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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
OK, initial tests of the new server are going good, no real problems and speed is excellent. It's already running the email servers, and tomorrow afternoon I'll be transfering the rest of the web site and this forum over. While the data is been transfered, the forum will be offline for a short time. How long depends on how long the DNS servers in your neck of the woods take to update, anywhere between 30 minutes and a couple of hours. If you see the "Forum Closed" message, try again in 30 minutes or so. By tomorrow evening everything should be back to normal. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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stuarts Senior Member  Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
Gizmo, I was just wondering what sort of traffic the site generates. I imagine with the activity on the forum that it could be significant. Stuart Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Hi Stuart The entire domain sends out about 40 gig per month, most from the main web site, with maybe 20% from the forum. There's usually 10 to 30 people in the forum at one time, but only a few of those, say 20%, are members. The analytic software says there about 1500 to 2000 unique impressions per day, 300 to 500 visitors. Its busy, but still no load for a web server, it can handle many times that traffic, the cpu spends most of the time doing nothing. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
OK, server will be off line shortly. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
If you can see this message, your on the new server  The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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donmck Guru  Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Can't see a thing Glenn 
Great work. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
Glenn, I seem to have stopped receiving emails when a forum entry is updated. Just checked my settings and nothing has changed there. Is the new server completely set up? Stuart Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
test message Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Just sent you a test email Stuart, could you let me know if you get it. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Just posted a new topic in maximiters, and can see it. may be just old messages on the old server that are not being able to be updated. Cheers Don... Hey Stuart, I just become a senior member  https://www.dontronics.com |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Some emails are going out, some arn't. Its to do with the email server learning who it can trust, etc. I'll sort it out tonight or first thing tomorrow morning if I need some help. Its not affecting the forum as such, just some email notifications arn't getting out. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
I made groupie at about 40 messages. I've got a few to catch up to you. Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
OK, a little research on the errors I'm seeing on the email server tell me it could be caused by a DSN issue. Some members are getting the emails, some are not. Basically, the mail server is having problems finding some domains. I'll leave it for tonight, as its only a inconvienence, and will sort it out in the morning with some help from my network guru friend. Sorry about the hiccups, bound to get a few, need a brown paper bag. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| stuarts Senior Member Joined: 15/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 199 |
Glenn, no need to apologise. We all know that there is nothing straightforward with anything related to computers. Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. |
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| donmck Guru Joined: 09/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1313 |
Logic is never logical. Cheers Don... https://www.dontronics.com |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
I may have just fixed it, the emails are going out now. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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VK6MRG Guru Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 347 |
Looks good Glenn, And I’m getting the email notifications with no problems.
Thanks for all your hard work. Matthew Its easier to ask forgiveness than to seek permission! ............VK6MRG.............VK3MGR............ |
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| Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Yeah I think thats fixed, I had to edit a rule for the email server to trust the web server. It was still set up to trust the old server, not the new one. See the web server ( this site and forum ) is sending a heap of email to the email server when someone posts a message on the forum. It looks like spam, so the email server isn't too happy about sending it on. So I've told the email server that the web server is a good guy. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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