Electric Leyland Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hello Shiters, Well as you can see we're back up and running. We're not in the clear yet though, still stuff to do. Here's a status update of what's going on. Issues tackled so far: • Deleted all live spammers, banned IPs and removed posts. Thanks to everyone who flagged them up (Dollywobbler, Cavette, Cobblers, Studebaker Hawk, Trigger, Shep Shepherd, AeroNautical to name but a few) which made the job easier as they were still present all the way back to May this year.• Deleted all 14,800 inactive users, as approx. 95%+ looked like dormant spammers.• Locked down the forum, but then altered it back to 'Account Activation by admins'. This is because lurkers will now be trying to re-register as I’ve deleted their accounts. Issues outstanding: • A forced board purge. Iminently. Like in the next day or two. We have 5 years of posts on there. I recommend we delete the oldest 3 years worth at least I recommend topics older than that need to be resurrected now or lost forever.• Make the registration process a load tighter. • Try and reactivate Space Otter. I can’t work out how to do this yet. • Add moderators, purely for deleting spambots ONLY and nothing else (thanks to everyone who has applied). • Go to the pub Thanks to everyone for being so patient, and our apologies for letting it get out of hand. The Autoshite page on Facebook has been a welcome place this week (cheers to Craig Miller for that). Rich aka ELaka RIchard Lawson on FB for ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_L Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 EL, I understand I'm new here, but I'm happy to volunteer time to the boards. Regularly online for 12 hours at a time (Days and Nights) at work, so if you need any help kicking this spammers in to touch, let me know Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Good work to all involved in getting it back up and running it's good to have it back although my productivity at work will probably start dipping again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Thank you, (Rover) sterling job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny69 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Glad* to see the forum back and sorry to hear it's under such attack from spammers - thanks for the hard work put in, since I'm one of those users who just sits here and occasionally posts inconstructive drivel without ever helping or offering any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Thank you guys for all the time and effort in getting the forum back and running again, It's been a long week without AS to keep me amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Hey, good work guys. I spend a lot of time here, albeit reading more than contributing.Your efforts are appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 • Deleted all 14,800 inactive users Feckin' hell, no wonder it took nearly a week! Well done Rich, and thanks for all your efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 It's great to have AS back and thanks for all your hard work in sorting out what is a free service. Don't forget Fred Transit who served up emergency AS to us all in paper cups from the back of his Transit. Thanks Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Don't forget Fred Transit who served up emergency AS to us all in paper cups from the back of his Transit. Thanks Fred +1.Turned into quite a decent wee forum in the few days it had in the limelight, thanks FT. Incidentally, there still seems to be a shit-load of spammers on the member list, I presume these have all been de-activated and nothing to worry about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Yeah I was hoping Fred might make a return to the main forum now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Glad everything is back up and running! Once again I'll offer my services to deleted Spammers, I work from home so The 'Shite is generally on my PC 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Leyland Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Incidentally, there still seems to be a shit-load of spammers on the member list, I presume these have all been de-activated and nothing to worry about? Mainly nothing to worry about. Since coming back online this morning we've had 51 new resistrations from spammers, none of which will gain access. That's the majority of them, and the rest are all recent ones that have been banned already. If you go back further they're mainly OK looking. This will for a while cause problems for 'real' new registrations. Just have to live with that temporarily. But so far nothing in the past 4 hours so it's looking fairly good. I do expect a few to pop up though over the next few days, if you see any please flag them up! Cheers,Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Yeah I was hoping Fred might make a return to the main forum now. Yes, second that. Another big thank you (to add to all the others) to everyone involved in keeping this site running. The positive side effect of it being down for a few days is that is has demonstrated beyond doubt just how much it means to a lot of people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 • A forced board purge. Iminently. Like in the next day or two. We have 5 years of posts on there. I recommend we delete the oldest 3 years worth at least I recommend topics older than that need to be resurrected now or lost forever. Hold on, before purging let's download and archive those old posts. They might be inactive but there's still three years of esoteric car knowledge. I can host them on the originaltin hosting I'm still paying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 • A forced board purge. Iminently. Like in the next day or two. We have 5 years of posts on there. I recommend we delete the oldest 3 years worth at least I recommend topics older than that need to be resurrected now or lost forever. Hold on, before purging let's download and archive those old posts. They might be inactive but there's still three years of esoteric car knowledge. I can host them on the originaltin hosting I'm still paying for. That definitely sounds lke an offer that's too good not to be taken up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Sceptre Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 How do we do that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talbot928 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Well done and welcome back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Electric Leyland, Siestaboy, Mr H Sceptre you have pm re backups etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Sterling work chaps [and probably a lot more reliable] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Sceptre Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Electric Leyland, Siestaboy, Mr H Sceptre you have pm re backups etc Hi Dave - very interested in this. Will need to speak to Mr Leyland first, plus my laptop is broken so prob won't get the chance to PM you until tomorrow........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Nice one E.L, much appreciated. Can I just add a huge 'hats off' to Fred for the emergency forum? Cheers Fred! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 +1! It's been handy sitting in Fred's Autoshite shed with a cup of Oxo and continuing the fun.Also thanks must to to EL and the other management for getting us back to normal. Cheers guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Top job, Richard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Big thanks to admins & Fred for keeping us all well-supplied with shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Another thanks to The Management for their efforts in getting the board back up and running, and to Fred for giving us our AS fix in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredTransit Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 the 999 forum(s) are safely mothballed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Thanks to all for their hard (and unpaid!) work getting AS back up and running.....I've never been so glad to see two tones of brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I am working on archiving the old posts so the management can trim down the forum without us losing anything. Apologies for abnormal traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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