"The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later."

[najaB]

Has anyone else been getting this error message off and on of late?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Yes, quite a lot. Are we experiencing a DDoS attack perhaps?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Yes, for a period of approximately two hours yesterday evening, first time I've encountered that problem though.

Edit: I think it's playing up again now whilst making this posting

 

[Blindtraveler]

I got it prity regularly yesturday evening.

 

[Phil.]

Also having to click on the back button several times before it worked.

 

[Jackson99]

Yes I got the message yesterday too

 

[FQ]

I had it last night and again this morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

I've managed to completely avoid it thus far...

 

[J-2739]

I had it twice last night. Strange...

 

[backontrack]

When I got it, I used the button at the bottom of the page to switch theme and the site went back to normal for me.

 

[Bevan Price]

I had it twice last night. Strange...

I probably would not have noticed last night - my BT Snailband kept dropping the internet connection...

 

[DaleCooper]

I've managed to completely avoid it thus far...

Me too, no problems whatsoever.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I had it last night for a prolonged period of time. Have seen it on occasion previously but not very often.

 

[Busaholic]

I had it last night for a prolonged period of time. Have seen it on occasion previously but not very often.

Same for me.

 

[Crossover]

I had it last night for a period. I recall the forum team put the message in a while ago as a means of stopping the forum falling over completely, as happened a few times back a few years ago

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Can one of the forum staff be so kind as to say what the current night-time forum update is. I had assumed in was in the region between 0330 and 0345 when it was once stated that there were few postings being attempted.

 

[najaB]

Back again this morning for me.

 

[Geezertronic]

http://www.digitalattackmap.com/

It's like watching War Games - tic-tac-toe anyone?

 

[Blindtraveler]

Had this message/problem all morning too. Momentry hopes something big had happened like GTR veing stripped of their contract dashed by a bit of googling lol.

 

[najaB]

Saw this today for the first time in a long time.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I only ever see it when I am online between 0330 and 0355.

 

[najaB]

I wonder if it's in any way related to the recent increase in spam accounts/posts?

 

[DaleCooper]

I wonder if it's in any way related to the recent increase in spam accounts/posts?

That's just what I was thinking, 0330 in the UK must be about the start of office hours in eastern Europe.

 

[Mojo]

That's just what I was thinking, 0330 in the UK must be about the start of office hours in eastern Europe.

It is around this time when the daily backup takes place (used to be around Midnight) and some customers might experience a small amount of disruption then.

 

[D365]

... and some customers might experience a small amount of disruption then.

So are we now 'customers' instead of members?

 

[ainsworth74]

So are we now 'customers' instead of members?

Well that's we call you to your faces at least...

 

[DynamicSpirit]

So are we now 'customers' instead of members?

Mutter mutter. What happened to calling us 'passengers' instead of 'customers'? Perfectly good word to use. Served the railways for generations. People corrupting the English language. Mutter mutter.

 

[A Challenge]

We are customers now are we? I imagine that in private discussions we're mealy the providers of ad revenue for the forum staff annual holiday!