We have not been able to log into BNO for months also. Repeated emails to the moderator come back as undeliverable. Any suggestions?
Don and Cary
1973 05 Eagle
GM 4107
Neoplan AN340
I've tried to create an account there about 3 months ago and was never able to. Never received an email and my username/password that I used to create the account never worked.
You're not missing anything. If its worth discussing it gets discussed here in more detail by more people.
My password is invalid for months also. Neither have I gotten any responses from the moderator.
TOM
Not trying to start a war here, I wish the between boards bashing would end.
Both have their purpose and unique users.
It's a Ford Chevy type thing.
Jack
BNO has been working fine for me.
I like going over there also. There are some really knowledgeable guys over there that only use that forum. I've got some real good help over there.
Working for me s well ?
IAN may eventually respond to this. He has in the past. IAN has to manually approve all accounts due to the number of bogus accounts spammers try to create. My understanding is he gets dozens or hundreds of bogus account requests for each legitimate account request. Sometimes the legitimate account requests get overlooked due to the volume or he can't tell if your account is legitimate based on your username.
When I started on BNO you didn't even need to have an account to post. Later an account was required to post, but accounts were automatic. IAN finally had to start reviewing all account requests due to spammers.
I've not had any problems either. Might just have to wait for I@n to work his magic. ;)
I reported on this several months ago here. I cannot log in, nor begin a new account, nor get anybody of the moderators to respond to emails.
Don_and_cary, check you're email. You're good to go.
Outsider (Seangie), you registered correctly but have never used the account. Log back in, use the password 123456 then change it to something else, and start participating, if you wish.
bobofthenorth, still love me, I see. Me too you, buddy *kiss*
Oldmansax (Tom), you registered correctly and have left 9 messages so far. Log back in, use the password 123456 then change it to something else, and start participating again, if you wish.
Jack, we're the Ford in your equation (read between the lines!) Thank you ;-)
Thank you Gary & Andy.
Brian, pretty good explanation, my friend. BNO BBS is 11 years old (since December, 2000) and I'm in dire need of a new one because the current one no longer offers tech support. I'll be purchasing a new one, eventually, and have someone in the wings who will pick up the entire bbs and archive it into a searchable document. Stay tuned!
Magic, Paul! Yes, sometimes it is, eh? You know :-)
Mex_busnut (Dr. Steven), you successfully registered on June 15 but never responded to the email to activate the account. Log in. I have given you the temporary password of 123456. Change it to something else, and start participating, if you wish. Take an Aspirin and call me in the morning!!
As usual, my sincere thanks to the moderators for their forbearance in allowing this thread. Thanks guys.
Thanks folks. Have a great weekend, all.
Ian
Like I said - anything worth discussing gets solved here.
Quote from: bobofthenorth on November 06, 2011, 06:28:07 AM
Like I said - anything worth discussing gets solved here.
Bob,
We are all entitled to our opinions. Personally, I enjoy both boards and find helpful, useful information on both of them. All though many cross post to both boards, some only post on one, so using both insures that I get all the information. The boards do have different "personalites" just like people, and that is what keeps life interesting. Jack
Quote from: belfert on November 05, 2011, 02:33:34 PM
IAN may eventually respond to this. He has in the past. IAN has to manually approve all accounts due to the number of bogus accounts spammers try to create. My understanding is he gets dozens or hundreds of bogus account requests for each legitimate account request. Sometimes the legitimate account requests get overlooked due to the volume or he can't tell if your account is legitimate based on your username.
When I started on BNO you didn't even need to have an account to post. Later an account was required to post, but accounts were automatic. IAN finally had to start reviewing all account requests due to spammers.
I can attest to that. 2 years ago I started a forum devoted to the boats built by Outboard Marine from '63 to '71. It started out ok but then I began getting spam registrations from Eastern Europe. I had to institute the manual approval policy. I'd have hundreds of them. I finally had to place a post advising that a new member had to send a direct email to me telling me what username they'd registered with - then I'd go approve it.
What I don't get is... what do these spammers gain from all that work?
Spammers try to register so they can post their ads to sell crap. The cost of labor must be low enough they can spend all day doing this. I see these spammer ads all the time on news sites that allow comments and don't have tight controls on who can post.
Quote from: belfert on November 06, 2011, 08:58:09 AM
Spammers try to register so they can post their ads to sell crap. The cost of labor must be low enough they can spend all day doing this. I see these spammer ads all the time on news sites that allow comments and don't have tight controls on who can post.
Right - I get that that's their goal but who bites for that? Neither I nor anybody I know. Can't believe anybody here would. Somebody must but I don't know if I'd care to meet them.
If there is indeed one born every minute, that's more than enough to justify the labor involved.
As for me, I already know that I have $27,000,000 sitting in a bank in Nigeria, just waiting for me to save up enough for the transfer fees. I have already ordered my new Prevost.
Good for you, Len! I assume you ordered the Prevost from a Nigerian factory also.
Years ago, I had problems trying to register on the BNO site. I guess that when one person has to manually deal with the spammers, there will be a margin of error. I do look in on BNO once in a while and find that there is quality information there. I just happen to like the format of this board better since new posts come to the top rather than just get added to a thread that may have dropped into obscurity far down on the list.
I have never had any problem signing on or having my questions directly answered by I@n if one ever came up. He used to get to the problem right away.
I@n and I go way back to when he first started the forum and out had been a good source of information over the years. The biggest thing I see wrong with the site now its it is not policed as regular as it once was and rightfully so since I@n probably has other interest in his everyday life.
I don't frequent posting there as much as before because what we have seen it has become more of a comedy club where one or two posters just have to turn every topic into something funny and then there's the one or two that reply to almost ever topic with a "whoa is me" sort of reply and the topic gets turned towards them rather than answering the original posters topic. Talk about stuck on ones self!
To sum it up, its still a good board but not a great board like it used to be!
Too much non bus related garbage but I still check in daily just to see what, if anything new or anyone new is jumping in!
Ian:
I thank you very much for being willing to come on these forums to clear up our problems. I enjoy both forums.
I have never yet received ANY email about activating my BNO account. When I open up the page, it claims I am already signed in, which I am not. (I cannot post anything.) Then I click on my Profile, and it says "Suspended account". I tried the 123456, but it tells me I have the wrong activation key. I click on "Request new key", and receive nothing. I recognize I am not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, but something is still not working for me.
[edit] I just tried again, and get this:
Activation Key Error
"Your account is currently suspended. You are not permitted to activate your account. Please contact a board moderator for further information."
??? :'( :(
Thanks again, Ian!
Username: Mex_busnut
Password: 123456
Steve, pop in to your profile using the combination, above. You don't have to register again. Just go to the board at http://www.busnut.com/bbs (http://www.busnut.com/bbs) and click on "Edit Profile" in the top right corner of the navigation menu, then go right down to the bottom of the resulting page and change your password.
Again, thank you to the mods here for letting this thread continue.
Ian
ok
Quote from: eagle19952 on November 07, 2011, 06:55:55 PM
Mex_busnut,
if you go here:
http://www.busnut.com/cgi-bin/bbs/board-profile.cgi (http://www.busnut.com/cgi-bin/bbs/board-profile.cgi)
AND then input:
Mex_busnut
123456
you will be all set.You will be able to reset your password.
I just tried your entry name and password and they work.
IF you respond to any post using the current entry name and password (Mex_busnut 123456)
the posted response will appear in the thread.
infact i have sent you an E-mail to the address in your profile here
xxxUFO@hotmail and will send one to
xxxsut@hotmail from your BNO account
Good LUCK
Over at BNO they do things a bit different, you don't really sign in like you do on most boards,you have to sign in in to make every post.
The sign in "process" is done everytime you post.
Unless you are changing your profile, password or e-mail or other data.that signing in is a temporary sign in for that pupose only.
that was confusing in the beginning for me.
hope this helps.
Thanks a million, guys! I got it up and running!
Yes, I hope that the audience recognizes that the owners/moderators,
nay I say, GODS,
of these two great resources for the bus conversion hobby...
BCM and BNO
get along in such a generous and professional manner, and freely help people on both boards get straightened out on the other board.
You won't get that from the management of Ford and Chevy...
Folks, in case you aren't paying attention, hobby publications, and hobby sites, are failing left right and centre, across the NA continent. (that's North American continent, not the European one, for the geographically challenged, the NAFTA area is a market place of some 454 million people, and not in jeopardy of imminent economic collapse, as is the EU)
It is nothing short of amazing that we have TWO major sites, with valuable archives, for this obscure hobby of ours, maybe, and I say maybe, 5000 confused souls, half of whom make no presence known on the registrations of either board, and, who, for the most part, are pretty cheap and don't spend money.
For what the BS is worth, our hosts could both close up shop and leave us floating off in space...
And that, my dears, would not be a good day.
happy coaching!
buswarrior
Quote from: buswarrior on November 07, 2011, 07:35:56 PM(snip) It is nothing short of amazing that we have TWO major sites, with valuable archives, for this obscure hobby of ours ...
Amen!
I agree it is pretty amazing. But then I think this hobby is a pretty darned amazing one in itself, and bus nuts are some pretty awesome people. Some squables break out now and then, but in general the generosity and camaraderie of bus nuts goes far beyond anything I've seen elesewhere.
As a former leader of BCM, and continuing member of this forum, and bus nut forever, I do have to say, nay not gods, not even saints, just hard working, well intentioned nuts. Bus nuts that is.
Buswarrior said it right!
TOM
When I joined the hobby, I found these two sites and over the course of around 6 months I went back and read every page of the archives of both sites. Not every post, I picked topics that seemed interesting, but I looked at every page. I learned a lot. Maybe I will do it again! It took me two years to be able to figure out how to join BNO, BW helped me out!
Brian
I@n,
Just want to say thanks. I understand the work that goes into moderating boards and the amount of horse poop you have to put up with. Your time and effort on keeping BNO up and running is greatly appreciated! (Same with all those that keep this board going as well).
-Sean