AnandTech Forums is Switching to vBulletin -- UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDY - 09/04/2008 12:11 AM
Hi Everyone
We are moving away from FT and adopting vB for our forum. I don't have a hard deadline yet, as there is still a lot of work to be done. Just doing the import from FT takes about two days, so there will be some down time. We still have some technical issues to work out, and the best I can do on a general time frame is sometime between the end of this month and the end of the year. I'll be hugely surprised if we are able to move faster than that, and I'll be very disappointed if it takes longer ... so there that is.
There is only one thing you guys need to know right now -- YOU MUST HAVE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR PROFILE WHEN WE MAKE THE SWITCH.
All passwords will be reset during the move -- there is no way for us to retrieve passwords from our database to make the switch. Because of this, after the switch is made, everyone will be emailed a new password. This is why we need you all to make extra sure that your email addresses are up-to-date and correctly spelled (we add in our own nospam stuff, so please type the actual address).
I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you all that we require our members to maintain valid current email addresses anyway, that we prohibit the use of use-once email addresses, and that this will continue after the move to vB ... But during the transition it will be of the utmost importance, as we don't need a couple hundred thousand emails asking us to manually update email addresses.
We are working to make sure the transition goes as smoothly as possible, but with a move like this there will always be bumps. We will do our best to get things as polished as possible before the move and to respond quickly after vB is up and running to make sure everyone makes the move with as much ease as can be.
Thanks,
Derek Wilson
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