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by Admin
Sun Jun 16, 2024 2:08 am
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Board Software Updated
Replies: 1
Views: 33592

Re: Board Software Updated

Earlier this month, update to latest board software put in place and a reminder that when joining, you have to make a post that is approved in order to activate your user ID.
by Admin
Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: Welcome to 2A Defenders
Replies: 2
Views: 21142

Re: Welcome to 2A Defenders

When you register, you will be placed in to a "holding pen" pending mod approval of your ID or first post. As soon as you are approved, your post(s) will appear on the site and your posts will then appear immediately after you make them and you are an active member. It was unfortunately necessary to ...
by Admin
Tue Aug 30, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Russian spambots
Replies: 2
Views: 35855

Re: Russian spambots

We have now gone to mod activated accounts. After you register successfully, your account is held in a holding area until a mod approves it. There is a way around that for paying members, so the spam posters now have to pay to post their spam.....
by Admin
Thu Aug 18, 2022 4:35 am
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Russian spambots
Replies: 2
Views: 35855

Re: Russian spambots

Sure - and as the site grows, the mods will have that as a duty. If you allow free email addresses (and we currently do) and self managed user account activation, there is going to be spam, which has only gotten worse over the years. The other alternative I'm considering is mod activated accounts ...
by Admin
Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:18 am
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: дорогой памятник
Replies: 3
Views: 24074

Re: дорогой памятник

He won't see it because he is gone from here, but this post stays up for the benefit of other Russian spammers who decide to drop by. I hope they find a grave stone fitting for their crimes.
by Admin
Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: Counter battery radar
Replies: 4
Views: 25739

Re: Counter battery radar

The site has been getting traffic from Kiev today. On the speculation there is some interest all the way around, the site would support members of Ukraine's military posting here for questions and support regarding US military equipment.
by Admin
Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:06 pm
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: 2144658
Replies: 1
Views: 17397

Re: 2144658

The site allows the user community to have free email addresses unlike other sites. This allows spammers to register and post their spam. There are three strategies to deal with this: 1 Mods delete that junk from those who go through the effort to post it 2 Set a spam trap forum on the site the real ...
by Admin
Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: Ideas to bring in new members.
Replies: 2
Views: 19371

Re: Ideas to bring in new members.

One of the principles here is that people are free to and will use the sites they find useful and entertaining. There will be no prohibition on mentioning other sites (the limit being that if you register here for the sole purpose of promoting your commercial enterprise, that will get a hard look ...
by Admin
Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:58 am
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: A suggestion
Replies: 2
Views: 20207

Re: A suggestion

Here in the General Discussions I would envision having several communities of interest. This would be one of those communities. I propose a forum "The Armed Citizen" for the discussion of carry permits, defense ammo, courses, equipment and so to cover the topics you list. Is this acceptable to you?
by Admin
Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Can we get a Florida hometown forum?
Replies: 2
Views: 19870

Re: Can we get a Florida hometown forum?

Done - enjoy
by Admin
Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:21 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Board Software Updated
Replies: 1
Views: 33592

Board Software Updated

This will probably be a quarterly occurrence. A new version of the board software has been released and installed, which also involves a database restructure. I hope this also solves a couple of issues with logins and features.
by Admin
Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:57 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: Had to Tighten Security
Replies: 0
Views: 33904

Had to Tighten Security

We had a spam account get activated, and I shut that down. I still want to allow the use of free email services, but that comes with some risks of dealing with user accounts that will have a short stay. As a rule, if you have problems with login, delete the cookies from this site, and let them be ...
by Admin
Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:49 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: You wanna send an invite
Replies: 1
Views: 17784

Re: You wanna send an invite

Everybody is invited, except for commies. Feel free to pass along invites to people who should be here.
by Admin
Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:25 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: We Are Now Operational
Replies: 5
Views: 28760

Re: We Are Now Operational

Firefox tends to default to the first time a site connection is made. Click on the lock by the site name: ssl.jpg If you still have the red line through the lock the clear cookies and site data option should have fixed that on the next connection. The other option should bring up the setting to ...
by Admin
Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: We Are Now Operational
Replies: 5
Views: 28760

Re: We Are Now Operational

backbencher wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:33 am What cookies need to be cleared to connect via https?
Any old 2adefenders.net cookies and the site likes browsers to be set for https only connections, but that may impact other browsing at other sites.
by Admin
Sun May 29, 2022 1:55 am
Forum: Let Me Speak to the Manager!
Topic: We Are Now Operational
Replies: 5
Views: 28760

We Are Now Operational

At this point the SSL cert has been installed (if you logged in previous to this, you may need to clear browser cookies) and the basic permissions have been set to allow posts to be made. Feel free to note issues so that they can be corrected or added to the task list. In order for the owner to be ...
by Admin
Sat May 28, 2022 1:06 am
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: Supporting the Site
Replies: 0
Views: 34187

Supporting the Site

This site is hosted by a small technology company dedicated to supporting the US Constitution. Therefore this site can not be deplatformed or have board policy shaped by the fear of having the infrastructure operating the site taking the site off the net. It will only go away if there is no interest ...
by Admin
Thu May 26, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Daily Chat
Topic: Welcome to 2A Defenders
Replies: 2
Views: 21142

Welcome to 2A Defenders

This community is about preserving the right of all people to keep and bear arms in support of liberty. While we focus on the US Constitution and its protections from tyrannical government, in the words of John Quincy Adams, "We are the friends of liberty everywhere, but the guardians of only our ...