Maybe pruning?

[Raphael]

There seems to be trouble loading the Board again.

[Travis B.]

I had major trouble using the board earlier today, but it's working fine now.

[Man in Space]

The board is doing it again.

[Halian]

Oh, just for a bit more context: the old board (now preserved in amber, thanks to brad's work, at incatena.org) did have automatic 1-year pruning on Ephemera.

I would also trim but not eliminate some very long threads... I don't think we need 250 pages of Random.

The amber has been shattered; incatena.org now shows a Dreamhost holding page.

[zompist]

Mmm, yeah, Dreamhost send me mail a bit back saying they'd disabled the site because it was causing problems on the server or something. Got to look into it. Since it's locked, the only thing I can think of is some kind of excessive traffic.

[Darren]

I got a new error message saying "Too many requests". Also, perhaps coincidentally but I reckon not, we got the highest number of people online (well "people") five days ago. And in fact simultaneously to the hour, the dreaded Other Site also had a record number of online "people". Might this excessive bot traffic be related to the problems with the old board?

[bradrn]

On the other hand, I’m not seeing any errors…

[Raphael]

Earlier today, I got a "too many requests"-page.

[Travis B.]

Earlier today, I got a "too many requests"-page.

As did I.

[Lērisama]

Earlier today, I got a "too many requests"-page.

As did I.

And I.

[Raphael]

More and more and more "too many requests"-pages.

I strongly recommend that, whenever you try to post something, you highlight everything in the "post" box and use the copy function on it before clicking on "submit".

[bradrn]

More and more and more "too many requests"-pages.

I’m now starting to get them too.

[malloc]

Also it seems like there are far more guests than usual with this appearing on the front page under "Who is online":

In total there are 154 users online :: 4 registered, 0 hidden and 150 guests (based on users active over the past 5 minutes)
Most users ever online was 1636 on Sun Mar 02, 2025 4:44 am

[zompist]

Yeah... obviously we don't have that many users, it has to be bots.

[Travis B.]

Yeah... obviously we don't have that many users, it has to be bots.

Maybe you should try disabling guest access again?

[Man in Space]

Has anyone been getting phantom e-mail notifications from the Board?

[Travis B.]

Has anyone been getting phantom e-mail notifications from the Board?

I have not gotten an email notification from the board ever.

[Raphael]

Has anyone been getting phantom e-mail notifications from the Board?

I have not gotten an email notification from the board ever.

Huh? I regularly get exactly the email notifications I ask for in the settings.

[Travis B.]

Has anyone been getting phantom e-mail notifications from the Board?

I have not gotten an email notification from the board ever.

Huh? I regularly get exactly the email notifications I ask for in the settings.

Well... turns out I am only configured to receive emails for topics and forums I am subscribed to, and as I never subscribe to anything...

[Man in Space]

I have not gotten an email notification from the board ever.

Huh? I regularly get exactly the email notifications I ask for in the settings.

Well... turns out I am only configured to receive emails for topics and forums I am subscribed to, and as I never subscribe to anything...

I have occasional topics so flagged, but lately it seems that I get a notification for a topic reply that happened hours earlier and that I've seen already.