Due to the increasing levels of spam registration attempts — up to 35 a day — it has become necessary to add password protection to the forum. Most of the spam was from Russian and Chinese ISP's.

The current registration procedures are sufficient to stop people posting unless their registration is approved by me, however, I had to log on and delete the spam user every time one attempted to register, and if I left it for a few days, I could have up to 100 to delete.

Password protecting the site means that casual viewers will not be able to access the forum unless they e mail me at WEBMASTER and are given the user name and password. I do not wish to restrict people without due cause, and if you are not a member of Angus Bat Group, but wish access to forum, please do contact me.

I have sent a mail to all current legitimate registered users with the access password. However, if you did not put an e mail address in you profile when you registered on the forum, send me a mail with an e mail address i can contact you on, and I will send necessary information.