reasons for not letting me join. I'm wondering if anyone else has had problems joining Amigans.net.

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@thinkchip

As an Amigans mod, we are accepting members, PM me privately, I'll sort it

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can't be that exclusive they let me in. :)

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@thinkchip

New member registrations were stopped because of the ridiculous amount of spammers that were signing up.

I'm sure there's a better fix but, hey, not my call.

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@Chris_Y

My personal favorite antispammer mechanism so far have been on page i forgot the name already, but idea was that it was asking your whole name and adress and all when you were joining that forum, but after all the full name, adress etc. it read "Leave all these empty, these are to recognise spam bots".

In practice you were only supposed to fill your username and password, if you filled anything else, your account was automatically refused.

@Bugala

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Bugala wrote: @Chris_Y My personal favorite antispammer mechanism so far have been on page i forgot the name already, but idea was that it was asking your whole name and adress and all when you were joining that forum, but after all the full name, adress etc. it read "Leave all these empty, these are to recognise spam bots". In practice you were only supposed to fill your username and password, if you filled anything else, your account was automatically refused.

That's a great idea! I have a registration thing on one of my sites, and loads of spambots register - but thankfully hardly any can figure out how to actually do spamming. The user database is ridiculous, and as I don't actually use the email address field for anything, blocking anybody who actually fills that in (alongside an appropriate warning) sounds like a perfect solution.

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@thinkchip

Still awaiting your PM

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@thinkchip

At first I thought you may be having trouble. Then I thought you may be leaving us for them. Now I see you want to be part of both. Good call.

I considered joining as well but there are only so many forums and email groups you can be part of. I'm also on Amiga.org but hardly look there now. Especially when they tried to modernize it and stuffed up the quoting system in replies which I have never got to work like on here.

AmigaWorld may be getting old by comparison, but at least it works without anyone needing a degree in postology, and so I stay!

@Bugala

You don't even need to make it that complex. Since a spambot wil, scan a page and fill in any found text boxes, you can have a normal membership page which has the extra text input fields but don't display them to the user. The bot will still find them in the html and fill them out so you know it is a bot.

I know a few people who have used this method. Helps stop spambots and also keeps the sign in page looking nice and simple without requiring the extra boxes.

@ thread

Mikey_C helpfully assured me he would "sort it out". He doesn't seem to be getting my PM's. I think he was expecting a PM the next day, which never happened. I'd never leave Amigaworld. We're family. With all the drama that goes along with it.

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@thinkchip

I have also sent him a PM asking about how to go about joining Amigans but have also not yet received a reply. Maybe he is as you said having problems with his PMs

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@thinkchip & Amiboy
You can contact Orgin via IRC to get registered on www.Amigans.net:
http://www.amigans.net/modules/xforum/viewtopic.php?post_id=80404#forumpost80404

That thread also gives a bit more info on why it's currently like this.

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@all

Apologies, but after some digging, we currently cannot accept any more new members. The spamming is out of hand, its ridiculous!!

Steps are being taken to upgrade the site, please bear with us.

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@Mikey_C

Any sign of new users being able to sign up? Now that I finally have a Sam460 i'm eager to join.

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@all

(With all respect to Amigaworld and its staff, I hope they won't mind me posting this here)

Hopefully Good news: Site being upgraded, full details

http://www.amigans.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1945

Cheers

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@Mikey_C

Hi,
As a returning Amigaphile, I looked at Amigans.net as a possible resource, but since it appeared that no enrollments were being accepted, I assumed that it was one of the many dead Amiga-related sites.
If that is not so, I am also interested in subscribing. (By the way, what is the meaning of "PM" in this context?)

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It means "dream on".

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@Amigaphile

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(By the way, what is the meaning of "PM" in this context?)

'PM' stands for 'Private Message'. You can access the private messaging system here at the top left of your screen. To send Mikey_C a message here on AW.net (and he is very good about replying, usually the same day,) simply click on his profile link at the bottom of his post above, click on 'PM' just under his e-mail on his profile, compose your message, click 'submit' and and voilà!

Amigans.net is a rich resource that focusses on AmigaOS 4.x, although they have many classic users and enthusiasts as well. Both our site here and Amigans.net will give you a good re-introduction into our hobby/passion with access to a helpful and knowledgeable membership and the sites really do complement each other very nicely (in my opinion.)

@Mikey_C

No problems

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@Mikey_C

Brill! Will sign up as soon as the site is ready.

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