Hello Everyone.

Thank you for your patience while we have been getting this "poker" spamming issue under control.

Ironically, the spam posted a URL—actually a whole series of URLs—that don't even exist. They were using a spam-bot network that spans the globe from China to Sri Lanka to South Korea by hikacking dozens of servers (Internet computers that serve web pages) to mask their efforts. We even found a school district (Syosset School District) who's network had been hijacked. We have notified them. Nevertheless, they are now blocked and we have built a small customized filter to keep them out for now.

To prevent this kind of problem in the future, we're going to be adding a protective feature in the next couple weeks that —whenever you post a new message—requires you to put in a sequence of letters and digits generated from a graphic that is only human-readable. You've probably seen this kind of technology before as it's becoming increasingly popular as a protective measure against automated attacks.

Thanks for your patience and keep up the good work communicating and sharing the important information you do.

I've been off for a while because I'm currently preparing the next release of our herbal software called HART On CD:

http://herballure.com/vp/hocd

Once it's released in about 10 days or so, I'll be back.

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