[WhoDatNotSayin]

i think that the person that started the server didn't pay the fee, lots of people tried to pay but it wouldn't let anyone but the server starter to pay, that's my theory

I think that the person who posted this didn't read the question in the first post. That's my theory.

As I understand it the mass e-mailing turned out not to be feasible. I'd imagine that anyone still involved with IL-2 would be looking at other forums, where news about the new forum would be given. Even forums that don't allow links to mod sites were allowing hints to be dropped.