|
Post by Vex Xiang on May 24, 2005 21:23:35 GMT -5
What happened to the boards? Well...apparently phpbb allows members to sign up to get e-mail notifications whenever someone replies to a topic. It got out of hand, and without my knowledge AOL servers were getting over 100 emails a day from my site. Those emails turned into complaints (why someone would request an email and then complain about it is beyond me - I'm guessing it was intentional). AOL sent a notice to my server, who promptly shut it down. So..I'll be looking for a new server, as my old one is now holding the site for a hefty ransom. I can only hope this wasn't intentional...because while it has cost me nothing but inconvenience, it has cost my server (who was a fantastic company) a great deal of money to deal with the problem they created. This is the reason why hosting websites costs so much. So please grow up and stop making life harder for everyone That being said, I will have the boards restored soon enough, and subsequently e-mail notifications will be disabled
|
|
Dukes
Active Player
Posts: 43
|
Post by Dukes on May 24, 2005 21:53:40 GMT -5
AOL - Assmunches On Line
|
|
|
Post by Vex Xiang on May 24, 2005 21:54:27 GMT -5
I see it from both ends. I would be very suspicious if I found an email in my mailbox about some forum I'd never heard of from a website and email address I dont know, with a link telling you to 'unsubscribe'. They're usually scams. Heck, I was suspicious when I got an email telling me my server had been suspended because I was sending malicious emails to AOL users
|
|
Dukes
Active Player
Posts: 43
|
Post by Dukes on May 24, 2005 22:00:54 GMT -5
Did you try explaining it to them? Some hosts are cool and will listen.
|
|
|
Post by Vex Xiang on May 24, 2005 22:03:10 GMT -5
No...in fact the guy told me it was completely my fault and refused to do anything unless I gave him 200 bucks. This is godaddy.com
|
|
Dukes
Active Player
Posts: 43
|
Post by Dukes on May 24, 2005 22:06:21 GMT -5
That last bit explains alot. I could reccomend a good host if you like. As in something not GoDaddy.
|
|
|
Post by Vex Xiang on May 24, 2005 22:10:26 GMT -5
I've already signed up with a new server...I'm just waiting for it to be setup.
|
|
Dukes
Active Player
Posts: 43
|
Post by Dukes on May 24, 2005 22:21:44 GMT -5
Oh good. Glad to hear it.
|
|
|
Post by starman on May 25, 2005 0:22:22 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by ussr604 on May 25, 2005 0:34:18 GMT -5
Want me to hack the forums and get it back faster?
|
|
Dukes
Active Player
Posts: 43
|
Post by Dukes on May 25, 2005 9:37:52 GMT -5
Do you not get the fact that the host terminated the account? They ceased to exist. Unless the host was kind enough to send the database info or Vex had recently backed it up the whole forum is gone.
|
|
|
Post by Rugster on May 25, 2005 14:33:28 GMT -5
Hey Vex, I kept on trying to get onto the other site, but it didn't work, so I just went to this site and I see what is happening. Hope you find some boards soon
|
|
|
Post by Lord Newbie on Jun 6, 2005 13:02:27 GMT -5
I was wondering what happened...
|
|
|
Post by alexmahon940 on Jun 9, 2005 9:53:50 GMT -5
vex plz post link to new site whensite is ready
|
|