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Originally Posted by BustedUjoint
Here is a thought. If the site is down again, and again, and again, and again, why not send out an all user's email? Or at least to the vendors who pay to be here. Or send out an email that this .net URL works. If I was a vendor I would be extremely upset about the downtime this site has seen. Hell, I am NOT a vendor and I am upset about it. This site is working just about as well as my wagon.  |
I know Brian is busy so I felt I could speak on this. The forum has been having issues - they are by no means Brians inability to get it running or lack of effort. Ideally it'd be cake to send out a mass e-mail contacting each user (or sending it their address anyway) regarding up/down or change of the website - the problem is, Comcast and other ISP's take it upon themselves to off-load POP traffic by blocking the 'Nobody@....' address that PHP uses to send e-mails out. I've consulted with Brian and made some suggestions but it's not a very easy thing to get around.
I know it can be frustrating but trust me that Brian has been working on it under a lot of stress and has faced many unique problems which are in no way predictable.
I can't speak on this in terms of vendors but it is part of a forum - stuff does happen
I've had the luxury of helping people with various forums (some much larger!) and the stress involved is not welcoming.
Please bear with it as Brian sorts it all out - it will surely be worth it.