I read the rule about no anonymous
posts. Do this mean I have to use my email address when I
post?
It is your
choice whether to use your email address or not. If you do, you
will receive an email notification if anyone posts a response to your
message. Some people like this feature, but others
don't.
I don't want
to give everyone my email address, but I do want to know when someone
responds to my message. How can I do this?
You might
consider using a web-based email such as Hotmail or Yahoo mail as your
secondary account so that your personal email address will not be
posted on the web. This will help you to avoid spam advertising
and other unwanted emails at your primary email account.
I am
receiving an email message that tells me someone has responded to a
post I made. How can I stop getting these messages?
Just don't put
your email address in the email field when composing your
message. If you want to leave an email address, but don't want
to receive the automatic responses, put it in the body of your post.
I want to
see the posts in the order they were posted instead of in thread
order. How do I do this?
There is a
button on the board that says "View by date". Click
there. This will display the posts with the
most recent posts at the top of the list.
Something I
posted yesterday doesn't show up in the "by date"
list. Why?
The "View
by date" button will bring up a list of the most recent 100
posts. If there have been more than 100 posts since your post,
it will not show up in the date list.
I want to go
back to the thread view. How do I do this?
Click
"Back" on your browser.
I
hate the banner
ads and pop-up advertising. Isn't there something you can do
about them?
Our host,
Server.com, offers these discussion boards free of charge. In
order to stay in business, they sell advertising that appears in the
form of banner and pop-up ads. Please try to remember to click
at least one ad every day. This will help keep this service
free.
You can
become a "personal account" subscriber for $4 per month, and view all Server.com discussion boards advertising-free. See the Subscribe
button on the main page of the board for details.
Why is my IP
address visible?
It's a case of cutting down on abuse. Since visitors see that their IP
addresses are recorded, they think twice about posting a harassing
message. Additionally, it prevents someone from being an
imposter, and posting a message using another person's handle.
This board
moves too fast. How can I keep up with new posts?
You can
subscribe to a daily digest. Every day you will receive an email
with a list of all posts that have been made in the past 24
hours. The list will show the posters "name", the
subject on the post and the date and time it was made. The
subscribe box is near the top of the page.
I've been
around for awhile and think I am a "regular". How do I get
listed on the regulars page?
Please send me
an email at info@murdervictims.com.
I posted a
message recently but it is no longer on the board. Why was it deleted?
There are many
reasons why a post gets deleted. First, it may have violated one
of the rules at the top of this page, or it may
have been a response to another
post that needed deletion. Sometimes posts are deleted that
don't technically violate the rules, but push the limits,
particularly if the poster frequently does this. Posts that are
invitations to chat are deleted when they are no longer timely.
Occasionally, all posts by a particular poster are deleted after
frequent or egregious violations of the rules. Very rarely, a
post might disappear due to a glitch in the server.
I have read
a post that I think needs to be deleted; what should I do?
Please send me
an email at info@murdervictims.com and let me know
the subject and the time the post was made, or copy
and paste the URL of the post. I will review it and
determine if it needs to be deleted.
I sent an
email about a post but it wasn't deleted. Why?
The easy
answer to this question is "because I have a life."
I may not be able to check on the message until much later and I may
not get to it at all. Or I may have reviewed the post but did
not feel that it violated the rules sufficiently for
deletion.
I remember
reading a post about a specific subject but I can't find it
anymore. Is there a way to search the posts?
If you think
you know a particular word that was used in the post, you can put it
into the search box that can be found near the bottom of the
page. The result will be all posts that contain that
word.
I searched
for a post and I am positive I searched for a word that was in the
message, but I did not find the message. It was from several
weeks ago. Why can't I find the post?
The board has
a limit of 2000 posts.
This board has a low volume of posts and moves
pretty slowly so posts should remain for several
weeks or even months. Old
posts fall off the back page when there are 2000 new posts ahead of
them.
I saw a post
that says "I'm in chat". How do I get into the chat
room?
There is a
chat room box at the bottom of the board. You can click inside
the box that says "Nickname" and type your chosen
handle. It is best if you use the same name you use to post on
the board so that others will recognize you.
I was in the
chat room for a long time but no one else was there. How can I
tell when other posters are in chat?
The solution
to this problem evolved from the early days of our chat rooms.
When you are going into the chat room, just post a message at the
board that you are in chat. This will let other visitors know
there is someone available for chat and they can see the time of your
post.
Can I use
HTML in my posts?
You can use
HTML tags in the body of your posts, but not in the subject header or
author fields.
I don't know
HTML but I want to add a photo to a message. How do I do this?
You can visit
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/5616/
for tips and hints on simple HTML tags. If you want to play
around with it until you get what you want, go several pages deep in
the board and respond to an old message as a test. Make sure it
is one where the original poster did NOT leave their email address so
they don't get a notification of a response to their message from
three weeks ago!
How can I get an
answer to a question that is not covered here?
Please send me
an email at info@murdervictims.com and I will try
to get back to you as soon as possible.
Enjoy
the board!
Click here to go
back to the board.
~Charlene Hall