1. Re: Missing posts (was Game Programming)
Robert Craig wrote:
>
> Chris Bensler wrote:
> > I don't recall ever having a submitted post timeout.
> > If spam were the cause of the problem, I would expect a Denial of Service,
> > but
> > that is not the case. The submissions appear to go through, I get the 'thank
> > you for posting' page.
> >
> > I assume that if I'm posting directly on the RDS interface, it should reach
> > the forum regardless if topica fails?
> >
> > What email address do you mean?
> > The spam is being targetted to topica? Don't they have to subscribe before
> > they
> > can post?
>
> I haven't looked at the filter program for quite a while.
> It has been running by itself for a long time now.
> I see some interesting things though...
>
> 1. The (up to 1000/hour) spam is being directed to all sorts of
> bogus addresses at listfilter.com, not just the EUforum
> "automatic moderator" address that sends/receives postings
> to/from Topica. The filter has to handle all of this junk.
>
> 2. Because you have posted a large percentage of the recent
> messages, the filter is delaying your messages by up to
> half an hour. This is a mechanism that I put in a long time
> ago to protect against people monopolizing the forum.
> Note: I'm not objecting to any of your recent postings.
> Maybe I should loosen that feature up a bit. People who haven't
> posted in a day or two (including myself), can post about 5 or 6
> messages before any delay kicks in. The actual formula is a
> bit complicated.
>
> I don't think loss of messages via the Web interface
> is a big problem, because it hasn't happened to me and no one
> else is complaining unless they post via Topica. I know that in
> some rare cases the filter has crashed, and a message here and
> there may have been lost. You may have been a victim of that.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
No worries. It's just a bit annoying. As I said, it happens on other forums too
for whatever reason. I've learned to copy to clipboard, or write in notepad or
something if I don't want to risk losing the post to the sock goblins.
I agree with the msg delay to reduce monopolization. Don't change it on my
account. 1/2 hour is plenty reasonable. Perhaps there should be a note of it on
the submission form and the RDS\Euforum page though so ppl are aware of it.
Chris Bensler
~ The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra ~
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