Hello everyone!
I agree, this forum has gone down. Mainly because I wasn't around (see
this thread) for a year, but now I'm back. Thank you everyone who kept through these times and hasn't left!
By now it is pretty clear that this version of the forum is quite bad - despite several security measures, tons of bots register every day. I have tried to update the forum software, but since I'm not that good at it and these things never work as they should, I haven't managed to do it yet. So, my idea right now is that I might close this version, keep it as a kind of an archive, and then open up a new one, looking quite the same I guess, from a clean slate. It should be possible to transfer all the members, so you won't have to register again.
If anyone else has ideas, suggestions for the new version, what software to use, whatever, then feel free to tell me here or by email. I will temporarily close registration for new members, so there shouldn't be many spambots popping up any more.