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bjorn
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 Praying to God for the Flamme RougeJoined: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:05 pmPosts: 2527Location: Nordeast
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We have been increasingly suffering under two problems.
One is the amount of spam user registrations and the spam that they post. It has gotten to the point where we enabled moderation of new users, meaning that an administrator will have to approve new users before they can post. We originally wanted to avoid this because it creates one more hoop for new users and admins.
The other issue is the load placed on our server, some by spam registration attempts and some from crawlers, both legitimate and otherwise. To address this issue, we have installed a piece of software that should throttle those types of requests. Occasionally, they processes can run away, and cause our entire server to go down. To prevent that (which affects other sites we host), we set a limit on the server load. When that limit is reached, the bikelove site is disabled. When we first enabled that limit, we had it set pretty low, but we have increased it. Hopefully, between the increase and the throttling software, the board will not be automatically disabled often or for long.
Thanks for your patience while we get all of this worked out!
Bjorn
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FreeRangeZombie
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:08 am |
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 Never got over the fun of spinning out on a Big WheelJoined: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:37 pmPosts: 786Location: Your mom's house
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thanks!!! I was wondering what was going on. That spam was getting annoying 
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Shizzy
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:05 pm |
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 Can't... stop... doing... the Monkey TagJoined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:22 amPosts: 1369Location: Regina
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TOTH....
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jaypee
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:31 pm |
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Thx!
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ChrisAdyNelson
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:33 pm |
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 Regularly rides in ShelbyvilleJoined: Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:04 pmPosts: 1205Location: Wild Wild West
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Thanks for the update and the upgrades!
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bc3
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:24 pm |
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 Secret: wants a tall bikeJoined: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:06 amPosts: 422Location: South Minneapolis - Central
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Thanks for the update and TOTH to you.
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omgmrj
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:58 pm |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:15 amPosts: 7141
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bjorn wrote: ...the amount of spam user registrations and the spam that they post. It has gotten to the point where we enabled moderation of new users, meaning that an administrator will have to approve new users before they can post. We originally wanted to avoid this because it creates one more hoop for new users and admins. I've been enjoying the lack of spam since this. Thank you.
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steef
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:05 am |
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 Dances on the pedals in a most immodest wayJoined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:27 amPosts: 6266Location: Carpetbagging between the North and the South.
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omgmrj wrote: bjorn wrote: ...the amount of spam user registrations and the spam that they post. It has gotten to the point where we enabled moderation of new users, meaning that an administrator will have to approve new users before they can post. We originally wanted to avoid this because it creates one more hoop for new users and admins. I've been enjoying the lack of spam since this. Thank you. I'm moving to Austin, Mn for more SPAM!
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