What's happening with PA??!!!
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Topic: What's happening with PA??!!!
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: What's happening with PA??!!!
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 6:28am
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Hey guys, Does anybody know what happened with PA??!!! For a couple of days whenever I try to enter the site an error appears and it says the server is unavailable...    |
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Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 6:35am
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Yes, I have this as well and a few other members too. I had contact about this with Max yesterday, but unfortunately things haven't been solved yet. I found myself a way to follow a thread about this on PA. I googled "can't access progarchives" and, as I can't access the site itself, I clicked on "translate this page". http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp%3FTID%3D68282 - this is what I got .
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 8:01am
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Thanks. Now I know I'm not the only one... |
Posted By: graphix
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 12:37pm
| Do you still have problems accessing PA? Our hypothesis is that there is maybe a major DNS update somewhere in Europe that may cause the problem. Still investigating... |
Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 12:42pm
| Yup, it still doesn't work. |
Posted By: graphix
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 1:02pm
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Can someone who is not reaching PA can execute this command line on his computer and post the result here please. That may help us to identify the problem. tracert http://www.yourdomain.com/ - www.progarchives.com
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 2:23pm
"cannot identify the name of the target system www.progarchives.com" (sort of... translated from Polish) |
graphix wrote:Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 2:46pm
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Yeah, I did that on my Mac (traceroute instead of TRACERT) yesterday and it said: traceroute: unknown host www.progarchives.com
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 3:48pm
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I don't have any problem (whatever the computer I use : in my job or at home). ------------- Dorosłe dzieci mają żal, za kiepski przepis na ten świat. |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2010 at 5:22pm
| I don't have access for a few days as well :( |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 8:17am
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I have no probs accessing PA but I have it on favourites and always online so that may help -------------  GLAM METAL!
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Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 8:32am
So do I. But it seems to only occur in certain European countries.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 9:20am
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Thats strange .I wonder if its based on IP European settings. Does mailto:M@x - M@x know? ------------- GLAM METAL!
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Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 9:23am
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 9:25am
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=68282&PN=2 - Yeah , he knows. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/I_am_A_Person" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 10:18am
I don't know if it will help but... there is a website called http://who.is - http://who.is . I used it to ping and traceroute progarchives. Here's what I got:
Does it explain anything? |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:02am
I wouldn't have thought that would make a difference to be honest, I have it as a favourite as I'm sure most regular visitors do and I can't access either.
Glad it's not just me. Tried deleting cookies, history etc and from other people having the same problem it's clear that wasn't going to be the answer.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2010 at 11:12am
If that is the problem presumably it'll right itself when it's finished, is that correct? Wouldn't other sites also be affected though if that was the case. I can get on any site i want except PA.
I'm sure you guy's will get it sorted.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 12:17pm
Still not able to reach PA... 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 4:22pm
| I wish I could give you my access to PA, seen as I've not visited the forum for some time now - nor am I planning to do so in the short term. |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 1:58am
Same for me |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:23pm
No! I wouldn't want to deprive you of it. I hope you'll come back on day.  And most people here are from PA anyway.BTW, nice to be able to interact with you on another forum. -------------
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:26pm
How much longer, how much longer...? -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:29pm
I'm always around, and my email address is still the same  . Anyway, it's true that most people here are from PA, and I'm very happy about that. If I hated everyone there, I would've dropped off the radar long since. |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:40pm
On a positive note: UK members are now able to access it, worldwide access should be recover soon. |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:46pm
^ Good to hear that!  I guess you haven't found the reasons of this yet... -------------
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:51pm
| ^ No , have not found the cause, but I understand what is happening now. But it seems that I can't do nothing about it. At least that's the info for now. Hoping for the best. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 2:55pm
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The only thing that you are really missing over in PA is the ongoing discussions regarding the World Cup matches. ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:14pm
| Not that we are following those Matches very faithfully... We're too busy looking forward to NEARfest for that! You know that Astra are playing there? On a different note, my Shadow Circus review should be online by next Sunday. The guys in the band are so excited about it! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:19pm
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That is right. Nearfest is this weekend. That should be pretty cool. That should be a great weekend. I'm pretty busy this weekend. My parents are coming in next Tuesday to stay with me for a couple of weeks, so I have a bachelor pad that needs a lot of cleaning to become presentable. -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:24pm
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BTW, I look forward to reading your Shadow Circus review. If you get a chance could you add a link to the Shadow Circus discussion thread that I started in PA, or if not, is it OK if I add a link to it. -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:31pm
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You and Micky must be two of a kind as regards housekeeping habits! Anyway, please feel free to post a link to my review on PA - I'll send it to you as soon as I come back home from NEARfest.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:33pm
Hey! You've hijacked my thread! I'm gonna report you to the admins!   -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 3:39pm
Yes! I'm going to report myself to myself !
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 4:02pm
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Sorry Tuz, since you can't get to PA, we are just trying to bring a little bit of PA to you. -------------
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 4:03pm
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^ Thanks!
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 4:22pm
Enjoy your stay on MMA. ------------- Dorosłe dzieci mają żal, za kiepski przepis na ten świat. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 6:58am
Hope yo enjoy NEARfest Raff, would love to get to that festival myself but it's just a bit too far for me.
I can now access PA again after almost a week
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 9:13am
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Hmm..I�m not able to access PA from my work computer but at home I haven�t had any problems yet. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 9:50am
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http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/pm_buddy_list.asp?name=m%40x - 
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 12:27pm
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For help on TRACERT http://www.ehow.com/how_5105727_traceroute.html - http://www.ehow.com/how_5105727_traceroute.html http://www.ehow.com/how_5105727_traceroute.html - and I also need the IP of your computer http://www.whatismyip.com/ - http://www.whatismyip.com/
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 1:24pm
I did it already and nothing changes:
but:
And today I was able to enter PA using the computer at my workplace. At home, though, still nothing... BTW, my home computer's IP is: 188.146.148.213 -------------
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 1:31pm
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^ Thanks Tuzvihar , very helful! Now can you do a PING from your home computer to www.progarchives.com ? From a command-prompt.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 1:39pm
| Hmmm, I've been able to access PA again today and went on again tonight fine but after being on 30 mins or so lost it when I tried to move to another page. Can't get back on at the moment - I'll try again later. |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 2:09pm
| ^ Are you able to make a PING and a TRACERT query to www.progarchives.com ? |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 2:18pm
Nope. The same result as from tracert: cannot find the host. -------------
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 3:00pm
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IMPORTANT Please, users who can't access the site, they need to call their ISP(Internet Service Provider) and ask them why they don't let them go through to www.progarchives.com . Please send this to all your friends that can't access the site and send status updates to me [email protected]  |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 3:25pm
| Also please report here, from which country you are BLOCKED . |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 4:39pm
| People who can't access PA , report if this link works http://174.132.95.132/ - http://174.132.95.132/ |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 5:16pm
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^ Yes, it works for me. Just open PA page, can navigate opening some sections, but can't to log in or to open forums. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 5:37pm
It seems that everything works except for the forums (even the initial admin page). So you can enter for example http://174.132.95.132/all_collaborators.asp, but you can't get anywhere near forums: if you try to copy/paste: http://174.132.95.132/forum/ you will get Server Error in Forum Application An error has occurred while connecting to the database. Please contact the forum administrator. Support Error Code:- err_SQLServer_db_connection File Name:- common.asp Error details:- Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server Invalid authorization specification (I, however, don't have problems anymore.) |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 5:40pm
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^ CLARKE2001, this test was not intended to work in the FORUM , just to report if access using the IP directly can work. So I suppose you can't access the site using http://www.progarchives.com/ - http://174.132.95.132 . Is that right ? What country are you in ? What ISP are you using (url of the company please) |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:06am
Yes for me it happens as above. My home country is Lithuania,my IP address 192.168.234.98 ( netmask 255.255.255.0 ; gateway address 192.168.234.156 ; DNS IP address 84.32.38.10 ).My internet provider is http://www.vdnet.lt/, but there is no English site version. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 8:06am
Max, here's a bit more info for you....
My IP Adress is 82.0.246.0
My ISP is Virgin.
The link you've posted for us to try works for me and I'm in the UK.
I tried doing a Tracert and don't seem able to do one for some reason. tells me it's not a recognisable internal or external command. Not sure about a Ping - I'll look into it.
Don't know if that lot helps at all
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 8:33am
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^ In what city are you ? Nightfly ? I may want to call you , is it possible ? Or use some REMOTE CONTROL on your PC to find a solution, are you open to this ?
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 8:58am
It�s the same for me. Nice to see the purple colour again though .------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 8:59am
| ^UMUR , I need to contact your ISP ? Possible ? |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 9:45am
I called Virgin UK, and they have no problems accessing the site on their end. Do you know other VIRGIN users who can't acces it ? Tony R is on NTLWorld too but I see he's been active on the forum today.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 9:58am
Yes Max, that's fine, when do you have in mind - if today i have to go out and work for a few hours shortly but could be available after 7.30pm GMT this evening if you like. I'll PM you.
I'm in Middlesbrough, UK.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 10:14am
Not really aware of who uses what ISP to be honest Max.
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 10:17am
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Tony R confirms he use Virgin/NTLWorld. Like you. And he's OK. ... and the Virgin Tech Support are able to load the site too. So can you download this http://www.teamviewer.com/download/TeamViewerQS.exe And send me your ID + Password by PM, so I can log on your PC while your at work or anytime. ?? |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 10:39am
Will do it later Max as I'm on my way out the door and don't have time - should be around 7.30pm GMT today.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:48pm
Hi M@X, I contacted my ISP ( http://www.era.pl - http://www.era.pl ) and they claim the problem must be on your end because they also weren't able to access it in any way. And they are not blocking any websites currently. The guy on the phone said that probably PA does not accept their (and my) IP, or something like that... -------------
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:51pm
That works for me, though it wasn't when I tried it a couple of days back. -------------
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:51pm
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^Thanks for doing that . I really appreciate. Actually , users can access the site using the IP http://174.132.95.132 so this is irrelevant. ???
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 12:52pm
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So there is something wrong with DNSs and I will work on it and change my providers of DNS. Thanks
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 1:21pm
Sounds great. I hope this solves the problem because suddenly I�m not able to reach PA from my home computer anymore, and I haven�t had that problem before. This means I can�t follow the World Cup 2010 thread ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 1:27pm
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IMPORTANT I just moved http://progarchives.com/ - DNS to another hosting company to provoke a MASS RE-SYNC of all ISPs with the http://www.progarchives.com/ - . Wish me luck....
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 1:28pm
| Should take 4 hours to see results... wish me luck ! |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 1:32pm
| Hope that sorts it Max. Good luck! |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:05pm
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Good luck with it! I guess that's why I suddenly can't get through to PA. ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow">  <- Click on this!
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:07pm
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Yeah, PA just went bye bye. That direct link M@x gave on the previous page works, if that is helpful at all.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/I_am_A_Person" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:11pm
| Will resume soon.. to everybody, wish me luck |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:11pm
| ^ Same for me. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:14pm
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Good luck m@x!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/I_am_A_Person" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:15pm
Thanks, it's been a while that I try to fix this "random" issue 
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Posted By: Juris H. Smirnoff
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:17pm
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http://174.132.95.132/ Does work but not for the forums. -------------   Theusz Hamtaahk! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:23pm
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Where can we talk about football on MMA?
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Posted By: Juris H. Smirnoff
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:24pm
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Create a new thread. Just make sure it's metal.
------------- Theusz Hamtaahk! |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:43pm
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Users are starting to come back on PA ... Now -- let's wait for blocked users ....
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 2:46pm
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There it is! Hope it worked.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/I_am_A_Person" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 3:39pm
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I can enter PA now from my home computer. I�ll try on work tomorrow to see if things are different now. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 3:40pm
| ^ You were not able yesterday to enter ? |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 3:48pm
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Yesterday on my home computer yes, but today I wasn�t able to enter on my home computer either. Fortunately that�s history now. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 3:59pm
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I'd like to know if users with access blocked last week, can now access the site. Thanks
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:13pm
Well, I still can't... -------------
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:15pm
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^ Please check often, since the CHANGE I made today can take up to 48h to update worldwide. Good luck
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:22pm
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^^ Well, PA's blocking was not a bad thing I believe as it boosted the number of MMA forum viewers [well done, Max ] (however the number of forum viewers is still TOO low : I can come back in one month and see one or two replies to a thread that would have started today / and some threads sink in dormancy for a long period of time : are people too shy to post ????).------------- Dorosłe dzieci mają żal, za kiepski przepis na ten świat. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:40pm
| It's worked for me Max - I'm back on PA. |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:53pm
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^ GOOOOD Nightfly
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:56pm
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Well done!
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 4:58pm
There is an issue right now with GOOGLE (still trying to figure it out) that prevent MMA to be listed in GOOGLE Search Results. 1 month ago the site was active , 2000 visitors/day. Now, because of that glitch, we are stable at 300 vis/day. After PA access is fixed, I will dedicate my self to fix this GOOGLE issue for MMA. |
Posted By: Juris H. Smirnoff
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 7:16pm
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Good work, Maxim.
------------- Theusz Hamtaahk! |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 1:51am
Ok I�ll be patient and try a few times during the day. Right now I still can�t access PA from my work computer but I�m able to from my home computer. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 2:15am
Still no access for me as well 
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 5:40am
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^^ UMUR, at work, it was working before ? ^ SNOBB, we have a 48h window during that time, it will propagate through the internet, so we need to be patient until tomorrow at noon 12:00 EST.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 7:42am
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Nope it did�t work on my workplace before either. So no changes there yet. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 8:02am
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^ My first guess would be that your work place proxy is caching DNS queries and will be updated in the next days. Keep on trying.... should boost the /force re-load and clear DNS cache for www.progarchives.com . If you know the network department well, you can ask to clear the cache of the proxy May help, but you can also wait for monday and pray it's ok.
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Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 8:55am
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It works for me now.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 1:14pm
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^ I'm back on PA as well! Thanks, M@X!
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