I've Noticed Several Bugs In The Physorg Software

N O M

29th April 2008 - 07:47 AM

Has anyone else noticed the site being a tad buggy lately?

Bug 1
The report function doesn't seem to work. Earlier today I tried to report the "new member" Mashiach for being the return of the banned troll Imagination (also banned as Dr Strangelove and yet again banned as ConductingLight) and I got an error. That was from work, but the security there is pretty tight, so I just tried from home, same result.
The error I get is:

QUOTE

Mail Error!

SMTP protocol failure!
Host: (IP adress)
Return Code: 535
Return Msg: (IP adress) authentication failed
Board Error: Password not accepted from the server
Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

I can't see anything wrong with my settings.

Bug 2
Also, the sock-puppet Mashiach's profile says he has zero posts, yet he actually has three. Maybe the count is worthwile posts, then he'd stay on zero for several years.

Bug 3
I also noticed some guest member posts have been showing as duplicates. The content and even the post times are duplicated.

Sandra doliak

29th April 2008 - 08:58 AM

[QUOTE=N O M,Apr 29 2008, 07:47 AM] Also, the sock-puppet Mashiach's profile says he has zero posts, yet he actually has three. Maybe the count is worthwile posts, then he'd stay on zero for several years.

YES!, This has happened twice before in the past three days!

[QUOTE]I also noticed some guest member posts have been showing as duplicates. The content and even the post times are duplicated.[/QUOTE]

YEAH!

As a matter of fact, I tried to neg the member that (apparently) posted multiple threads, but didn't!

I could have sworn EVEN THE REPLIES TO THE THREADS WERE THE SAME!

Maybe the computers at physorg HQ have caught a virus!

Kindest regards

Sandra

bm1957

29th April 2008 - 09:25 AM

QUOTE (N O M+Apr 29 2008, 08:47 AM)

QUOTE

Mail Error!

SMTP protocol failure!
Host: (IP adress)
Return Code: 535
Return Msg: (IP adress) authentication failed
Board Error: Password not accepted from the server
Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

I can't see anything wrong with my settings.

I got that one after trying to send a PM, assumed it hadn't sent then got a reply the next day.

Very strange.

BigDumbWeirdo

29th April 2008 - 01:01 PM

QUOTE (bm1957+Apr 29 2008, 04:25 AM)

I can't see anything wrong with my settings. [/QUOTE]
I got that one after trying to send a PM, assumed it hadn't sent then got a reply the next day.

Very strange.

I'm getting it sometimes when I try to post, but the post actually does go through.
It's been going on for about a week now. (I also get it sometimes with PMs and every single time I try to report a post.)

Lizzy Frog

29th April 2008 - 04:57 PM

Try this for fun: enter the forum but do not log-in. Then browse in guest mode for a while. Finally, try to log-in - result for me; the whole bloody screen locks up!

Empress Palpatine

29th April 2008 - 05:23 PM

I have seen more errors than usual. Also, a thread I had posted on last night completely disappeared. Why I do not know, because I don't think there was anything about it that would cause a mod to delete it.

N O M

29th April 2008 - 08:39 PM

QUOTE (BigDumbWeirdo+Apr 30 2008, 01:01 AM)

I'm getting it sometimes when I try to post, but the post actually does go through.

I actually got it when I posted this thread

QUOTE

It's been going on for about a week now.

That's why I just noticed it, since I had been away for nearly a week.

Sapo

29th April 2008 - 08:48 PM

I've had SQL errors, smtp errors, one or two PHP white screens... All in the last week, I think, but fairly regularly.

You'd think a heads-up from the admins would be worth their trouble.

"THEY"

29th April 2008 - 09:47 PM

I personally think the mods are killing the forum. It is only about 10 percent of what it used to be, and they don't care. Now its not operating right? "DAMM! Maybe they will finally leave if it doesn't work!"

Its broke and they aint fixin it!

This forum is dead, folks.

Admin here sucks.

N O M

29th April 2008 - 09:50 PM

I just checked out the sock-puppet Mashiach. His post history now returns an error, which means all his posts have been deleted

So maybe my reports did get through.

newguy

30th April 2008 - 11:01 AM

I got the following error message when attempting to post a new topic just a few moments ago:

Mail Error!

SMTP protocol failure!
Host: 208.122.9.200
Return Code: 535
Return Msg: 535 5.7.0 authentication failed
Board Error: Password not accepted from the server
Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

As a result, my new topic actually got posted twice. Oh well, I'll try to report it to the mods so they can delete one...hopefully, I'll get through.

EDIT: I just got the following error message when I tried to report my double thread to the mods:

Mail Error!

SMTP protocol failure!
Host: 208.122.9.200
Return Code: 535
Return Msg: 535 5.7.0 authentication failed
Board Error: Password not accepted from the server
Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

Well, alrighty then...

Sapo

30th April 2008 - 09:06 PM

Earlier today, I got three PMs from the same user, same message. One minute delivery time between each one, and three e-mail notifications to go with them. Later today I had one PM from another member, and no e-mail notification. I just happened to notice it.

The author of the first three reported that he was getting white screens upon posting, so he thought they didn't go through.

Isn't technology wonderful?

PLEASE FIX IT, MODS!

xtrmn8r

3rd May 2008 - 11:24 PM

QUOTE

Bug 1
The report function doesn't seem to work. Earlier today I tried to report the "new member" Mashiach for being the return of the banned troll Imagination (also banned as Dr Strangelove and yet again banned as ConductingLight) and I got an error. That was from work, but the security there is pretty tight, so I just tried from home, same result.
The error I get is:
QUOTE
Mail Error!

SMTP protocol failure!
Host: (IP adress)
Return Code: 535
Return Msg: (IP adress) authentication failed
Board Error: Password not accepted from the server
Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

I can't see anything wrong with my settings.

This bug is why there is multiple entries for new threads. Nothing wrong with my settings I can find!

Ignore the popup

kjw

4th May 2008 - 12:04 AM

unless this is sorted out, the board is going to be a mess when LHC collisions begin

philip347

5th May 2008 - 12:06 AM

Because abused goes on on this board, due to current administration ethics, they probably want to feign as if something was wrong with the feedback and they didn't know this?
Look at Abu Zagreb and the abuse they foisted there?

Sapo

8th May 2008 - 11:14 PM

Something has been sorted.

I just posted and the refresh was amazing, as if it was a local address. I wonder if it has to to with the bandwidth the new server has? Or the number of concurrent threads?

Edit: Yep! That was it. There's only a few folks here.

Hmm.

N O M

9th May 2008 - 01:27 AM

QUOTE (philip146+)

Look at Abu Zagreb and the abuse they foisted there?

Damn, you found us out

N O M

4th June 2008 - 09:22 PM

I've been getting several errors when posting lately, other members have complained about this lately too. Duplicate threads also seem to be occuring frequently. I thought these bugs had been resolved

... and, has anyone else noticed that there's a lot of spam on physorg at the moment?
The mods don't seem to be removing it either.

kjw

5th June 2008 - 12:47 AM

the timing of receiving email notifications that carry this message

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Spam detection software, running on the system "server6.physorg.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details

have coincided with my firewall working overtime in blocking traffic when i am on physorg

QUOTE (->

QUOTE

have coincided with my firewall working overtime in blocking traffic when i am on physorg
the mods don't seem to be removing it either.

dont encourage the conspiracy theorists

seriously though yeah hurry up moderators and at least remove all the porn spam

great another porn spam was just posted ...

N O M

5th June 2008 - 01:11 AM

QUOTE (kjw+Jun 5 2008, 12:47 PM)

great another porn spam was just posted ...

Yeah, I can see why the dirty little spammers would think we at physorg would be interested in foot-fettish sites.

StevenA constantly has at least one of his feet in his mouth

kjw

5th June 2008 - 01:26 AM

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