Because of a suspicious amount of activity and a concern about forum abuse that might pose a threat to the security of the forum, I am planning to stop the ability to send private messages through the forum at the end of June.

I?m very sorry about the inconvenience this might cause to genuine forum members but it needs to be done because of the time I spend clearing out rogue memberships that appear to exist only to use the private messaging service - and because of the strain it is putting on the server. If anyone is currently chatting to other members through the messaging service, I suggest you swap email address as I know some members don?t want to reveal their email details online.

Deb