Maybe you could limit non-paying users to only X posts per month, or X messages read per month.



>Last week, we have reached a major goal on the Universal Thread. Since its debut, it was running with VFP Web engines and most recently with WWC for the last 10 years. The site is now responding under a .NET application which makes us of my own framework. For the last 14 months, I have migrated the entire application to .NET, and without all the help I received here, this wouldn't have been possible. So, I take the time to thank all of you who helped me during that timeframe and also to thank Rick Strahl, for his wonderful West Wind product, which I have made good use for several years.
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>With all the optimization done in the last week, the site is now responding with great response time. So, the move to SQL Server, which I have justified because of the VFPOleDb data provider which is having problems under IIS, will be delayed a little bit. As of now, the site responses ok. So, there wouldn't be any need to rush things here. I still do not have any table approaching the 2 GIG limit. So, I am good with that as well. But, if ever the need would be there, the move to SQL Server is something that can be done with minimum effort.
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>I would also take the occasion to talk about the subscription and its importance for this site. Without it, we wouldn't be able to support this site. We still have a great number of members using it on a regular basis without a subscription. With or without its benefits, it woul be a great move to subscribe to the site, even if it would only be to support its infrastructure. Nothing is free in this world and providing this infrastructure requires a certain amount of subscriptions per month.
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>In regards to the subscription, I will also release some more benefits to it. So, in the mean time, you can also request more benefits by posting in this forum.
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>A subscription can be purchased by clicking on SUBSCRIBE from the main page or directly at this link: https://www.levelextreme.com/DataEntryPurchase.aspx?Session=706E4A763966734D59526B3D203550356B4A46377A46685A7552372B6C496C444C55773D3D.