[snake-boy]

I still think a simple hack would do the job.

I am contractually bound to my hosts for some time still, and plan on moving once this period expires, however this does not solve my problem in the interum.

I guess I just find it strange that some people are happy to acommodate complex and numerous 'useless' hacks for their VB, but when someone needs something actually functional and for a specific reason, nobody seems prepared to assist.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not ungrateful for the TONS of help and assistance (and great hacks) I have found here. I do not "expect" that every request for every hack needs to be attended to. This is of course a favour granted to us by those with the skills to do so. This mentality just does not seem to be consistent to me. And since I've seen this hack requested in several places on this board alone (nevermind the several requests at vbulletin.com) I know I am not the only one who would find a use for this.

If people have issues with spammers and feel there is some kind of 'moral' issue involved with a hack a like this because it involves post counts, they should bear in mind that not everybody's circumstances are the same. And it is actually physically possible that there may a legitimate need for something like this.

(It's also been an admin-selectable option in all the other board software I have used, which also seems to indicate to me that others have acknowledged that there can indeed be a use for such a feature.)

As much as I LOVE vb, I believe this is the single biggest omission in it's vast feature set.

Thanks for listening to me whine.

-snake