E-Mail features temporarily disabled

[Ian]

To try and combat the posting problem, I'm disabling the e-mail facilities on the site for up to 24 hours. This means that e-mail notifications etc... will no longer work (although any @pcreview.co.uk address will work as normal).

This is just a test to see if this fixes the slow posting problem - if the problem persists then I will re-enable this feature asap.

As I'm currently internetless (apart from a few mins of dial-up access) this problem may continue for another few days, as it is hard to pin down the problem.

 

[muckshifter]

... jolly good Boss

Well I ain't trying to point no fingers, but ...

I just been doing some feedback on the MS Technet forums and guess what ... I had some trouble posting, not all the time, but ... an error would occur but my post would be there anyway.

Wonder if MS are using the same software on their servers.

It must be a coincidence surely?

 

[Ian]

It wouldn't surprise me

Has anyone had posting problems still since I changed this setting?

 

[Adywebb]

Nope, seems to be posting fine now

 

[muckshifter]

It wouldn't surprise me

Has anyone had posting problems still since I changed this setting?

Sorry to say but ... yes.

My previous post

 

[Me__2001]

yes last night when i was posting in flopps's thread about broadband

 

[muckshifter]

Again today in posting the stats ... had to 'double post' every one, then could not edit for some time ...

 

[Adywebb]

Everything has been fine with me so far this morning.

 

[Ian]

I'll re-enable it now then and look for another problem - really got me stumped this one!

 

[muckshifter]

Everything has been fine with me so far this morning.

... and that can make things even harder to pinpoint for Ian ... it is not happening to everybody at the same time.

 

[Adywebb]

Indeed, and it doesn't help with Ian being on dial-up either!

 

[V_R]

I had a few probs with replying to the Stats thread and posting the new welcome thread too.....


Sorry Ian.

 

[Adywebb]

Yep, mines gone to a crawl again...

 

[exmoor]

Oh well at least it's not my pc
My recent posts take ages to load & others see before i see it (does that make sense?)

 

[Adywebb]

Yes it does - what seems to be happening is that the post is being sent correctly, but the automatic re-direct to the thread afterwards is stalling for some reason.

It doesn't help Ian that it is intermittent either

 

[Ian]

I'm back on ADSL now It's not supposed to be activated for another few days, but it's working ok already!

I'm working on the problem now

 

[Me__2001]

i dunno if its related but i just got a database error when trying to access the site

 

[Ian]

Oh dear, I'd picked a bad time to move - the site seems to be falling to bits. If anyone notices a pattern in the delays, can they let me know as it will help me understand the problem

 

[Anon_F]

Sometimes it's slow, other times all OK.
Could it be when to many users logging in???

 

[Ian]

Is the whole site slow (i.e. general reading/browsing) or is it just posting replies/new threads?