larryhatch - 3:34 am on Dec 6, 2005 (gmt 0)

I like the idea of starting a forum on a high note from the start.
That's got to be way easier than cleaning up a forum that has gone to the dogs.
Sensible contributors head for the doors when the trolls and morons take over.

Some thoughts: Whatever filters you do set up, don't make them automatic.
Instead have them signal you immediately so you can look them over, maybe email a note to the applicant.

Possible filters:
* AOL email addresses, unless you want those who cannot spell, parse, think clearly
or string a sentence together ..
* Eastern Europe? Definite exceptions here.
* Much less a filter: Free email services. Good people sometimes use those.

I'd say this is going to require manual review. - Larry