# How come WILLASS doesn't have a post count? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 15, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114 "2007-12-15T17:23:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bea\_Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Bea\_Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bea_Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/1 "2007-12-15T17:23:34Z")
on this thread: > **[What did I miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447793)** > > Hi Guys and Gals, I used to post here some time ago but have been away for a while and have been lurking lately and decided to become a member again. It’s good to see some familiar names on the board (I always remember Mangetout’s cooking knowledge... As a Charter Member, his/her count should show, shouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/2 "2007-12-15T21:40:30Z")
It should . . . and now it does . . . but they apparently changed their email address and/or their password, which threw their registration into the security holding queue until I manualy moved it out. (The confirmation email sent by the system that needs to be opened and triggered to move the registration out of the security holding queue is is probably sitting in their spam folder right this very minute. A common problem; I send people to their spam folders and/or move registrations back into the database every blessed day.) Hope this answers your question. ---
**Author:** ![Bea\_Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Bea\_Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bea_Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/3 "2007-12-16T17:20:38Z")
Yes, it does. Thanks. So why do Straight Dope messages go to spam anyway? That’s where my sign-up link ended up. Is it because they have something that says “computer generated” in them somewhere? Or just because you send out so many nearly identical “thread watch” messages? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/4 "2007-12-17T04:30:17Z")
[QUOTE=Bea Spoke] Yes, it does. Thanks. So why do Straight Dope messages go to spam anyway? That’s where my sign-up link ended up. Is it because they have something that says “computer generated” in them somewhere? Or just because you send out so many nearly identical “thread watch” messages? [/QUOTE] Yes. 🙂 We have at times been banned at certain ISPs simply because of the volume of mail the system sends out; the assumption is that we’re spammers. Not only do we have all the message board business we also have a weekly Straight Dope mailing that goes out to thousands of people. Again, that alone has been enought to get us blocked because while it comes through our friends at Joke-A-Day (Thanks, Ray!), the header says “[webmaster@straightdope.com](mailto:webmaster@straightdope.com).” For oversensitive ISPs, that spells spammer to them. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/5 "2007-12-18T17:31:40Z")
So how’d he get his “Charter Member” staus back if he (apparently) let his membership lapse? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/6 "2007-12-18T19:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Yes. 🙂 We have at times been banned at certain ISPs simply because of the volume of mail the system sends out; the assumption is that we’re spammers. Not only do we have all the message board business we also have a weekly Straight Dope mailing that goes out to thousands of people. Again, that alone has been enought to get us blocked because while it comes through our friends at Joke-A-Day (Thanks, Ray!), the header says “[webmaster@straightdope.com](mailto:webmaster@straightdope.com).” For oversensitive ISPs, that spells spammer to them. [/QUOTE] It probably hasn’t been swept by the periodic house-cleaning that gets done by the management. We’ve had delays like this before. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/7 "2007-12-18T20:07:45Z")
Don’t think it lapsed; the registration just went to the security holding queue when email and/or password was changed, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/8 "2007-12-18T21:38:03Z")
What does his username mean, anyway? Every time I see it, I imagine a strange-looking fellow on a corner with a sign reading “Will Ass For Food,” while the passers-by give him a wide berth. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/9 "2007-12-19T14:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] What does his username mean, anyway? Every time I see it, I imagine a strange-looking fellow on a corner with a sign reading “Will Ass For Food,” while the passers-by give him a wide berth. [/QUOTE] Well there’s a lot of people like that on the west-coast. ---
**Author:** ![Bea\_Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Bea\_Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bea_Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/10 "2007-12-19T18:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] What does his username mean, anyway? [/QUOTE] Perhaps it’s simply a last name. There are Willass listings on geneology sites like this one [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?standardize=N&last\_name=Willass](http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp?standardize=N&last_name=Willass) ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/11 "2007-12-25T10:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] We have at times been banned at certain ISPs … [/QUOTE] FYI, blocked on the Seminole County (Florida) Public Library computers. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-willass-doesnt-have-a-post-count/430114/12 "2007-12-25T21:29:08Z")
Wha choo talkin’ 'bout, _Willass?_