I belong to a considerable number of forums, some I visit only a few times a year and every visit I need to log back in. Seeing these forums don't cost me anything and are also free, it never has bothered me. Some forums software are so buggy the searches don't work, the menu items don't work, I have to log in everytime ... the horror of it all ...

For our regular members, they would be aware this site is due for a major upgrade, no doubt some old minor problems will be fixed, no doubt a much upgraded forums. I think upgraded forums will have far more beneficial features regular members will appreciate.

EDITED TO NOTE: I have managed to increase the cookie expiration to 1,200 days. Previously the software would not accept a longer period when it was tried (?). I have noted the forums are slower now so will monitor this. It should not be connected I believe.

As a warning, if anyone has old PMs, say over a year old, or more than say 50 in storage (note a cheap 'club membership' will offer more), please save them if you want to keep them, as currently the PMs in storage are about one-third of the posts storage and will probably be pruned.