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reply Andre Pany <andre s-e-a-p.de> writes:
I do not know wheter newsgroup/mailing list access is also 
affected but posting on forum does only work on 10th try.

It stays on connecting/validating...

This might be the reason for less message postings the last 
days... which is very bad.

Kind regards
Andre
Mar 31 2019
next sibling parent reply Andre Pany <andre s-e-a-p.de> writes:
On Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 20:45:13 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 I do not know wheter newsgroup/mailing list access is also 
 affected but posting on forum does only work on 10th try.

 It stays on connecting/validating...

 This might be the reason for less message postings the last 
 days... which is very bad.

 Kind regards
 Andre


Still occurring today :( I have to try 10 times, solving several 
captchas and waiting several 30 seconds to post this single 
message.

Kind regards
Andre
Apr 02 2019
next sibling parent Ron Tarrant <rontarrant gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 15:22:37 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 On Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 20:45:13 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 I do not know wheter newsgroup/mailing list access is also 
 affected but posting on forum does only work on 10th try.

 It stays on connecting/validating...

 This might be the reason for less message postings the last 
 days... which is very bad.

 Kind regards
 Andre


 Still occurring today :( I have to try 10 times, solving 
 several captchas and waiting several 30 seconds to post this 
 single message.

 Kind regards
 Andre


It seems random, Andre. I just successfully posted in one go 
(another thread). Also, for some reason, clicking on 'Save and 
preview' first increases my odds.
Apr 02 2019
prev sibling parent Seb <seb wilzba.ch> writes:
On Tuesday, 2 April 2019 at 15:22:37 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 On Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 20:45:13 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 I do not know wheter newsgroup/mailing list access is also 
 affected but posting on forum does only work on 10th try.

 It stays on connecting/validating...

 This might be the reason for less message postings the last 
 days... which is very bad.

 Kind regards
 Andre


 Still occurring today :( I have to try 10 times, solving 
 several captchas and waiting several 30 seconds to post this 
 single message.

 Kind regards
 Andre


Here's my workaround:
- try to send -> if it fails -> go back in browser history -> 
send (repeat twice)

On the third attempt, you'll be prompted for the Captcha and then 
so far the submission always worked flawless.

I have talked with Vladimir today a bit and he's aware of the 
issues and currently preparing the move from his personal 
computer (which is why these issues might be appearing) to the 
new server that he bought recently.

See also: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/gcrbrpehpyknhlhqnpdz forum.dlang.org
Apr 03 2019
prev sibling parent reply Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 20:45:13 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 I do not know wheter newsgroup/mailing list access is also 
 affected but posting on forum does only work on 10th try.

 It stays on connecting/validating...

 This might be the reason for less message postings the last 
 days... which is very bad.


Hi, sorry for this.

It looks like some kind of routing error manifested between the 
machine the forum is currently running on, and some machines in 
the USA.

This seems to be affecting connections to the digitalmars.com 
NNTP server, as well as a spam checking service (StopForumSpam).

I've disabled the spam checker two days ago and got in contact 
with them to investigate this problem. To resolve the NNTP server 
issues, as of now all connections to it are currently routed 
through a proxy. Hopefully this should fix the posting problems 
for the moment.

Please feel free to post in this thread if you encounter any more 
errors while trying to use the forum.
Apr 03 2019
parent AltFunction1 <af1af1af1 af1.af1> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 April 2019 at 18:52:43 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:

 On Sunday, 31 March 2019 at 20:45:13 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:

 [...]


 Hi, sorry for this.

 It looks like some kind of routing error manifested between the 
 machine the forum is currently running on, and some machines in 
 the USA.

 This seems to be affecting connections to the digitalmars.com 
 NNTP server, as well as a spam checking service (StopForumSpam).

 I've disabled the spam checker two days ago and got in contact 
 with them to investigate this problem. To resolve the NNTP 
 server issues, as of now all connections to it are currently 
 routed through a proxy. Hopefully this should fix the posting 
 problems for the moment.

 Please feel free to post in this thread if you encounter any 
 more errors while trying to use the forum.


The web interface works seamlessly now. Maybe even better than 
ever.
Apr 06 2019