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Old 04-26-2007, 08:58 AM
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am I the only one whose locked out "Access forbidden"? I can get into to all the other forums...
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Old 04-26-2007, 09:29 AM
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Yeah we had to turn off that forum (hopefully just for part of the day today). One of the threads in there is getting a LOT of traffic today and it was bringing down the whole site.
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Oh? Why would a single forum bring down an entire site? Spam?
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oh thanks for letting me know Nate....I thought there was a party for the cool kids and I wasn't invited (LOL)....
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Oh? Why would a single forum bring down an entire site? Spam?
No it was just a lot of people trying to access the same thread, but the fix required taking down the whole forum.
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No it was just a lot of people trying to access the same thread, but the fix required taking down the whole forum.
Oh! I get it now.
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