Dave,

Give me a break. You're not banned. There are 3 of us bustin' our ass day in and day out to approve messages posted by everyone except for that one idiot that does nothing but write insulting messages to people. It just so happened that this evening there were a few hours that none of us were able to get to the board. Sorry, but it happens and I'm sure it will happen again.

Instead of complaining to me, why don't you complain to AOL? It's their fault. Every time one of these idiots wreaks havoc on the board, guess who their ISP is, that's right, AOL. You know why? Because AOL won't do a damn thing about them. We can complain till we're blue in the face and they won't even reply. Other ISP's do something about problem users. I've had more than one idiot lose their ISP for being a problem poster on this board. One or two emails and poof, their ISP drops them like a hot potato. If I were you I'd take a stand. Drop AOL and send them a letter telling them why. Explain to them that only posters with AOL addresses are being moderated on this board and that you don't like it. You may not realize it, but through conversations with other bulletin board providers I have learned that there are numerous places on the net that aren't even accessable to AOL users. Not only can they not post, they can't even view a page, the site simply does not exist to them!

Greg