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[jim]

I've just installed two quick modifications for the site. 

1 - the php parsing code (programming that handles the time it takes to query the database for threads when you click a link to read a post, or submit a new post) has been greatly improved upon.  It's more faster and efficient now.  You should notice an improvement in speed with respect to the time it takes to access existing threads, post new threads, etc.  I've noticed anywhere between a 25% to 75% improvement in speed.

2 - there's a spam filter installed now so if you type an email address into a post, the filter will hide your address from the many spam harvesters that roam the Internet's search engines looking for new email addresses to add to their bulk-mail lists.  Here's an example:

jiminberwyn@gmail.com

If I view the html source of this thread, the mailto: code for jiminberwyn@gmail.com appears as follows:

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<a href="mailto:&#106;&#x69;&#109;&#x69;&#x6e;&#98;&#x65;&#x72;&#x77;&#121;&#110;&#64;&#103;
&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;">&#x6a;&#x69;&#109;&#x69;&#110;&#98;&#x65;&#114;
&#x77;&#x79;&#110;&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>

So, while the email address appears normal to the viewer of the thread, the harvesters will no longer be able to systematically derive email addresses from our threads. 

The same holds true for viewable email addresses in both the profile and member list sections of the site.

Jim