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We seem to be back, although I'm currently unable to log-in as Admin. You got the same, Big D?
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And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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Same here, yes … trying to log on to admin brings up the "catchable fatal error" alert. Maybe just a matter of time?
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<nods> Yes, hopefully. Giles was in earlier, so he's probably not finished yet.
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Glad the BB is back, I was missing it!
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Whew, after a 5 (!) days gap in posts (RSS browser here), I was looking to re-contribute to the tumbleweed thread when this popped up :)

... Maybe we'll have quotes with references now?! (one can only hope :wink: )
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Commander_X wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:27 am
... Maybe we'll have quotes with references now?! (one can only hope :wink: )
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Disembodied wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:09 pm
Same here, yes … trying to log on to admin brings up the "catchable fatal error" alert. Maybe just a matter of time?
Is this still happening?
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Getafix wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:04 pm
Disembodied wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:09 pm
Same here, yes … trying to log on to admin brings up the "catchable fatal error" alert. Maybe just a matter of time?
Is this still happening?
Yes, I'm afraid so … the queue of spambots awaiting execution is growing longer. Apologies to all the bots concerned - your custom is important to us, and we will destroy you as soon as possible. :)
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Apologies to all the bots concerned - your custom is important to us, and we will destroy you as soon as possible.
Classic!
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Disembodied wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:27 pm
Apologies to all the bots concerned - your custom is important to us, and we will destroy you as soon as possible. :)
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I have tried to contact The Master and Commander on that security issue; message in a bottle style. :P
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Cody wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 1:02 pm
Apologies to all the bots concerned - your custom is important to us, and we will destroy you as soon as possible.
Classic!
Indeed. This is Customer Service that sets the bar to stratospheric heights.
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Yes, I'm afraid so … the queue of spambots awaiting execution is growing longer. Apologies to all the bots concerned - your custom is important to us, and we will destroy you as soon as possible. :)
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It's possible to slap a ban on the bots, which muzzles them, but I'm still not able to delete them. So we currently have a queue of mute spambots just sitting there, held in a ghastly, grey, twilight limbo, all their Cyrillic blandishments unreleased … heartbreaking, in its own way. :(
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I can disapprove their posts, but not ban them - my Moderator permissions are limited. Some forums I know don't delete them, they merely ban them, leaving the poor dears in the aforementioned ghastly, grey, twilight limbo for eternity - and of course, inflating the said forum's member count.
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