====[ Specific Site Agreement ]====
1. Ownership of any images hosted on this site will not change because they were posted. I will not use photos for advertising purposes or any other uses I can't currently think of without the owners permission. The site owners cannot make the same claim for photos not hosted on this server such as Flickr or Photo Bucket which maintain their own license agreement. You are advised to review their license agreements before posting pictures you wish to retain control of.
2. In order to properly maintain the forums, accounts that reach six months with zero posts and no visits to the forums during that time period will be sent an e-mail reminder. Seven days after the e-mail is sent, if there is still no activity, the account will be removed.
3. In order to slow the tide of spam, I've implemented the pre-approval options for the forum. That means you can create an account but you won't be able to log in until I or a moderator approves the account. It's a formality as we're only trying to stop the spammers that use scripts to create and spam forums. I do try to keep on top of the new accounts. But it may take a day or at most, two to get your account approved.
4. The site owner or authorized moderators can ban members for short periods up to permanent bans for any reason and with no warning. As a rule, you'll have to be pretty bad to get banned without a warning. Send an e-mail to the site admin in case you are banned if you want more information.
5. Rules are posted in the forums regarding site expectations including inappropriate postings. By requesting an account, you are agreeing to abide by these rules.
====[ Administrative Notice! ]====
shaw.ca is refusing our e-mail but apparently do not use a white list. I've contacted them. They depend on a blackhole site to block e-mail but don't provide a way for me to fix it other than to move the forums to a different server entirely. Of course I'd have no guarantee that whatever new service provider I pick would work with them or not have problems with other ISPs.
sympatico.ca uses Microsoft to manage their e-mail. I've contacted Microsoft and they are using a blackhole site as well but their way for me to "fix" it is to subscribe to their "authorized resellers" white list which has a price associated with it. (So I would pay to "spam" their users, how special.)
I'd suggest that if you're using shaw.ca or sympatico.ca, you might create an e-mail account on Yahoo, GMail, Hotmail, or other free mail site just for this forum. Otherwise, you probably will not be able to receive e-mails from here such as password resets, thread notifications, or personal message notifications.
This is also true for members that use mxlogicmx.com to filter their e-mail. We're on their list and there no way to clear the site from their lists.
This is something to consider for folks on personal servers or servers hosted through a web hosting site, much like this one. If you don't receive a confirmation e-mail within a day or two, try to log in anyway. We're generally pretty quick with approving people.
====[ General Site Agreement ]====
You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.
Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
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You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.
After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.
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