Assuming we're talking about the time when we didn't have admin control here, my response was to establish a second YourWebApps (or were we still Server.com?) board, and do my level best to make it an exact copy of this one. At the time, we mostly believed that we wouldn't get control of this one back - I wasn't setting up a temporary spam shelter, but a replacement Board.

I remember being very frustrated trying to get the link colours to work right; they kept wanting to be blue.

I know you were working on getting hold of the admin details... did you also try and contact P@L to get her to stomp on the spam for us?

This is my opening post on the Other Board, which says that apparently I'm misremembering slightly (go figure). This is where the Other Board starts; you can jump the URL back in 25s to find the rest of the posts. It looks like you got the admin access after only ten days.

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On a Plort perspective, in case it helps, this is what's already written:

But the renewed onslaught was noticed - and brought retaliation. Vast armies of hideous trolls crossed the sea, swimming through the reefs, leading their gargantuan ypur mounts through the water. When they made landfall, they brought ruin upon whatever they found. Only the combined forces of the barons was able to bring them down - and those which escaped swore, in their vile tongue, that they would return.

Fortifications were built, in preparation for the next assault, but the next enemy Plort would face was not the Marizu. Distrustful of the barons, the lands that had once been Chaett rebelled anew, forming the Republic of Iric. Huinesoron fled to Plort; Dann remained in Iric, a leader of the revolution.

Iric claimed a new form of government: true democracy, with elected officials, not absolute rulers. The people of Plort were skeptical - but some took the idea to heart. The Librarians’ War was swift and bloody. When the fighting died down, the south coast of Konti-Nyuum had become the Commonwealth of Wechi. Here, all were truly equal: though the baron Neshomeh still held her castle, and her opinion was sought in time of dispute, Wechi was not her domain.

The splintering of Konti-Nyuum might have continued indefinitely, had it not been for a further assault by the Marizu. Driven from their homes, the people of Plort fled to the western city of Ozerbord - and found the citizens of Wechi there before them. Even the folk of Iric soon joined them, and as their united armies drove away the trolls, the three nations took conference.

The outcome was perfect for none, but acceptable to all. The nations would once more reunite into a Union of Plort, but would not thereby become a single realm. Instead, it would be a union of four countries. Over each would be placed barons, to lead the common war effort - but beyond matters military, the nations would be independent. The Protectorate of Borrd, comprising the north and central areas, would continue to be ruled by its barons. The Republic of Iric would continue to elect its own leaders, known for no apparent reason as ‘Ops’ and ‘Dars’. The Commonwealth of Wechi renewed its commitment to absolute democracy, while granting its barons the power to exile inhabitants at need. Finally, in the west, Ozerbord and its hinterland were created the new Refuge of Ozerbord: a monument to the unity of Plort, a bastion in time of need, a place of celebration. Over this primarily military realm, the exiled baron Huinesoron was placed.

And:

During the invasions of Konti-Nyuum by trolls, it is said that an Unnamed Knight guarded the Pass of the Five, fending off all attacks until the armies of Plort could once again take the field. Who this knight is has been a source of much debate, with speculation ranging from 'a baron of Plort' to 'a long-departed knight' to 'Jay herself'.

I'm... actually not sure what's going on with the timeline, there. Ypurs, then the IRC, then the Other Board? At least one of those must be out of order, unless I'm dramatically misremembering.

hS