Warbird Information eXchange
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org...ons/index.html used a similar forum engine as the old TOCH forums. There were limitations to the to number of posts and if this limit was reached, it would crash. Scott and the rest of us had to keep an eye open for "strange behaviour" and I notified Scot on a few occasions of an imminent crash. Scot then promptly archived the forum and started fresh.
My guess is that the old TOCH forums had a similar limitation but it was managed in a different way, by letting the oldest threads vanish.
Scot made an attempt with an EZboard solution which was not well received. It died in its infancy. There were lots of discussions and the majority seemed to like the old forum but eventually, Scott went for phpBB for the WIX
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/index.php.
The new WIX is a "register to post" forum and that was, in the beginning, receiving a lot of objections but now, a few months down the line, everyone is happy with Scott's choice.
Well, maybe not everyone, a few have not been seen or aren't as active as in the old forum but the new forum has attracted additional members to compensate.
Scot and Ruy were facing the same or similar situations. Something had to be done and time has proven Scot having taken the right decisions and I'm sure that Ruy will receive the same verdict!
Christer