20 Hour Notice
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:06 pm
Just a bit of warning ahead of time...
Tomorrow night (Saturday, Feb 19th), I'm planning on updating the spam software that protects this forum. The version that's running now is nine versions out-of-date, and it's time to get caught up with the current version.
Since I have made significant modifications to the core of the software (undocumented, of course), I can't be absolutely sure that I have found all of the differences between the old and new versions that allow it to run normally on the forum. As a result, there may be some interruptions in service.
If everything goes as planned, the users will not notice anything, except in the event that a page is requested while the transfer between versions is happening. I expect that this is a random chance and will only affect one or two page views.
If the update goes badly, I will fall back to the current version of software so that disruption to the forum will be minimized.
IF FOR SOME REASON, you are unable to view or post to the forum for an extended period (more than a half-hour or so), send me an email message with a report of your experiences and ~please be sure~ to include the text of any error message you receive. Several users have been added to the "whitelist" so that the spam software will recognize them. These users will continue to be whitelisted. It is possible (although unlikely) that the newer version of the software might determine that one or more of you are spammers and shut you out of the system. The only way I have to remedying this is if you let me know it is happening and include the error messages.
I'll be thoroughly checking the forum for proper operation, but it never hurts to have multiple sets of eyes to proof the pages for errors.
Tomorrow night (Saturday, Feb 19th), I'm planning on updating the spam software that protects this forum. The version that's running now is nine versions out-of-date, and it's time to get caught up with the current version.
Since I have made significant modifications to the core of the software (undocumented, of course), I can't be absolutely sure that I have found all of the differences between the old and new versions that allow it to run normally on the forum. As a result, there may be some interruptions in service.
If everything goes as planned, the users will not notice anything, except in the event that a page is requested while the transfer between versions is happening. I expect that this is a random chance and will only affect one or two page views.
If the update goes badly, I will fall back to the current version of software so that disruption to the forum will be minimized.
IF FOR SOME REASON, you are unable to view or post to the forum for an extended period (more than a half-hour or so), send me an email message with a report of your experiences and ~please be sure~ to include the text of any error message you receive. Several users have been added to the "whitelist" so that the spam software will recognize them. These users will continue to be whitelisted. It is possible (although unlikely) that the newer version of the software might determine that one or more of you are spammers and shut you out of the system. The only way I have to remedying this is if you let me know it is happening and include the error messages.
I'll be thoroughly checking the forum for proper operation, but it never hurts to have multiple sets of eyes to proof the pages for errors.