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by deepsand

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Has anyone else had their alerts dry up?

I've rcvd. none since 08:23, 16 APR, despite much activity on subscribed to discussions.

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by hal 9000

Nothing for over 3 days now starting on the 16-4 here in AU so that's a day ahead of everyone there in the US. :(

But on the up side it's not just me so I can't have done anything wrong this time. :0

Col

by deepsand

and when both the "Forums" lists and "My Workspace/Updates" reflects such, with the latter taking the longest?

by hal 9000

Apparently Doug was complaining that someone posted about Breaking the site the Person a Web Developer with a Dark Look shall remain nameless. :D

But ever since that time the entire site has been down and not working correctly. While it's better than it was a few days ago when no new posts where being accepted I think that the Site is still broken. Seems that they are yet to plug the holes that are in the site so they are working at reduced functionality.

No matter what is happening it's a [b]Bloody Nuisance[/b] though. :(

Col

by deepsand

It's so spastic that I cannot count on it being either complete or timely.

I've resorted to perusing the "Forums/All" list for signs of life.

by charliespencer

I wondered when I came in this afternoon (April 20th, 3:00 pm EDT) why I had no alerts from Saturday or Sunday.

Sandy, can we assume you tagged your original post for 'feedback'?

by deepsand

But, bear in mind that the feedback loop is only loosely coupled to live staff at TR.

by beth blakely

Alerts should be back tomorrow. The problem has been found and they're working to correct it.

Sincerely sorry for your lack of alerts! We appreciate your reports and your patience.

Thanks,
Beth

by deepsand

and/or the "Forums" listing not being updated in a logical manner and/or on a timely basis?

by deepsand

Beginning 19:07, today, Alerts reaching nearly 1 Meg in size, and noting Posts dating back to MAR 200[b]7[/b], began arriving.

Good thing I've a multi-Gig e-mail account!

Perhaps you'd like to restore the EI Discussion for us while you're at it.

by charliespencer

I had two alert e-mails this morning. Both covered discussions I started in Aug. 07; none of them had been updated in months.

by hal 9000

But I did get one Alert today dating back to the 16 with lists of postings to 2 of the smaller discussions to one TR Account and nothing on the other one.

The Scummy One has a lot to answer for here. :D

Col

by beth blakely

Give me a link or a clue, please.

Sorry about the old alerts. You received the new ones as well, right?

by charliespencer

Accurate, but old. I've misplaced your address but if you'd like to see them, PM me and I'll include them in the Reply.

by deepsand

Other than 2 monstrous ones containing ancient history, there have been but 3, at 22:02, 23:02 and 00:02, each for but 1 post each, all for the same discussion.

by deepsand

Contained posts from 12 FEB & 16 FEB only.

Oddly, one of the discussions with a 16 FEB post also had a post from very early [u]today[/u] which went [u]unnoted[/u] in the alert.

by deepsand

Updates appear at irregular time intervals.

Some updates do not show until [u]days[/u] after the fact.

This erractic behavior is relatively recent.

by deepsand

But, since I'm not in the habit of saving every TR screen viewed, I'm not able to empirically prove such at the moment. Given the unusual number of anomalies of late, doing so, even if desired, would have been onerous indeed.

I will, however, keep an eye open for such in the future, and capture evidence as needed and able.

by deepsand

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=261206&messageID=2483550 ,
with new posts dated 22 APR, did not show up on My Workspace until today, 24 APR, when the update was triggered by new posts from today.

I.e., the posts of 22 APR did [b]not[/b] result in My Workspace being update with the entry for said Discussion being blue in color and in the correct date ordered position.

=============================================

All of your updates Date Action
04/24/2008 599 new post(s) to the discussion If this isn?t lunacy, I don?t know what is
04/24/2008 2 new post(s) to the discussion Cable Modem and Netgear Wireless Router not routing
04/24/2008 50 new post(s) to the discussion I need your help
04/24/2008 88 new post(s) to the discussion Court rules that laptop searches at borders is okay
04/24/2008 14 new post(s) to the discussion Do IT consultants have a right to reuse software?
04/24/2008 26 new post(s) to the discussion Sysinternals Autoruns: The Right Tool for the Job?
04/24/2008 3 new post(s) to the discussion restore system restore
04/24/2008 62 new post(s) to the discussion TR Discussion E-Mail Alerts MIA
04/24/2008 62 new post(s) to the discussion Who made the worst PC ever?
04/24/2008 27 new post(s) to the discussion Science, Technology and Government.
04/24/2008 7 new post(s) to the discussion 10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot
04/24/2008 5 new post(s) to the discussion 'Blink' author: How to make better business decisions
04/24/2008 37 new post(s) to the discussion The Big Brother Awards
04/24/2008 48 new post(s) to the discussion FCC officially opens proceedings against Comcast
04/23/2008 111 new post(s) to the discussion Hummer greener than a prius?
04/23/2008 2 new post(s) to the discussion Help Lotus Notes forwarding to Blackberry
04/23/2008 2 new post(s) to the discussion Windows Permissions
04/23/2008 14 new post(s) to the discussion Geek Trivia: Data with destiny
04/23/2008 2 new post(s) to the discussion Sales approach in communications managed services
04/23/2008 45 new post(s) to the discussion TR- Advertising Jenna Jameson as a Zombie Stripper

All of your updates for the past 90 days

by deepsand

see https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=261242&messageID=2480138

by deepsand

Nearly all of my subscriptions are still AWOL.

I'll be momentarily sending you each of the most recent ones with stale posts only, along with the one and only one with a timely post.

by nicknielsen

Still not getting them. Don't know if that's because they're being refused due to size or what.

edit: splel

by deepsand

my getting nothing but dribs and drabs of stale alerts, with the odd current one containing but a single post for a single discussion.

by boxfiddler

but I just received a peer mail (with today's date) that appears to be in response to a discussion in which I participated back in January 07. Took me awhile to figure that out, I'll say.
Could be the peer has some really bad timing, or could be TR 'staleness'?

The discussions I am subscribed to are rather inactive at the moment so, no alerts.

by deepsand

Sometimes those transient periods are brief; other times, they continue on and off for days.

And, one that is most likely not related to those re. e-mails.

by boxfiddler

though it doesn't appear to reveal anything more than that it was sent this morning. First thing I thought of in spite of the fact that they don't always tell me something I want to know! :)

by boxfiddler

the bizarre disappearing avatars glitch as well. I know contacts are online as I am in conversation with them, but their avatars are not displayed in the Contacts Online area or they pop in and out. Very odd and been going on for about 3 weeks.

by deepsand

Customized avatars are served up by the site on which they reside, not directly from TR's servers themselves.

Yours, for example, is a GIF residing at photobucket.com .

Sometimes, those images are not served up quickly enough when TR dynamically generates a page for your downloading and rendering. As I recall, from a long ago discussion, in that case the avatar will initially default to TR's current default,
http://i.t.com.com/i/tr/sig_shadow.gif

Such could also be the result of your ISP not being able to acquire those image files on a sufficiently timely basis.

by deepsand

if the earliest portion reads similar to

Received: from c12-erp-netscaler2-pool.cnet.cnwk (HELO c13-b2b-community6.cnet.com) ([10.16.144.152]) by c12-smtp1s.cnet.cnwk with ESMTP; 15 Apr 2008 20:07:25 -0700
Message-ID: <2021968215.1208315245311.JavaMail.app@c13-b2b-community6.cnet.com>

showing a current date, then the problem originates either with TR's e-mail server or their JavaMail.app

Per Beth's request, Iv'e already forwarded to here 3 e-mails; perhaps form those TR can glean some specifics that will help them to identify the source of the problem.

In the mean, we wait.

by boxfiddler

what it reads.
Very, very odd. It was the Google is God thread. Cripes, that is way back there. And I haven't seen much of that poster, ever before or since.
All TR's fault, that's it fer sher. :D

Thanks deepsand.

by deepsand

That must be one that I missed during my usual seasonal sabbiticals from TR, when the demands of the real world will not be ignored.

If the cited discussion proves to be another time sink for me, I'll have you to blame.

by deepsand

I'd immediately scoped it out, and decided that there was way too much detritus to wade through to make it worth my while.

Nice try, though.

by santeewelding

I've once or twice been tempted to use the diminutive, "Sandy," but thought better of it.

Probably find myself called out to meet him under the oaks at dawn.

by boxfiddler

further, there is no default displayed for you, nor is your custom avatar on display - yet you are here.
Sheesh.

etu oops. Sheesh not aimed at you.

by deepsand

Your ISP requests the image(s) from the appropiate server(s), and relays them to you.

The problem could lie beyond your ISP, within a particular routing path employed by them, one fixed or variable; within your ISP itself; or within a proxy server between you and your ISP.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that it could owe to a problem with your hardware, namely your graphics handler or other component critical to such.

by boxfiddler

there is something to think about. I haven't experienced any other graphics issues, but I suppose I should keep a closer eye on things for awhile. I just assumed something was up at TR, there seems to be quite often. :)

That 'good news' bit is intriguing. I have to admit I had not thought about it in those terms. Damn if I don't learn something new every day! Very cool.

by deepsand

"good news" scenario.

Which is very good, since I've getting a bit tired of being the shot messenger.

As an aside, I've just noticed that we now have 2 "Absolutely"s, the original,
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5213-6257-0.html?id=4050336&redirectTo=%2f1320-22-20.html
and the newer
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5213-6257-0.html?id=4979457 ,
both hailing from OR and sounding very much the same.

As I've only recently re-appeared here, it's quite possible that both that and the explanation for such are deemed common knowledge by the rest of the regulars.

In any case, though, I'm clueless.

Can you shed some light on this?

by boxfiddler

that they are one and the same. You know, of course, what they say about opinions? ;)

I am uncertain as to how many others are of the same opinion, but do know that several are - if certain posts are any indication.

The original Absolutely was banned for some reason - I am unfamiliar with the particulars. Frankly, I rather missed him.

And that, my friend, is the only light I have on that subject.

It seemed that you had been missing for a bit. The 'policeman' hadn't been making an appearance, at all. All is well I hope.

etu

by deepsand

The original's final post, on 05 MAR, was
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=256324&messageID=2444335 ,
in which he declared his departure certain.

The newer 1st appeared on 15 APR, at
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=260852&messageID=2476869 ,
with not a single hair out of place, lured back, quite possibly, by Maxwell's re-emergence re. the issue of global warming, etal..

In any event, if they're not one and the same, the latter is a sufficiently close to the original for me to welcome him back.

Thanks for your thoughts in this regards.

Now, it is time for me to close up shop here, and head 25 mi. back across the Delaware to were my bed awaits me.

Until our paths next cross, enjoy.

by beth blakely

Has anyone received anything resembling a current Alert today?

I know you're getting frustrated because I am, so hang in there with me please!

So sorry about this, guys.

by boxfiddler

and I have subscribed to a couple of new discussions since my last post re: alerts. So sorry not to be able to say better...

by captbilly1eye

... you might as well toss some salt over your left shoulder, knock on wood, and be sure to not step on any cracks...

'cause it still ain't workin'.

... but I still have faith you'll get it un-broken. ;-)

by deepsand

But, I did get a late My Workspace update, one the should have arrived no later than yesterday.

See my above post for details.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=261242&messageID=2483809

by beth blakely

The bug is still open and the last update said there will be some work done this afternoon to try and correct the problem.

I appreciate you guys keeping me up to date, I just wish I had a definitive answer for you.

*crossing fingers and toes!*

by beth blakely

As of this morning, I am assured the problem is fixed and updates should be back to normal today.

This morning, I received an alert with info from Feb in it. I'm told the system is "catching up" so you may be receiving quite a few updates. Let me know if that's NOT the case.

Thanks again for your patience and help. I couldn't do it without you!

by boxfiddler

Did I get an email Alert today! Discussion posts from February up until yesterday!
Criminy, I've been busy. ;)

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