I hate to say it, but I still feel that we should employ a system like myspace does with their groups, new members have to be members a full week before being allowed to post ANYTHING. This ensures they are serious about the forum and keeps out most spammers, also gets them well acquainted with the rules and procedures before they can break them....
-MichaelLal
Only problem is that it hampers legitimate new users from requesting help for their issue.
"
I need help, and I need it NOW!"
:)
Perhaps an approval from a moderator might work? there'd be some back-and-forth interaction to ensure the poster was valid?
(Also, i'm kind of surprised we're adding this to an ancient thread ?)