ContractorTalk.com Down Time - "Account Suspended"

Nathan

Hello Everyone.

I want to apologize for the down time we had last night and this morning. We had a security issue on our server and that caused our host to suspend our account until we can figure out what the issue is. Unfortunately I was asleep at the time and didn't get notified until this morning (Thanks for the phone call Joasis!)

We are still working on this issue so there is a possibility of more down time but if we do go down again it should just be for a reboot or to upgrade some software.

Once again I'm sorry for the down time and we will try to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Nathan

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BuiltByMAC

No biggie, man! Thanks for the heads up though...had me scratching my head for a minute going "What did I post last night? Did they lock me outta the site?"

Mac

jbfan

We do receive a refund for the down time, right?

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OCRS

I was thinking the exact same thing this morning.

Nathan

I got a few emails this morning from people thinking they were banned because my account got suspended. I'm going to send out an email to everyone to make sure people understand that the problem was on my end and not on theirs.

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Double-A

And here I thought someone actually was reading my posts and decided to take action.

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JonM

You do understand you have to keep gasoline in the generator in order to keep things in productions don't you?...I'll bet you were searching in the sofa and the chair find enough coinage to buy a few gallons.

Cdat

All the way to work this morning, I was trying to figure out what I posted and who it upset so much?! Silly me.

neolitic

Could have been any of them,right?

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Nathan

For the record, besides spammers who join our site just to post ads, we hardly ever ban anyone. It is very rare. If we do it's only after numerous warnings and discussions with the person.

If for some reason you can't reach the site it's most likely a problem with the server or site and not with you.

Thanks.

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MALCO.New.York

Geeeeesss. And here I thought that I had "crossed the line" one too many times..............

I do not think I could handle being barred from ANOTHER site!!!

Phew!

Back to being a PITA!

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Bill

Malco, we could not bear to be here without you
go ahead, be a PITA

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dougchips

I figured that you forgot to pay your hosting bill for the new servers. Anytime I see that message on a site I just assume.

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SelfContract

Intuition is always right. I like your answer better. Close!

nap

if you will post your phone number on the open forum, Nathan, I will guarantee you will get a faster notification and most likely in much greater numbers.

We like the forums and I am sure most here would be more than willing to provide you personal notification the second there is a problem.

joasis

Just so everyone knows, it was Ed's fault. Roofers and computers just don't mix!

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Bill

OK, i think I see what happened! Ed was re doing a roof. He needed some advice on how to do it, so he logs onto CT.com and starts rambling on so bad that it overloaded the server

Or did he install a new roof at the building where the server is located and a storm came through!

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neolitic

No, it was all of the wadded up
ice and water backing crap,
gummed up the servers.

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Bill

Ah! So that shows that the ice and water shield is not any good after all huh

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Cdat

I take this as a permission slip/ get out of jail free card.