Braves,

I wrote to Bravenet:

Member [Big Nick] June 10, 2011 11:42:35
Following message is displayed when attempting to post a new message:
"This Message Forum has exceeded the maximum allowed number of posts. If you are the Message Forum owner, please consider upgrading your Forum Service."
Please advise
Thx,
--Tom Nickel

They replied:

Dear Big Nick,

You currently have 49,898 of 10,000 Posts in your Message Forum service.
You will either have to remove posts so you are under the limit or upgrade to the next level to increase the level to 100,000.

1. Login to your account
2. Click on web apps tab
3. Click on Message Forum
4. Click on Renew Service
Click on the 100,000 option. The price should be displayed as $79.95

I asked:

Is there any way for me to archive the excessive posts?
Is this a new "rule"? i.e., we've never gone "over" out "limit"
before?
--thx

But, they have not replied yet.

What I did was pay the 80 smackeroos. Ouch!

I hope we can a least archive all the messages that
we've collected. If you use the Search funcion, you'll
see that the messages go "way-back".

--Big Nick

Hey Nick, can we kick in....towards the 80.00 you spent? I feel this is important to all of us and whatever we can do to help we will do.
Chuck from Kentucky

I kick in too. M.

i'd be happy to kick in towards your expense to keep this spot alive and kicking....

roger

I agree, even with the occasional drama, this has been a godsend and a source of many new friends. I appreciate anyone who keeps it running and would be glad to chip in to keep it running.

You can count on me too,BN.

John

Give me an address Big Nick and I will be glad to donate to the cause

Big Nick to the rescue. Thank you. I agree with the others will kick in for any added expense. Do we need to keep all the write ups going back upteen years?

Nick, let me know and I wyll snd $ via pay pal or whaever
chuck

BN, don't be too modest and give your account number right on this forum. I'm sure I still have some bucks on my Paypal account, and I'll gladly contribute to the Cause. Which real Brave wouldn't?
When we all kick in, 80 smackeroos is just peanuts!

Just say the word Nick, be glad to pitch in!!!

Big,
Since they seem to charge by the post, why not delete some posts? There are probably 1000's of posts on this forum that people really don't care about saving, searching or indexing.

Ya know, the jokes, the sassy comments, the banter.
(This post :)

Then searching the interesting stuff will actually be easier.

BTW, can you publish your PayPal address so we can all chip in?

DP

Yeah Nick...Paypal ..or I can send you a Money Order from Australia....your call !No need for you to be out of pocket.

Darryl.

I'm good for $10....

Hello again Braves,

Thank you everyone for your support and generosity!

Sure, if anyone wants to help out, here's my contact
info:

Snail Mail:

Tom Nickel (AKA Big Nick)
S71W19452 Hillview Dr
Muskego, WI 53150

PayPal:

Log into your PayPal account and send funds to:

bignick@execpc.com

Please don't feel obligated! Thanks again everyone.

--bn

And, BN, received any funds yet?
Or am I impolite to ask?

Peer (and Braves),

Yes .. thank you .. I did and have been receiving
funds from other Braves as well.

I am just getting back to my email etc. now.

I want to thank everyone for helping out. It's
amazing how all these "utility" charges can add up!

Again, thank you everybody for your support and
generosity in helping to keep the Discussion Forum afloat!

--bn

You're welcome.