THANK YOU FOGGY

[LM K]

Thank you, Foggy!

[Foggy]

OMG, it's LMK!

So our new hosting company is InMotion Hosting, and last night on the Virtual Meetup, RC told us that he has used them for 10 years and they have always been a "solid" hosting provider. They get rave reviews from their customers. I think I picked a good one this time (although Ionos was really good for the first few years).

[zekeb]

Why all the rooskie spam? Was that a problem before?

[Foggy]

Yeah, that's always been a minor problem. There are a few ways to set up registration, and when I first started the site I let everyone register without my approval, just an email with a link to activate yourself. Which allows EVERYBODY to join because we have about 200 relatively active members and I didn't want you to wait for me to approve y'all one by one.

But after the first couple of days I changed it so now I have to approve your membership before you can join.

I think some Russian troll farm found that anybody could register, and they spread the word, so we got flooded with them. But now they can't join because I'm only approving names I know. And if anyone who is legit tries to join and I don't approve them, they can always contact me elsewhere - Facebook, email, whatever.

But the Russian peeps are still trying, even now when I'm zotting them within a minute or two.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

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[somerset]

Yeah, that's always been a minor problem. There are a few ways to set up registration, and when I first started the site I let everyone register without my approval, just an email with a link to activate yourself. Which allows EVERYBODY to join because we have about 200 relatively active members and I didn't want you to wait for me to approve y'all one by one.

But after the first couple of days I changed it so now I have to approve your membership before you can join.

I think some Russian troll farm found that anybody could register, and they spread the word, so we got flooded with them. But now they can't join because I'm only approving names I know. And if anyone who is legit tries to join and I don't approve them, they can always contact me elsewhere - Facebook, email, whatever.

But the Russian peeps are still trying, even now when I'm zotting them within a minute or two.

Ah, so that's what happened

Thanks for getting me back on!

Regarding donations, I assume that PayPal donations are separate from the hosting company. If so, then the recurring donation I've had going should continue without me needing to do anything, right?

[Foggy]

Regarding donations, I assume that PayPal donations are separate from the hosting company. If so, then the recurring donation I've had going should continue without me needing to do anything, right?

I don't know the answer to that, but you can probably check with PayPal.

[somerset]

Regarding donations, I assume that PayPal donations are separate from the hosting company. If so, then the recurring donation I've had going should continue without me needing to do anything, right?

I don't know the answer to that, but you can probably check with PayPal.

Just checked. Still active

[June bug]

Regarding donations, I assume that PayPal donations are separate from the hosting company. If so, then the recurring donation I've had going should continue without me needing to do anything, right?

I don't know the answer to that, but you can probably check with PayPal.

Just checked. Still active

Oh, good. That means I am too!

[Reality Check]

Foggy is with InMotion Hosting now. I have had an account with them for ten years for my LLC domain and email. I can't tell you much about their service because I have only had to call them once in ten years. I had a problem with my email that they fixed over the phone. My email account is pretty big (over 5 GB) and it works fine.

[FiveAcres]

Thanks, Foggy. I've really missed the Fogbow. I also sent you a donation.

I can't remember where the "Report Problems" thread used to be. I have a problem to report. After struggling to get to the forum for days with Chrome, I finally tried Firefox on my Linux desktop. That worked, but I still can't figure out why neither Chrome on my desktop or the browser on my Chromebook is failing. I have a few more things to try but it is time for yoga and breakfast.

[Maybenaut]

Thanks, Foggy. I've really missed the Fogbow. I also sent you a donation.

I can't remember where the "Report Problems" thread used to be. I have a problem to report. After struggling to get to the forum for days with Chrome, I finally tried Firefox on my Linux desktop. That worked, but I still can't figure out why neither Chrome on my desktop or the browser on my Chromebook is failing. I have a few more things to try but it is time for yoga and breakfast.

Not that this is any help, FiveAcres, but it is another data point. I'm able to access The Fogbow on Chrome for Windows 10.

[FiveAcres]

Thanks, Foggy. I've really missed the Fogbow. I also sent you a donation.

I can't remember where the "Report Problems" thread used to be. I have a problem to report. After struggling to get to the forum for days with Chrome, I finally tried Firefox on my Linux desktop. That worked, but I still can't figure out why neither Chrome on my desktop or the browser on my Chromebook is failing. I have a few more things to try but it is time for yoga and breakfast.

Not that this is any help, FiveAcres, but it is another data point. I'm able to access The Fogbow on Chrome for Windows 10.

Thanks. I couldn't believe that no one was able to use Chrome, or it would have showed up on the Facebook page. After breakfast, I will disable all my extensions, of which I probably run too many, and try again.