Forum Access Issues

[oldbluefox]

Should be demoted as a bolshy old s*d! (After you're released from the Tower!!)

[Stephen]

I head even the tower don’t want him. The local slaughter house were interested though

[oldbluefox]

Should be stripped of his pips!!!

[Ray B]

Been trying to get into the forum, but from Friday until this morning I just had the anchor and ships wheel showing.
All other sites/apps were working. Turned the router off this morning for a few minutes then back on.
And now a couple of hours later here you all are
Most strange.

[Onelife]

Been trying to get into the forum, but from Friday until this morning I just had the anchor and ships wheel showing.
All other sites/apps were working. Turned the router off this morning for a few minutes then back on.
And now a couple of hours later here you all are
Most strange.

Funny you should mention this Ray as I had the same problem a few weeks back. Having taken my lap top to a computer engineer only to be told it was working through his set up, he suggested what you have done, e.g. turn off your computer and router wait a few minutes, light a candle and do a “please work this time chant” and hey’ presto, it worked.

[david63]

There have been some big scale bot attacks over the last few days, not just on here but generally, which I have been trying to eliminate - with a small degree of success. Unfortunately it is somewhat akin to pushing water uphill!

[Stephen]

All good here onboard.

[Jan Rosser]

No idea tbh of what a “bot attack” is David but no problems here accessing the site. What I have noticed for months now is that my junk email box contains loads of emails from random senders posing as BT or O2 etc and I’ve lost count of the number of prizes I’ve won! Some are offering “services” too that I really don’t want

[Onelife]

No idea tbh of what a “bot attack” is David but no problems here accessing the site. What I have noticed for months now is that my junk email box contains loads of emails from random senders posing as BT or O2 etc and I’ve lost count of the number of prizes I’ve won! Some are offering “services” too that I really don’t want

What I can say for sure Jan, is that you can ignore any that mention chocolates

[Ray B]

I did try turning the phone completely off and powering it up which made no difference, then this morning turned off the router.
I have no idea if this made a difference but a couple of hours later when I tried again you were all there.
As for bots, they sound evil. I fail to see how my little computer can be safe, when the likes of M&S and banks are attacked.
Still, we carry on regardless.

[david63]

loads of emails from random senders posing as BT or O2 etc

You can't blame me for those

[david63]

For a definition of a "bot" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot

[Ray B]

For a definition of a "bot" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot

Thanks David, makes me even more uneasy.

[david63]

Thanks David, makes me even more uneasy.

It makes all more uneasy but, sadly, that is the way of the Internet. The only option is to stop using the Internet but that is becoming more difficult by the day.

[Portsmouth]

Has something happened to the settings on here, all sentences , words etc are really small...as is the index now
Everything seems normal size on other travel forums I go on and I haven't been touching my computer settings that I know of
seems really strange

ps I use a computer not a phone

[david63]

Has something happened to the settings on here, all sentences , words etc are really small...as is the index now
Everything seems normal size on other travel forums I go on and I haven't been touching my computer settings that I know of
seems really strange

ps I use a computer not a phone

Nothing has changed recently. The last update was over two months ago.

[Portsmouth]

Thanks for the reply ....I just made my display settings increase ....don't really understand what happened but I'm not tech savvy enough to work things out but at least hopefully,I wasn't attacked by one of those bots.

[Stephen]

Is a whip round required for David’s meter?


Forum very slow the last couple of days.
Not normally a problem but today is the worst with pages taking an age to open. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me.

Having just posted, as if by magic things have improved. Must have been that pound coin in he meter

[Onelife]

Is a whip round required for David’s meter?


Forum very slow the last couple of days.
Not normally a problem but today is the worst with pages taking an age to open. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me.

Having just posted, as if by magic things have improved. Must have been that pound coin in he meter

I hadn’t noticed this happening the previous two day but it has been slow to open pages this afternoon....not anymore its not

[david63]

Forum very slow the last couple of days.
Not normally a problem but today is the worst with pages taking an age to open. Anyone else noticing this or is it just me.

Having just posted, as if by magic things have improved. Must have been that pound coin in he meter

Yes I am aware, as are many others on the Internet.

There has been a sustained attack on many sites with literally a few hundred hits a second resulting in slowing the site down. These are all from random IP addresses which make it virtually impossible to stop.

[Ray B]

Thanks for that David, I've been thinking I had a problem my end

[towny44]

We need to bring in the death penalty for anyone even suspected of a cyber attack.

[Stephen]

Thanks for that David, I've been thinking I had a problem my end

That’s normally Onelife’s problem at the Blue Oyster club

[Stephen]

Thanks for the update David.

[Ray B]

Thanks for that David, I've been thinking I had a problem my end

That’s normally Onelife’s problem at the Blue Oyster club

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