Site running very slowly

K@th
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by K@th » Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:51 am

Martin Hash wrote:I don't know why it's stalling. It seems very much like a DOS attack. Who'd you guys piss off?
I did have to ban a spam bot. It laid down 70~ish spam posts before I got to him. Would that do it?
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ssu
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by ssu » Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:57 am

Now seems to work better.

Did notice a spamming attack with nonsensical threads for a moment. I think Martin cleaned it away.

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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by Montegriffo » Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:43 am

Seems to be OK now, even back at the farm with my slow cell net internet. Had me worried for a couple of days. Thank you who ever sorted it out.
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by Speaker to Animals » Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:05 am

He might have hit his bandwidth for the month.

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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by kybkh » Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:56 am

If the cost of running the site $$$ ever gets to be an issue be sure to let us know.
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by TheReal_ND » Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:10 pm

kybkh wrote:If the cost of running the site $$$ ever gets to be an issue be sure to let us know.
Yep please do.

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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by The Conservative » Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:55 pm

Martin Hash wrote:I don't know why it's stalling. It seems very much like a DOS attack. Who'd you guys piss off?
Don't you know we are refugees... the Russians want us back...
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by Zlaxer » Wed Dec 28, 2016 2:22 pm

Yeah, I'd be willing to pay a small monthly rent....being homeless on the net sucks.....

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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by BjornP » Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:46 pm

Can someone please put that "ThomasBiff" bot out of our misery..?
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Re: Site running very slowly

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:51 pm

Wow thought it was just me. I couldn't get in at all yesterday.
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