Site slowdown?

[gunrunnerjohn]

I've noticed that the site has been MUCH slower the last week or so. It sometimes takes a minute or more for a topic to display. Don't know what's going on, but I'm sure it's not my connection, no other site has any issues. I have a fiber connection with 35/35 megabits each way, so it's not me.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1250281525.png

[tankist]

it does not feel any slower then usual

[N-gauged]

It's not just you John.
I'm having to hit refresh a lot because it'll freeze on me and I can't load a page.

And that is only on this site.
Everything else I do on the web works just fine.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Sometimes it's fine, other times it's very slow. Yes, I've had to hit refresh at times too. I have no issues at all on any other forums or other types of Internet sites. I'm currently downloading a DVD image from Microsoft at 5 megabytes/sec and using the Internet for surfing as well, no issues at all.

Right now at 13:00 on the East Coast, it's fine. This morning it was painful.

[choo choo]

My access speed here is also sporadic. It's like there is some item in the chain of loading that delays the rest of the process from completing...

...and then other times while it's not great, it's ok. :)

I'm not a computer person, but the comparison to the performance of other forums is striking even to a "layman".

Greg

[concretepumper]

I have Fios and I think its just this site, I don't have the problem on other sites. :dunno:

[gunrunnerjohn]

As you can see, I also have FiOS, and I don't have issues anywhere else.

[tjcruiser]

John,

Glad you posted the question ...

The site's been much slower for me the past few days.

(Not so bad today, though.)

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's fine right now, but it goes in fits and starts. I'll be cruising along reading and replying, and suddenly everything will just seize. Occasionally, it'll time out and I have to refresh, other times it'll come back slowly.

This has all the earmarks of a vB database issue, that's typically what bytes these boards.

[JackC]

It seemed to be slow this morning but it never timed out on me gunrunner. Much better now.

I have Cox Cable and thought of switching to FIOS until I saw the slower speed on a neighbors computer. I'll stay with Cox. My brother has ComCast, he says a lot of bad words :eek:describing their service and prices.:thumbsdown:

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's fine right now.

FWIW, I'm as pleased as I can be with FiOS. Check the speed in the first post, you can see why. Stuff happens instantly on my connection. Even with a number of computers on doing downloads and the like, you'd never know. They've also been many times more reliable than Comcast.

[Xnats]

There is differently a problem at sporadic times. I have it on the home computer, in 4 different field offices I visit that are with in a 100 mile radius and on my laptop that I use in hotspots.
Using Firefox it tells you "waiting for modeltrainforum.com" It all started when the two club links showed up and a day or two before the newsletter circulated.
One thing it never last long. I'll just come back in 15 minutes and everything is fine. The only problem, all threads are marked as read and I get stuck using quick links/today's post :mad:

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's happening right now, I had to wait almost a minute to get to the last post of this thread, that's absurd. I see it's transferring data from amscdn.btrll.com on the status line, my guess is some ad thing is the problem here. That site will be on my block list right after posting this. :(

[tjcruiser]

Ditto ... just tried to upload some jpg images, and had to wait ... and wait ... and wait.

SLOWWWWW

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm sure it's not me. ;)

FWIW, I put that site on my ignore list and it's fine right now. I've had this issue on other boards, and it once turned out to be some ad server was screwing things up, so I'm tuned into stuff like that.

[novice]

Once in awhile I get a very slow load to the site - not often, but it did happen the other day.

[Xnats]

doing it again - well over 2 minutes to load this page and I'm on Comcast Broadband. 10 other tabs open and all other sites load just fine. It is like the server needs a reset or something.

[novice]

happened to me a few minutes ago as well. Perhaps it's site traffic?

[tjcruiser]

Server woes, I'd suspect ... needs a kick, like Stan said.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Working fine this morning, though I did put the one site that was stalling on the status line in my penalty box. :)

[gunrunnerjohn]

Site is back in snail mode at 1:05PM EDT. :(

I really hope that someone is actually looking into the problem, clearly it is a site problem with this site.

[prorail]

Hi Guys,

thanks for reporting this. We are working on it and we will report back to you.

Feben

[gunrunnerjohn]

Still happening. I have four tabs that are busy grinding away trying to simply read the threads. Many times I have to refresh and wait some more. :(

[Flight Director]

Its not our server, our hosting provider has identified some other servers that are abusing bandwidth and slowing down our sites. They are working to shut those down.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Whatever it is, it's killing the site. At times it's so bad that I just pack it in. If they can't solve it, I think it's time to consider a new hosting company!

[Flight Director]

Whatever it is, it's killing the site. At times it's so bad that I just pack it in. If they can't solve it, I think it's time to consider a new hosting company!

thats not the solution. other hosting providers could have similar issues. It will be resolved and we'll get through this issue. The world of the internet is very complex and a lot can happen to affect bandwidth.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I see you moved up the ranks fast. Two posts and you're already the site administrator. :D

[Flight Director]

I see you moved up the ranks fast. Two posts and you're already the site administrator. :D

lol.. been running servers for a long time. MTF moved to this server a few months ago..

[tjcruiser]

Hey John,

At least he's not one of those "asleep on the job" Flight Directors. Too many of those, these days! :D

Flight -- thanks for checking in ... good to have you at the helm.

TJ

[big ed]

I have not had any problems in the last 2 days.:cool:

[Xnats]

Flight Director and prorail, Thank You for looking into the problem, a big :thumbsup: to the behind the scene folks.
Some sites don't do it and we all know what follows. The short time I have been here, any little problem has been dealt with appropriately :smilie_daumenpos:

[gunrunnerjohn]

I have not had any problems in the last 2 days.:cool:It's been slow on and off, but nothing like it was a couple of days ago. This morning it took over a minute to paint a topic. Also, a number of times I had to hit refresh to get a topic to display.

No, it's still not my computer, this is the only site that's happening on. ;)

I'm glad they're working on it, hopefully this will all be just a bad memory in a few days.

[gunrunnerjohn]

FWIW, the forum is it's normal speedy self right now, hope that continues! :D

[big ed]

It's been slow on and off, but nothing like it was a couple of days ago. This morning it took over a minute to paint a topic. Also, a number of times I had to hit refresh to get a topic to display.

No, it's still not my computer, this is the only site that's happening on. ;)

I'm glad they're working on it, hopefully this will all be just a bad memory in a few days.


I repeat I have not had any problems here in the last 2 days.:D



I have not been on the site in the last 2 days.:rolleyes::D

[Zeus-cat]

I noticed a real slowdown too; very intermittent. I haven't been on the computer much the last few days so I can't say if the speed has improved.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Working fine this morning, and it was fine last night. Hopefully, we've put this issue behind us.

[concretepumper]

Working fine this morning, and it was fine last night. Hopefully, we've put this issue behind us.

x2! Same here! I think we got it! :D:D:D

[gunrunnerjohn]

Gad I hope so! It was getting to the level that I was seriously thinking of just disappearing for a week or so to see if they'd get it together.

[concretepumper]

Gad I hope so! It was getting to the level that I was seriously thinking of just disappearing for a week or so to see if they'd get it together.

Yea that or go Train Forum tramping around like some do! ;) :p

[Joschik]

We have had further discussions with the hosting company, could I please ask you to send a PM as soon as there are any issues to


me during "European hours", say up to 3pm ES (I am in the UK)
to Flight Director after that (he is based on the East Coast)


This way we can issue a new ticket with the hosting provider giving them a better chance to see who takes all the available bandwidth that we pay for.


Christian

[tjcruiser]

If I see a case of the "slows" again, I'll shoot some PM's.

John, CP, Ed, etc ... maybe you guys can do the same.

TJ

[big ed]

If I see a case of the "slows" again, I'll shoot some PM's.

John, CP, Ed, etc ... maybe you guys can do the same.

TJ


As I said I did not have a problem, I was off for 2 days.:D

Hey, I see B&M stops in though he doesn't say much along with Two Rail.:rolleyes:

I see new members turn into administrators overnight.:confused:

I even got an e mail about site updates.

How about a list of all the Big Wigs?:D
Must be around 50 now?:rolleyes:

It would be nice to have a Big Wig,howdy doody, sticky thread introducing themselves and telling a little biography about themselves.

I guess a lot over from over the big pond?:confused:

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, I think they're hiding in the corner right now. Yesterday and today it's suddenly back to it's snappy self, nothing like the previous week or so.

The odd thing is it came on suddenly, like flipping a switch. For months the forum ran fine, then suddenly it was snail-slow! It wasn't like the traffic built up over a period of time.

Several if the incidents have been so bad that it was virtually impossible to do anything, so even trying to PM might be a challenge if it comes back. :)

[raleets]

Zowee! I had a REAL slow-down, as in STOP :mad: for 90 minutes earlier this afternoon because my whole house lost power, along with two blocks in every direction :eek:
Thankfully, when it came back on my computer, moden, and router acted as if nothing had happened. Didn't have to re-boot anything :thumbsup:
No clue what caused it.....don't care, just glad it's back up!
Bob

[gunrunnerjohn]

I don't think that counts. :p:p:p

[N-gauged]

It seems to be working pretty good for me too.
I was waiting for a long time for pages to load just a few days ago.
Now they seem to be popping right up.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Yep, the site managers may have beat the hosting company into submission, we'll see. :)

[Xnats]

The site is broken again as of now.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Working fine now, but at about 5 minutes before noon East Coast time, it was totally dead, couldn't get on at all.

[JackC]

Around 3:30 Eastern time for me, 20 minutes later all was well again.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Obviously, the issue is not totally behind us yet. :(

[prorail]

Thanks for reporting again. We are looking at it at the moment I will report back as soon as I get news.

[Flight Director]

The switch our server is connected to had a unscheduled reboot yesterday. I'm working to get ourselves moved to a new switch later this week.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Glad you guys are on the job. The outage at noon yesterday couldn't be reported when it happened, I couldn't get into the forum at all. Seems fine right now...

[novice]

Having lots of problems with the site today.

Recieved this error:
The image “http://www.modeltrainforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9119&d=1302576857” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

when looking at images in this thread:
http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showthread.php?t=3439&page=5

[OverTheHill]

Talk about being slow...15 minutes for site to come up and I'm on a DS1.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Gee, I have a 35mbit fiber connection and the site is slow! ;)

[choo choo]

Man, the server for this forum is "aol dial up"...


S----- L----- O----- W


http://insidewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/waiting.jpg

Greg:p

[big ed]

Man, the server for this forum is "aol dial up"...


S----- L----- O----- W


http://insidewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/waiting.jpg

Greg:p


:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I wonder why I don't have a problem?

[Flight Director]

we are on the case, the server is actually super fast, its the connection through the switch that is bad. we're on it...

[gunrunnerjohn]

Let us know if we should stop sending you updates. :D

[Flight Director]

email is preferable for updates: todd@wings900.com

hosting provider says this issue should be put to bed with in the hour.. trying to find out what they are doing.. maybe moving the culprit to a different switch instead of moving us

[gunrunnerjohn]

Email it is, so far today it seems fine. :)

[choo choo]

Same here. Works great. :)

Flight, you have my appreciation and respect
for doing a thankless job. :):thumbsup:

Greg

[gunrunnerjohn]

So far, so good, I have seen a few slightly slow responses, but I think that's pretty normal. Clearly, whatever was affecting the site for a couple of weeks seems to be gone, great job! :thumbsup:

[prorail]

Thanks for the heads up guys!

[gunrunnerjohn]

Keep up the good work, we love it here. :D

[gunrunnerjohn]

I think the problem server is back on-line, it's been REALLY slow this afternoon!

[prorail]

thanks for reporting. Could you tell me what time zone you are in so I can report this? I would also like to let you know that we are changing the provider that we have right now.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm in the Eastern time zone, and the problem was in the 3-4 PM time period.

[prorail]

thanks i have reported this. I will report back asap!

[gunrunnerjohn]

Haven't seen is since that period in the afternoon yesterday.

[norgale]

I've noticed the slow action on this site for a couple of weeks now and thought it was my PC. Other sites go ok but this one is sloooooowwwwww. Glad you started this thread John. Pete

[gunrunnerjohn]

It happens at random, apparently it's a problem with the board hosting provider. They're working on it, we'll see. :)

[choo choo]

Maybe it's resolved... yesterday it was slow, and today it's ok. :)

Greg

[gunrunnerjohn]

There was mention of changing hosting providers, I think that's the real fix.

[prorail]

thanks for reporting. Ill pass it on. I will be back soon with an update.

[inxy]

Paint drys faster than this site loads pages. Better than two minutes to get here. It is a major waste of my time to view anything on this site. Out of here till the site is up to speed.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Exercise a little patience, it's sometimes pretty complex to track down such issues. They're working on it. :)

[N to O]

This site along with it's sister site have been slow for me for a loooonnnng time. I just figured it was my internet provider, TWC, slowing down certain sites, as I heard they do. These two sites are the only ones I have trouble with. When I had DSL with ATT, I had no problems.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I believe these two sites have an issue with the hosting company, they're working the issue.

[inxy]

Seems back up to speed this morning. My thoughts were server problems which leads to the hosting company. Glad to see we're back on track...

[tjcruiser]

Looks like the site was fully down for a few hours this evening ... at least on my end.

TJ

[JackC]

It was a little after 3pm when it went down for me, at 6pm it was still down. Obviously it's back up again.:thumbsup:

[gunrunnerjohn]

Yep, around 3-3:30 it was dead for at least several hours. After it came back up I was getting lots of database errors.

[prorail]

thanks guys:thumbsup:

[big ed]

The site was more then slow, It was dead!:D

[tjcruiser]

Much better today ... no problems with speed.

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

The site has been sluggish today. Nothing like some of the times in the past, but not exactly super speed either. :)

[N to O]

This site does seem better, but the other site still very slow.

[prorail]

hi guys,

We have just signed the contract with the new server and in the first two weeks of July we will change to a faster and more reliable server which will stop all the problems we have been experiencing on the site. I will keep you guys up to date ;)

[tjcruiser]

Thanks. That's GREAT news.

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

Thanks for the update. :)

[norgale]

Yyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!

[gunrunnerjohn]

What's happening lately? Yesterday afternoon the site was unusable, and it's still a lot slower than normal this morning. Doesn't seem to be that many on right now, so it can't be the volume.

Currently Active Users: 40 (6 members and 34 guests)

[Flight Director]

Yesterday someone pounded the server with requests and got the webserver into a bad state. Looked like someone was crawling the box to get images. Remember, users here don't represent whats going on the whole box, there are another 15+ sites, some of which have 5000+ users, those sites are on the same server as this site.

right now i do see a network issue when connecting to the server, i've got a ticket open to get that resolved.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Thanks, I was wondering what happened yesterday. ;)

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm still getting lots of extended length hangs for minutes, it's totally random, happens on maybe 20-30% of the links. Sometimes they time out, other times they finally complete.

[big ed]

I did try last night AND GAVE UP.:thumbsdown::mad:

Seems to be OK at the moment.:thumbsup:

Crawling the box and stealing images?
What do they do with them?:confused:

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's still hanging at times, it just gave up on a page for me. Had to click the link a few times to get it's attention! :D

I'm assuming that someone had a bulk downloader and was sucking down a bunch of images from a site that has lots of photos.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Still having lots of hangs waiting for links. Many times stopping and refreshing will fix it. Nothing wrong with my connection, and no other site has any of these issues.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/47060581.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

[big ed]

Still having lots of hangs waiting for links. Many times stopping and refreshing will fix it. Nothing wrong with my connection, and no other site has any of these issues.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/47060581.png (http://www.pingtest.net)



I have not had any problems John.:confused:
Since the other night when it was impossible to do anything.:rolleyes::thumbsdown:

[gunrunnerjohn]

I'm still seeing random hangs, normally when trying to read a thread or post a reply. It happens about 20% of the time. Now I just close the window and try again, usually goes right through.

[raleets]

Guess I'm too stupid to recognize a "hang", "thang", or thing-a-ma-chang" :laugh:, but my dinky little ole computer seems to be working okie dokie. ;)
Bob

[gunrunnerjohn]

The site is slow now at 11:21 EDT. I have multiple windows waiting on fetching threads.

[big ed]

The site is slow now at 11:21 EDT. I have multiple windows waiting on fetching threads.

I have been on for over an hour and have not had any problems John.:confused:

Had no problems yesterday either.

[gunrunnerjohn]

You're lucky, I'm wondering if it's something about the path from my location to the forum servers. No other sites have issues, and my connection is rock-solid. I have a direct fiber connection to the ISP, so issues on this end are very rare.

[JackC]

Over on my racing forum guys in the mid-Atlantic have been complaining since Irene went thru. That's all I got.:ohwell:

[gunrunnerjohn]

Something is amiss, and it's not on my end. ;)

[xrunner]

The site is slow now at 11:21 EDT. I have multiple windows waiting on fetching threads.

Same here now!

It seems to be waiting on

bid.open.something or other ...

An ad I presume?

Grrr ...

[gunrunnerjohn]

It's been a bunch slower for a week or so now, don't know what changed suddenly. I have to believe that the server is too heavily loaded. I have four windows right now, and two of them look to be timing out and I'll have to try again.

[tjcruiser]

The forum has been running at a crawl for me all day.

TJ

[Massey]

I love slowdowns. It brings back memories of my first time on the internet with dial up. Ahh memories... the ones you want to forget you cant and the ones you dont want to forget you cant ever seem to remember.

Massey

[gunrunnerjohn]

The forum has been running at a crawl for me all day.

TJI don't have really slow response, it just seems to drop packets at times and I have to close the window and try the link again.

[xrunner]

The forum is almost unusable for me right now - very slow response time.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Odd, it's actually be behaving the last couple of days for me! The dropped packets issue seems to have been corrected.

I'm thinking they have a very busy site on the same server and it's affecting this site.

[tjcruiser]

Not sure what a "dropped packet" is, but forum pages wouldn't load for me several times today. I had to refresh a bit to see a page, and often that wouldn't work either.

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

That's one symptom of dropped packets. If you get results after a refresh or two, it's likely the first request got dropped.

[tjcruiser]

Got it ... thanks.

[norgale]

Had a lot of trouble here last night. Kept getting connection trouble for a couple of hours and then it was ok. Wierd these computers.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, I doubt it's your computer, more likely something at the site end. ;)

[big ed]

Well, I doubt it's your computer, more likely something at the site end. ;)


Knock on wood.....I still have not encountered any problems.:confused:

[norgale]

I've heard that with so many people going online that the servers are getting bogged down with traffic. I'm not sure how the system works but I've read where our signals can get bounced all over the world to find the best route to our destination.
Right now my PC is going pretty fast but later in the day it will slow down---a lot. Could be our problem here too. Pete

[gunrunnerjohn]

Actually, I think the issue is more they're running like 15 boards on the one server. If one board suddenly has a lot of traffic, say huge video or graphic downloads/uploads, it'll impact all the boards on the server.

[big ed]

Actually, I think the issue is more they're running like 15 boards on the one server. If one board suddenly has a lot of traffic, say huge video or graphic downloads/uploads, it'll impact all the boards on the server.

You still have problems?

[gunrunnerjohn]

Actually, for the last two-three days it's been fine. I have to occasional slight delay of 3-4 seconds for a post or thread to come up, but no dropped packets or huge delays.

[T-Man]

My theory is that you may be getting followers. There are times when I am trying to finish a post and have difficulty. I think it is the number of members pinging your location or trying to read your posts. Mine get compilcated so I may post once then improve it. If someone else starts to read it then it slows. Also there is the member "what are they doing key". You get pinged by that key, it must cause a delay. What do I know, it's my theory. I have noticed the worst times are when I am in the middle of something and it is easier to log out and in again then wait.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I've been involved in computer boards for well over 10 years. I've done administration and moderation on a number of boards. If you get dropped packets and the kind of slowdowns I've see at times here it's almost always an overloaded server, software issue with the board software, or the hosting site has network issues. The one board I moderated for years has over 5000 users on at one time during peak periods, they ran on a cluster of servers. When it was running well, the response was instant, even with a full load.

[norgale]

John could you post a diagram of how this works? Like if I'm sitting at my PC where does the signal go when I type something like this? I don't mean geographicaly,what kinds of equipment does the message go to before it reaches this site?
I just have no idea what happens after I hit the send button. Pete

[gunrunnerjohn]

Goodness, the path it takes is determined dynamically, and can even change many times as you are working in a single session! Also, as far as the hosting company is concerned, their structure will be unique to their situation and the whims of the folks that designed it.

Suffice to say that your data makes a lot of stops on the way to the forum. For instance, here's the route from my system.

Tracing route to modeltrainforum.com [66.96.211.37]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms DD-WRT [192.168.0.1]
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Actiontec [192.168.1.1]
3 3 ms 4 ms 5 ms L100.PHLAPA-VFTTP-91.verizon-gni.net [98.114.133.1]
4 6 ms 7 ms 6 ms G0-6-2-5.PHLAPA-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net [130.81.133.58]
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms so-12-3-0-0.RES-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.19.76]
7 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms 0.ae2.BR1.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.32.158]
8 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms te0-7-0-1.ccr21.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.10.225]
9 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms te0-0-0-4.ccr21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26.125]
10 23 ms 24 ms 24 ms xe1-03.gwy03.sctn01.hostnoc.net [64.120.243.26]
11 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms ec0-62.bp2301.sctn01.hostnoc.net [64.120.243.2]
12 20 ms 19 ms 19 ms te3-4.ccr01.phl03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.0.190]
13 23 ms 21 ms 22 ms tucker2.diecastwings.net [66.96.211.37]

Trace complete.

[norgale]

That's pretty neat but since I have no idea how to read it I think I need to rephrase my question.
What I'm digging for here is what machines does the email go through? Like what's a router and what's a server and where are they in the chain of events? Is that any better? It's hard to talk about something when you don't know what the hell your talking about. Ha! pete

[norgale]

Got another question for you John. I'm getting emails from people on my email list but the email is really coming from a Canadian Mall selling pharmacuticles. My contacts don't know anything about this. Usually there are five email addresses in the "from" slot,one of which will be from my email list and the rest totally unknown to me. Is there anyway to stop this crap mail? Pete

[gunrunnerjohn]

I think a tutorial on how the Internet works is far beyond the scope of this forum or one post. :)

Perhaps this might help. How does the Internet work? (http://www.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet.htm)

And for some slightly advanced reading: How Internet Infrastructure Works (http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-infrastructure.htm).

They tell you far more than I can type in here in any reasonable period of time. :D

[norgale]

Great. Thanks for the links. Pete

[gunrunnerjohn]

That's just a start. :D

[big ed]

I still have not had any problems?:p
But during the week I am only on late afternoon or early evening.

T mans posts get complicated........:laugh:
Too much epoxy on his fingers.:D

T man use to post then go back and add the pictures, in the mean time I am already asking where are the pictures.:D

I learned not to open a new T man post for at least a 1/2 an hour after he posts.
Even then I go back the next day and check it again to make sure something new is not added.

T man.....why don't you just add the pictures when you write the post, before you hit the submit button?:confused:

[gunrunnerjohn]

Got another question for you John. I'm getting emails from people on my email list but the email is really coming from a Canadian Mall selling pharmacuticles. My contacts don't know anything about this. Usually there are five email addresses in the "from" slot,one of which will be from my email list and the rest totally unknown to me. Is there anyway to stop this crap mail? PeteThis is a common issue, usually it's because either you are a contact has been hacked. If you have done current malware scans for virus/malware infections, you're just going to have to ride it out. I have filters based on content that trash such mail. :)

[T-Man]

I still have not had any problems?:p
But during the week I am only on late afternoon or early evening.

T mans posts get complicated........:laugh:
Too much epoxy on his fingers.:D

T man use to post then go back and add the pictures, in the mean time I am already asking where are the pictures.:D

I learned not to open a new T man post for at least a 1/2 an hour after he posts.
Even then I go back the next day and check it again to make sure something new is not added.

T man.....why don't you just add the pictures when you write the post, before you hit the submit button?:confused:

I simply do not like having a complicated post ruined. When I submit I know it is saved. I have losts too many posts by going to a wrong window or pressing a wrong x and not being able to get back. So if members do read the posts while still in the making, then I get delayed on the pc. Sorry ED !

[xrunner]

I simply do not like having a complicated post ruined.

After being on forums for many years I've learned to write up complicated posts in an external editor such as wordpad. That way you don't have to worry about losing it. If you don't want to do that simply select it all and select copy to the clipboard every so often. If the site goes haywire you have not lost it.

[gunrunnerjohn]

I keep Notepad open for such posts, I copy/paste the post to notepad BEFORE I submit it for keeps. :)

[inxy]

T Man, post as you see fit. I don't have a problem with it and look forward to your posts. You are not the only person that has lost stuff while posting. Your method works for you, keep doing it.

B

[big ed]

I simply do not like having a complicated post ruined. When I submit I know it is saved. I have losts too many posts by going to a wrong window or pressing a wrong x and not being able to get back. So if members do read the posts while still in the making, then I get delayed on the pc. Sorry ED !

What are you apologizing to me for?:confused:

That is why I give your new posts a half an hour before I look at them, most of the time your done by then.:D

What I do is write a post, then highlight it and copy. I then add pictures if needed.
If something goes haywire, all I have to do is paste what I copied and try again.
Nothing lost.

[Joschik]

Just an update on this issue: we have taken on the lease of newer and faster servers for both the forum server and the ad server and hope that we see some improvements next week when we move the ad server (is older and slower) and then again when we move the forum server.

Christian

[tjcruiser]

Thanks, Christian ... looking forward to the turbo-boosted server!

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, it's been far better recently, I haven't noticed any huge slowdowns. You get an occasional pause, but that's not abnormal for many sites.

[bradimous1]

just had a Jaguar ad across the top... must be getting ready to speed up!!!

[gunrunnerjohn]

Forum this morning has had lots of delays and obvious lost packets. I had to refresh a bunch of times to get through.

[big ed]

Forum this morning has had lots of delays and obvious lost packets. I had to refresh a bunch of times to get through.


First time I have been on in a week John. The North Easter rolled through here and trees were down all over from the weight of the snow. Power was out for only 4 hrs around me.
But the dam cable was on and off all week! During prime time too!

Knock on wood I have no problems with the site.........yet.:D

[gunrunnerjohn]

I noticed you weren't around lately. :) We lost power for about 8 hours, and I had one large tree limb resting om my roof, but all fixed now. :) Mr. Generator earned his keep, we watched a movie, and I checked my mail and forums while the power was out. :D

[big ed]

I noticed you weren't around lately. :) We lost power for about 8 hours, and I had one large tree limb resting om my roof, but all fixed now. :) Mr. Generator earned his keep, we watched a movie, and I checked my mail and forums while the power was out. :D


That is another problem for me. The generator I ordered back when the Hurricane hit was cancelled by Home depot 2 weeks later. The 8000 watt that ran on propane. They sent me a $25 card for my troubles.:D:thumbsup:

With so many buying generators they were sold out. I could have got gas powered but I wanted propane. I figured I would wait till they got them back in stock. Then this freak storm came and ruined my plans!

So with this last storm coming I got one for $1200 off e bay Friday night before the storm, free shipping 10,000 watt, tri powered, Natural Gas, propane or gasoline. That was refunded to me the next week! He was out!:mad::thumbsdown:

So I settled on a 5500 watt that runs on propane, UPS is bringing it tomorrow. (so the tracking says)
The way I figure I will be set for some lights and fridge and heat. That is all I need.
The most I ever lost power for was around 10 hours and it was in the summer.
I am mainly worried about the fridge in the summer and heat in the winter. For the amount of time I will use it, it will be fine. (I hope):D

[tjcruiser]

Ed -- that's amazing that you had two "sold out" experiences while trying to buy a gen. A good year to be in the gen, business, I guess ... with all of the nasty storms, they simply can't make/ship 'em fast enough.

Good luck with the 5500. Nice to have you back online!

TJ

[gunrunnerjohn]

I have a lowly gasoline model, but it gets the job done. :)