Sorry about that downtime

[Agentm]

it gave me less time to get further infractions

lol

i saw the site down and thought it was just maintenance myself..

no need for further therapy

[Joe Blow]

Apologies for that 10 minutes of downtime folks! Host had to do a few important software upgrades.

Back to normal now.

[Joe Blow]

All,

I am sending out this email to all ASF members as an explanation for the downtime that was experienced today:

I would like to sincerely apologise to those ASF members who visited the forums today only to discover that the site was not accessible. We were experiencing some serious and unexpected technical issues that were compounded by the fact that I was not actively monitoring the forums for most of today due to other commitments.

The forums are now back up, so please come and pay us a visit!

Again, my apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Joe
(admin)
www.aussiestockforums.com

Today, the worst of all possible situations occurred: ASF went down and I was not actively monitoring the website and could not notify the host that there was a problem. The odds of these two thing occurring on the same day are incredibly small, but unfortunately it happened today.

My most sincere apologies to all ASF members (and visitors) who tried to access the forums today but could not.

[pixel]

All,
Today, the worst of all possible situations occurred: ASF went down and I was not actively monitoring the website and could not notify the host that there was a problem. The odds of these two thing occurring on the same day are incredibly small, but unfortunately it happened today.

My most sincere apologies to all ASF members (and visitors) who tried to access the forums today but could not.

Don't get too worked up about it, Joe,
we all know that "Murphy was an optimist."

Yes, I noticed this morning because opening ASF is one of my standard pre-trading chores. But it didn't keep me from trading.

I'm not sure how others feel about this - but maybe two or three Regulars could be enlisted to fire off an SMS if they notice a breakdown? Maybe covering a few different timezones? I would volunteer for GMT + 8; without prejudice or guarantee.

[Garpal Gumnut]

Don't get too worked up about it, Joe,
we all know that "Murphy was an optimist."

Yes, I noticed this morning because opening ASF is one of my standard pre-trading chores. But it didn't keep me from trading.

I'm not sure how others feel about this - but maybe two or three Regulars could be enlisted to fire off an SMS if they notice a breakdown? Maybe covering a few different timezones? I would volunteer for GMT + 8; without prejudice or guarantee.

No worries, Joe, I noticed it was down but didn't have a means of notifying you either.

gg

[Glen48]

So the CIA / Taliban/ MI 5/ ASIO/ KGB/ KFC etc. were not in on the down time, one would assume if they wanted the good oil this would be the place to find out so they could update O B /JG/ BB et al and make themselves look good.

[nunthewiser]

not good enough

i would like to be compensated for the disruption of my enjoyment at that time.

cash is fine .

[Miner]

Dear Joe et al

Was it sheer coincidence or sympathetic resonance?
The same day ASF was down for few hours and Joe pleaded apology from so many people, Vodaphone mobile was also down. Ironically there was not a single apology seen from Vodaphone forget about compensating for loss of business from Vodaphone

So Joe, never mind, it is one of the rare events you have had and performed better than Vodaphone.

[Julia]

Joe, site is slow to load this morning here and each page likewise.
The "Quick Links" contents in the drop down box disappear before one can click on any of them.

[pixel]

Joe, site is slow to load this morning here and each page likewise.
The "Quick Links" contents in the drop down box disappear before one can click on any of them.

Maybe it's your ISP, Julia;
ASF pages have opened fine here all morning.

[Julia]

Maybe it's your ISP, Julia;
ASF pages have opened fine here all morning.

If it's my ISP wouldn't that have meant I'd similarly have difficulty with other sites?
I haven't at all, just a problem with ASF which is thankfully resolved tonight.

[Joe Blow]

Sincere apologies for that downtime everyone!

Some routine server maintenance took a lot longer than expected, but we are all good to go now.

[Logique]

Thanks Joe, back up now.

[Joe Blow]

My apologies for the last hour or so of downtime. This was not an issue with ASF's host but was part of a large network outage that was unfortunately out of their control. Sometimes things like this happen on the internet.

Anyway, the important thing is that we're back up now! Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Joe Blow]

Apologies for that half an hour of downtime everyone!

There's some work on the website happening at the moment and something went haywire.

Anyway, we're back up now and there shouldn't be any further problems from now on.

[pixel]

Apologies for that half an hour of downtime everyone!

There's some work on the website happening at the moment and something went haywire.

Anyway, we're back up now and there shouldn't be any further problems from now on.

Great to hear, Joe;
Thanks for letting us know and congrats to your team who fixed the problem in such a short time.
Can you possibly lend them out to the ASX, whose IT experts are still battling to get back to normal?

[Timmy]

Great to hear, Joe;
Thanks for letting us know and congrats to your team who fixed the problem in such a short time.
Can you possibly lend them out to the ASX, whose IT experts are still battling to get back to normal?

[skc]

Great to hear, Joe;
Thanks for letting us know and congrats to your team who fixed the problem in such a short time.
Can you possibly lend them out to the ASX, whose IT experts are still battling to get back to normal?

Dsiruption caused by ASF downtime: ~20 posts
Disruption caused by ASX downtime: ~150pt reversal rally!

[Happy]

Every downtime is great time to take step back and reflect.

Happy it is fixed up and running perfectly.

[noirua]

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