To deal with the recent spam problem I implemented a number of changes:
- Peter Stock (creator of AR) is now a forum administrator, and can add new moderators or ban users (or even give moderators the power to ban users).
- I made the registration CAPTCHA harder to hopefully deter spam bots.
- I also upgraded the board software to the latest version (3.0.5).
The upgrade (paired with a database software upgrade from my hosting provider) messed with some functions of the board -- most importantly, posting new threads -- but that should be sorted out now. If you encounter any further problems please reply about them here or PM me.
Sorry for the trouble,
Peter T