Ok folks. I'm here. This was brought to my attention late last night while I was at a charity fundraiser for paralyzed vets, which then followed into a late-night afterparty. Plus, I also had an overnight guest from out of town. That is why I'm just getting to this now. Thank you for your patience.
First, something that generally irks me is when people refer to something like it happened much more recently than it really did.
It was NOT "Some months ago..."
The PM in reference goes back to 4/27/12 - that's 1.5 years ago - (17 months).
Here are the rest of the facts without opinion.
1. The PM of 4/27/12 was brought to my attention. I banned the member that sent it and deleted his account. (I am the only one that can delete and ban members. Mods cannot.)
2. The banned member pleaded with me to let him back, and had other individuals contact me asking to give him another chance.
3. Policy is that once you are banned, you can't come back.
4. No one that has ever been banned has been allowed back, knowingly, or on purpose.
5. On 9/23/2012 (over a year ago), somehow the guy was able to sign up again, and the mods and I all missed it until he had been around for some time, maybe a few weeks to a month or so.
6. He has been a model citizen in the forums ever since.
Those are the facts.
I do not know why it took over a year for this to be brought up as an issue, but since it has been that long, it pretty much negates it as an issue as far as I'm concerned.
That's the final word.