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Were we offline?
#1

Were we offline?
As much as I don't post, I still check in *almost* daily. 

I got an email from the server company that we had a disruption, but I could swear I checked in just last night and everything looked fine.

Weird.
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#2

Were we offline?
Yes.  Last night, about 11 Phoenix time, I checked in and got a message saying that the web hosting service had been disconnected.  That would have been the middle of the night in Europe so probably a lot of people wouldn't have noticed but this morning (about 8:30 Phoenix time) I still had the same message.

It just came back on.
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#3

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(09-23-2023, 04:11 PM)Aliza Wrote: As much as I don't post, I still check in *almost* daily. 

I got an email from the server company that we had a disruption, but I could swear I checked in just last night and everything looked fine.

Weird.

Same thing happened a couple of weeks ago. Someone is obviously ratting on the site with provider, claiming it contains malware or something like that.
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#4

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Probably Stevie!
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#5

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Same thing happened exactly one month ago (23rd August)
Perhaps the very generous person who pays the bill had some money transfer issues.
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#6

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(09-23-2023, 05:04 PM)adey67 Wrote: Same thing happened exactly one month ago (23rd August)
Perhaps the very generous person who pays the bill had some money transfer issues.

I think it's Host Upon's cc charging system. The issue does appear to be payment related, though. It's strange the system would report unsuccessful payment and then the website works again 8 hours later without my intervention.
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#7

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I just went to shut down Google and found that I still had an open window from this morning.  This was the message:


Website Hosting Unavailable
The web hosting account associated with this website has been suspended.
If you are the owner of this website please Contact Support
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#8

Were we offline?
I'm slow to this thread, but yup. And recently, too. Good to see it back, but I do hope money isn't a chronic problem (seems like it often is in my forum circles).
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#9

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(09-23-2023, 05:40 PM)c172 Wrote: I'm slow to this thread, but yup. And recently, too. Good to see it back, but I do hope money isn't a chronic problem (seems like it often is in my forum circles).

I have a feeling it's going to turn out to be an expired credit card that they're charging manually. Nothing an update won't fix.
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#10

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(09-23-2023, 05:40 PM)c172 Wrote: I'm slow to this thread, but yup. And recently, too. Good to see it back, but I do hope money isn't a chronic problem (seems like it often is in my forum circles).

I have a feeling it's going to turn out to be an expired credit card that they're charging manually. Nothing an update won't fix.
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#11

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Yeah, I tried about 8:30 Pacific Time and couldn't get on.  I thought, uh-oh, did the bill get paid?  Was there a glitch?  Is my chrombook laptop going full stupid agian?    Anyway, I'm glad everything's back to normal.
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#12

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Yeah it happened when I was trying to post my obesity thread. Oh well, I've just made the post even better than yesterday's “draft”.
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#13

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Problem solved. They had an active credit card, but the default one was set to a card that expired a few years ago.

Weird, but fixed! Shouldn't be a problem for a few more years.
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#14

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(09-24-2023, 03:03 AM)Aliza Wrote: Problem solved. They had an active credit card, but the default one was set to a card that expired a few years ago.

Weird, but fixed! Shouldn't be a problem for a few more years.

We do have funds for several years? What is the financial situation overall, if i may ask?
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#15

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(09-23-2023, 05:40 PM)c172 Wrote: I'm slow to this thread, but yup. And recently, too. Good to see it back, but I do hope money isn't a chronic problem (seems like it often is in my forum circles).

We're lucky. ATM we have a very generous patron.
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