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Title: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 16, 2025, 01:12:56 PM
I've started getting odd error messages about half the time I'm trying to access Kymcoforum.com. I noticed going back a few months(?) that this particular site was slow to load...and now I get error messages saying 'too many requests', server unavailable and today, 'insufficient storage'. I hit refresh and the site usually then opens.

Anyone else seeing these things? (this site is the only one I get these messages for...no other sites I visit online)
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Ruffus on October 16, 2025, 02:32:04 PM
Same here once in a while.
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 16, 2025, 03:37:56 PM
just got a new one...
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 17, 2025, 11:57:16 AM
Administrator notified.

Stig
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Neil955i on October 21, 2025, 08:09:20 AM
just got a new one...

Yep.  I see that one quite often too Hawk.

In fact I got this while trying to post this reply:

(https://i.postimg.cc/wMqQc3w6/image001.png) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 21, 2025, 01:48:58 PM
I got an error message every thread I clicked on this morning....I also noticed that my attached thumbnail pic I posted earlier isn't showing anymore. When I click on the pic attachment, rather than opening up the full size pic, it goes to download it...lots of glitches going on.
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 22, 2025, 01:27:47 PM
I get error messages the majority of the time I click on something...sometimes I have to hit the refresh button 5 or 6 times to get through.

Any word from the Admin?
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: JJJoseph on October 24, 2025, 07:34:32 AM
this particular site was slow to load...

The server side is suffering from lack of maintenance.  The sys-admin needs to pay attention to the file load on the server since this happens when the SQL database and log files grow beyond limits.  A forum like this grows continuously from user activity and needs to be pared down from time to time.  Or else the site needs to rent additional space. The pen only holds so many pigs and then there starts this ungodly uproar!
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: randyo on October 24, 2025, 11:52:19 AM
Yep.  I see that one quite often too Hawk.

In fact I got this while trying to post this reply:

(https://i.postimg.cc/wMqQc3w6/image001.png) (https://postimages.org/)

ya I get similar messages, but usually goes thru on the first reload
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 28, 2025, 12:56:50 PM
it appears the problem has been fixed! No more error messages.
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: JJJoseph on October 28, 2025, 06:03:08 PM
it appears the problem has been fixed! No more error messages.
Hooray! The site has been unblocked.  The admins may not have been aware that there was a problem.  Somebody has to actually pick up the phone and make direct contact.
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on October 29, 2025, 10:25:53 AM
Picked up my (cell) phone, and texted admin. :)
Ordinarily response/fix/block from admin. can happen in as little at 5 min.
Longer this time.
Stig
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Neil955i on October 29, 2025, 11:19:24 AM
Picked up my (cell) phone, and texted admin. :)
Ordinarily response/fix/block from admin. can happen in as little at 5 min.
Longer this time.
Stig

Well thanks for your efforts Stig.  Much appreciated by us mere mortals!
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on October 29, 2025, 12:44:02 PM
may have spoken too soon...got another error message this morning. I'll have to see if they continue.

edit: 10/30/25, error messages are continuing to show up
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Ruffus on October 30, 2025, 08:05:28 AM
Well thanks for your efforts Stig.  Much appreciated by us mere mortals!
+1
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: randyo on October 30, 2025, 11:37:04 PM
yes, still getting "INSUFFICIENT STORAGE" messages, have to reload the page, sometimes 2-3 times
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on November 01, 2025, 04:34:32 PM
getting even more error messges...this site has not been fixed. Stig - can you reach out to Admin, again??
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on November 01, 2025, 08:18:58 PM
getting even more error messges...this site has not been fixed. Stig - can you reach out to Admin, again??
Yes.
Message sent.
Stig
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on November 03, 2025, 08:03:10 PM
Yes.
Message sent.
Stig

thank you, sir!
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Neil955i on November 11, 2025, 08:27:07 AM
Logged on first attempt this morning!  Hope that is a good sign...

Edit:  It was not!  Still getting the "Insufficient storage" error message :(
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on November 11, 2025, 01:07:58 PM
Logged on first attempt this morning!  Hope that is a good sign...

Edit:  It was not!  Still getting the "Insufficient storage" error message :(

Will send message again to administrator.
Getting concerned here, too.
Stig
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on November 12, 2025, 01:33:21 AM
2 Insufficient Storage messages in first 4 clicks tonight...
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Neil955i on November 12, 2025, 11:43:43 AM
Been on a few times over an hour or so this morning and, fingers crossed, no error messages so far... Yay!
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Iahawk on November 12, 2025, 02:45:34 PM
multiple Insufficient Storage messages just trying to click on this thread today (the irony)
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Viper254 on November 13, 2025, 09:43:03 PM
JJJ is bang on the money, the forum is hitting the buffers of it's allocation; database, bandwidth, whatever;
I think I've mentioned this in the past but I work in IT in server infrastructure - I'm not particularly experienced in PHP - if the current administrator wants to offload it and if I can afford to run it, I'd be open to taking it on as a running concern. Too many great phpbb forums have been lost from the internet, with the treasure trove of information contained within.
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on November 17, 2025, 12:42:28 AM
JJJ is bang on the money, the forum is hitting the buffers of it's allocation; database, bandwidth, whatever;
I think I've mentioned this in the past but I work in IT in server infrastructure - I'm not particularly experienced in PHP - if the current administrator wants to offload it and if I can afford to run it, I'd be open to taking it on as a running concern. Too many great phpbb forums have been lost from the internet, with the treasure trove of information contained within.
I can't at the moment - but please try to contact the administrator on the members list, "administrator" with your ideas.
Thanks, Stig
Title: Re: is anyone else having trouble getting on this site?
Post by: JJJoseph on December 01, 2025, 08:07:01 AM
It's now December, 6 weeks after the site started stumbling, and it's still suffering from lack of maintenance.  Is there some other problem behind the scenes?  It's not rocket science.  The server just needs some routine house-cleaning.  Maybe somebody forgot to pay the rent?  This is how people used to get rid of bad tenants in the old days!