blythmrk Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I keep getting the following message: 'The sever is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.' This was at 5.30am this morning! (UK Time) Same here also it now says I cannot search twice within 60 seconds but never had this before yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 The server too busy message is a good thing. It means the changes I made to protect the server are at least working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Great but only one person can get on the forum at one time. It’s got have 10% of the traffic of a few yrs ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 This forum is going downhill. There, I said it. The relief!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Must admit its common the forum won’t load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Then I'm going to have to put in place more sophisticated measures to stop the flood of requests the server is receiving. Just look at the top viewing stats on the main forum page: Most users ever online was 13,335, Yesterday at 17:34. At least the site now recovers automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Most users ever online was 13,335, Yesterday at 17:34. Those damn bots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Good old forum uses have not changed over the years i see... "why is the forum slow. moan moan moan, the mods should do something. moan moan moan" ... *server is offline for maintenance* ... "WHY WAS THE SERVER OFFLINE, I DONT BELIEVE IT. WHAT A SHAMBLES!" God i hate working in IT. i get this all day at work, then i come home and its the same on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Then I'm going to have to put in place more sophisticated measures to stop the flood of requests the server is receiving. Just look at the top viewing stats on the main forum page: Most users ever online was 13,335, Yesterday at 17:34. At least the site now recovers automatically. That many traders? My humble apologies. Great news can’t wait for dragonball and summer party! Should easily get the spaces filled. Edited January 21, 2020 by Spunkmeyer (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Looking at the load spike right now which seems to be originating from China, and noticed that the anti-spam tools we use have blocked over 16,000 registration attempts by spammers in the last 24 hours. Sorry if that means someone has missed out on a bargain Viagra offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 You're doing a top job all involved. It is appreciated, without the work you put in we wouldnt have this absolute wealth of knowledge to fall back on and communicate over. Other car groups honestly aren't so lucky, or end up losing it all over issues like those you're tackling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Madness. They saw the forum was picking up and wanted in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpro Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Nothing to see here Edited January 25, 2020 by Gpro (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I think I might be able to help you guys... Well seeing as it will involve giving up your time for free ... I doubt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gpro Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I really don't get this forum nor it's members. Guess I am the idiot for offering free help to aid the Supra community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Assume some issue are back? Or work being done. Search actually does not work...........go figure, all these years of us telling people to search and now it is actually fooked (was searching for the Binky thread, nothing returned but it is there is off topic) Also click on 'New Post's' returns nothing, even though I have replied to threads 30 seconds prior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Loads of problems since this all happened. Many threads inaccessible or missing, search is screwed up, ridiculous waiting time of 60 seconds when trying to use the search function the list goes on. Forum still getting spammed, mods being really slow in acting too despite reporting the offending "new" member or their threads. Even trying to circumvent the forum search option via a Google search doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-love Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Loads of problems since this all happened. Many threads inaccessible or missing, search is screwed up, ridiculous waiting time of 60 seconds when trying to use the search function the list goes on. Forum still getting spammed, mods being really slow in acting too despite reporting the offending "new" member or their threads. Even trying to circumvent the forum search option via a Google search doesn't work. Agreed I’m getting all the same issues as yourself. Some really important posts have gone for good mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Off topic was removed from the search results on purpose. For sale and off topic were pruned back on purpose. The same as I've always done them, even if not for a long while. Delays between searches were added on purpose. I was hoping that if everything settle down with the server then I could reverse the search changes. But from what you guys are saying, it's still all broken, even though I've not witnessed it happening for a couple of weeks now. And the never ending backups, which were a symptom of server problems, hasn't happened recently. Last nights ran in just over an hour and a half, at 3am in the morning so I doubt that affected many UK members. So when are people experiencing site unavailable problems now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I’m not seeing any problems for the last couple of wks. [emoji106] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Bullitt Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) So when are people experiencing site unavailable problems now? I'm not experiencing this anymore but can't speak for others. The forum is a little slower to load than usual but that is about it. My problems are trying to find threads that aren't coming up via the search option. Even when using Google to search the forum many are inaccessible or missing. Then when trying to search again then getting hit with the waiting time of 60 seconds is annoying to say the least. I tried searching for a few threads on tyres that were made a while ago, nothing could be found via the forum search. Google search picked them up but they had been wiped from existence. Same message as when a post is deleted. Is there anyway to be more selective when deleting threads as a complete wipe from a particular date has lost a lot of info and discussions on that one topic alone. It's really frustrating. Also, any chance of getting the current mods to be more on the ball where the spamming and reporting threads are concerned? I know it's a thankless task but your efforts in maintaining the status quo are appreciated. Cheers Lee Edited February 12, 2020 by Frank Bullitt Grammar. (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Loads of problems since this all happened. Many threads inaccessible or missing, search is screwed up, ridiculous waiting time of 60 seconds when trying to use the search function the list goes on. Forum still getting spammed, mods being really slow in acting too despite reporting the offending "new" member or their threads. Even trying to circumvent the forum search option via a Google search doesn't work. I'm not experiencing this anymore but can't speak for others. The forum is a little slower to load than usual but that is about it. My problems are trying to find threads that aren't coming up via the search option. Even when using Google to search the forum many are inaccessible or missing. Then when trying to search again then getting hit with the waiting time of 60 seconds is annoying to say the least. I tried searching for a few threads on tyres that were made a while ago, nothing could be found via the forum search. Google search picked them up but they had been wiped from existence. Same message as when a post is deleted. Is there anyway to be more selective when deleting threads as a complete wipe from a particular date has lost a lot of info and discussions on that one topic alone. It's really frustrating. Also, any chance of getting the current mods to be more on the ball where the spamming and reporting threads are concerned? I know it's a thankless task but your efforts in maintaining the status quo are appreciated. Cheers Lee Hi Lee, What do you class as slow to react? We don’t get an instant notification when threads are reported so unless people sit on the forum all day there will be a delay in a thread being reported and it being removed. Those of us who don’t work for ourselves or at a holiday camp have core work hours and are not able to do things that are not work related ( I mean they are paying us to do work and they expect us to be working, crazy right!!) so we have to wait till lunch time to be able to browse the forum. I think sometimes people think that we have contracted hours and shift patterns monitoring the forum which I’m sorry to burst people’s bubble is not the case. Inevitably due to the law of averages there are times when we will all be doing something at the same time that is not forum related. I personally have spent a good few hours this week deleting spam accounts that never got a chance to post and also in deleting the wave of crap that does manage to get through. The posts that get reported represent a small fraction of the ones that get posted and removed before people even get a chance to see them. I guess if people don’t see it happening it hasn’t happened.... but I personally don’t feel the need to keep a tally or make a public announcement every time I do something to better the forum. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Site was down (for me) mid afternoon today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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