The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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Re: The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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Vrede too wrote:
Wed Jun 17, 2026 6:05 pm
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Wed Jun 17, 2026 4:54 pm
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My posts in progress are getting timed out faster. No problem, I get prompted to submit the form again and I do so without losing any part of the post. Just FYI.
That actually adds up, and I can add some time back to that.

Original value 1000 seconds: ~17 minutes

New value: 1800 seconds: 30 minutes

I reduced it to help with bots but I don't think it made a bit of difference, so if I need to add more just yell.
Thanks, I won't. It takes 2 seconds to resubmit.

Another thing is that frequently when I quote or submit a response I get a colorless screen with a messed up format. Usually, refreshing the page fixes it, but sometimes I get trapped in a loop and have to backpage and forepage to get out of it. Not a huge deal, but mildly annoying.
Your IP is showing up in the ban list again, so it's failing to pull certain resources to make the pages pretty. Are you a heavy tab user? Like you load a bunch of topics in different tabs, something like that? Trying to find an explanation.

The documentation about whitelisting an IP is contradictory, but I added your IP to the white list. Not your iP: 192.168.0.* so if it matches any number at the end it should exclude you.

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Re: The bots.... and bots and bots and bots

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bannination wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 4:54 pm
Your IP is showing up in the ban list again, so it's failing to pull certain resources to make the pages pretty. Are you a heavy tab user? Like you load a bunch of topics in different tabs, something like that? Trying to find an explanation.

The documentation about whitelisting an IP is contradictory, but I added your IP to the white list. Not your iP: 192.168.0.* so if it matches any number at the end it should exclude you.
Harrumph, I prefer "multi tab user" :wave: , which I am. It's usually only 2 BRD tabs, though. I'll look for improvement, but it's not a big deal anyhow. Thanks.
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bannination wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 4:42 pm

Maybe if I knew what was wrong with it -- it works for me :-)
It clears it's cache a couple of times a day and I get a blank page or only a couple of posts. There's been posts in nine threads today.

Here's what I have now.
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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 7:06 pm
bannination wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 4:54 pm
Your IP is showing up in the ban list again, so it's failing to pull certain resources to make the pages pretty. Are you a heavy tab user? Like you load a bunch of topics in different tabs, something like that? Trying to find an explanation.

The documentation about whitelisting an IP is contradictory, but I added your IP to the white list. Not your iP: 192.168.0.* so if it matches any number at the end it should exclude you.
Harrumph, I prefer "multi tab user" :wave: , which I am. It's usually only 2 BRD tabs, though. I'll look for improvement, but it's not a big deal anyhow. Thanks.
I think it may have already got you again. I expanded the rule to be looser 192.168.*.*

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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 7:15 pm
bannination wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 4:42 pm

Maybe if I knew what was wrong with it -- it works for me :-)
It clears it's cache a couple of times a day and I get a blank page or only a couple of posts. There's been posts in nine threads today.

Here's what I have now.
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Ok, I'm going to have to start using it myself and see if I can see a pattern. That helps though.

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Thu Jun 18, 2026 8:10 pm


Ok, I'm going to have to start using it myself and see if I can see a pattern. That helps though.
Now everything is gone.
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Thu Jun 18, 2026 10:04 pm
Now everything is gone.
I don't recall ever having a 'New Posts' option and can't find one now that I go looking for it.
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Vrede too wrote:
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Jun 18, 2026 10:04 pm
Now everything is gone.
I don't recall ever having a 'New Posts' option and can't find one now that I go looking for it.
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Upper left under Quick Links.

That's what I always use when I log on to see what's current.
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Upper left under Quick Links.

That's what I always use when I log on to see what's current.
Ah, thanks. I always just check the threads until I get to a post I've seen before.
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Ah, thanks. I always just check the threads until I get to a post I've seen before.
Is it working for you?

There's usually two or three pages unless I clear my history or cookies.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2026 12:28 am
Vrede too wrote:
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Ah, thanks. I always just check the threads until I get to a post I've seen before.
Is it working for you?

There's usually two or three pages unless I clear my history or cookies.
Seems to be working, but just 4 posts. I did not clear my history or cookies.
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Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2026 1:05 am
GoCubsGo wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2026 12:28 am
Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jun 19, 2026 12:24 am

Ah, thanks. I always just check the threads until I get to a post I've seen before.
Is it working for you?

There's usually two or three pages unless I clear my history or cookies.
Seems to be working, but just 4 posts. I did not clear my history or cookies.
That's what I have, they'll be magically gone by morning.
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I'm getting bumped off pretty quickly. Any post draft more than 2-3 lines seems to get wiped off and new login required. Is that a hint? :lol:
I can read for a while, though, but it won't keep me logged in if I close the tab.

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Pages loading slowly for me.
In total there are 12088 users online :: 5 registered, 3 hidden and 12080 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Most users ever online was 15533 on Fri Jun 12, 2026 9:53 pm
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Vrede too wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2026 8:07 pm
Pages loading slowly for me.
In total there are 12088 users online :: 5 registered, 3 hidden and 12080 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Most users ever online was 15533 on Fri Jun 12, 2026 9:53 pm
I pm'd Banni.
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GoCubsGo wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2026 8:11 pm
Vrede too wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2026 8:07 pm
Pages loading slowly for me.
In total there are 12088 users online :: 5 registered, 3 hidden and 12080 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Most users ever online was 15533 on Fri Jun 12, 2026 9:53 pm
I pm'd Banni.
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In total there are 338 users online :: 4 registered, 2 hidden and 332 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
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I was in an internet outage.... glad it mostly held up and passed on it's own.

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bannination wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:50 pm
I was in an internet outage.... glad it mostly held up and passed on it's own.
:thumbup: Because of the defenses you've built.

Noticed a page loaded just a little slowly.
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Vrede too wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2026 9:06 am
bannination wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:50 pm
I was in an internet outage.... glad it mostly held up and passed on it's own.
:thumbup: Because of the defenses you've built.

Noticed a page loaded just a little slowly.
In total there are 2255 users online :: 4 registered, 1 hidden and 2250 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
Again
In total there are 4091 users online :: 2 registered, 4 hidden and 4085 guests (based on users active over the past 15 minutes)
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They're baaaaaaaack....
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