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[jgreening]

I am getting a flood control message when I log in and press the "view new posts" icon. If I wait a bit on the site and push it again, I only get the posts since sign on. Help?

[Coomer]

It seems to work for me Jay, but perhaps I'm not performing the required steps to reproduce the problem. Can you describe your exact steps...like if you logout or not, when you come back if you come straight to the forums or the main site, etc.?

Thanks.

[jgreening]

It seems to work for me Jay, but perhaps I'm not performing the required steps to reproduce the problem. Can you describe your exact steps...like if you logout or not, when you come back if you come straight to the forums or the main site, etc.?

Thanks.

My problem is that the results are not limited to the "new" posts. Originally, this feature only showed threads that had been updated since your last visit. In that way, a person could come on to the forums, see if anyone had posted in a thread that he was interested in, and could look at that thread for any updates.

The way it works now is that I get 8 pages of threads when I hit that button no matter if I left just 10 minutes before. Obviously, not all those threads had been updated during that time. Essentially, what it does now is show you recently updated threads (without regard to the user's last visit), most recent first. While that is helpful, it is not as nice as it used to be when only those threads that were updated since your last visit were listed.

I hope that makes sense. Obviously, I appreciate your work on this - especially since I do not even own a 6gc anymore. Nevertheless, I do continue to enjoy using the forums for information and the spirit of community that has developed over the years. I will continue to contribute where I can help folks.