Corrupted Discussion page

[Guest]

My site has been invaded by these odd Chinese/Japanese spam messages. I
realise that I can do some limited work to prevent them from returning.

However, I have attempted to delete these but seem to have corrupted a
'table' somewhere and the function 'reply to this message' is now
inoperative, it simply hangs for 10 mins or so when selected.

I used a sample copy of the dicssion page so it is as basic as possible.

1) Can I rebuild, the 'index' of messages for this system so that it will
work again? If so, how (in simple terms PLEASE!)
2) Can I edit the 'index' of these messages to correct the 'pointer' that I
have corrupted.
3) Can I delete what's there and start afresh if that's my only choice. If
so, how?

Ian

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Your deletions have corrupted the DW and the indexes can not be recreated
(unless your host has a backup they can restore)
You should only edit the posts you want deleted (as say - Post Deleted), and not deleting anything
Delete the corrupt DW subweb and Create a new one

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| My site has been invaded by these odd Chinese/Japanese spam messages. I
| realise that I can do some limited work to prevent them from returning.
|
| However, I have attempted to delete these but seem to have corrupted a
| 'table' somewhere and the function 'reply to this message' is now
| inoperative, it simply hangs for 10 mins or so when selected.
|
| I used a sample copy of the dicssion page so it is as basic as possible.
|
| 1) Can I rebuild, the 'index' of messages for this system so that it will
| work again? If so, how (in simple terms PLEASE!)
| 2) Can I edit the 'index' of these messages to correct the 'pointer' that I
| have corrupted.
| 3) Can I delete what's there and start afresh if that's my only choice. If
| so, how?
|
| Ian
|
|