Sorry if the truth hijacks your pet threads and gets you all discombobertated Bobert.

Instead of a database writing pages on the fly, this forum should be a CGI script writing real pages with the length of the posts limited.

When Mudcat stops responding, a traceroute shows a routing problem is occuring. Where is it hosted?

Try a different host like Pair.com or theplanet.com Both have nice pipes.

1 POD-C-VL4.GW.CMU.NET (128.2.4.1) 0.246 ms 0.177 ms 0.171 ms
2 CORE0-POD-C-CYH.GW.CMU.NET (128.2.0.186) 0.257 ms 0.185 ms 0.179 ms
3 HYPER-VL501.GW.CMU.NET (128.2.33.225) 0.257 ms 0.206 ms 0.200 ms
4 bar-cmu-ge-4-0-0-1.3rox.net (192.88.115.181) 0.294 ms 0.289 ms 0.284 ms
5 minime-ge-0-1-0-0.3rox.net (192.88.115.5) 0.618 ms 0.567 ms 0.676 ms
6 so-2-1-1.ar3.JFK1.gblx.net (208.50.254.45) 22.486 ms 22.585 ms 22.584 ms
7 so1-2-0-2488M.ar1.DCA3.gblx.net (67.17.67.53) 27.569 ms 27.499 ms 27.540 ms
8 gblx.ge-0-1-1.cr1.iad1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.31.201) 27.448 ms 27.565 ms 27.694 ms
9 ge1-5.hr2.iad1.us.nlayer.net (69.31.31.134) 27.661 ms 27.555 ms 27.629 ms
10 206.223.137.59 (206.223.137.59) 24.143 ms 21.728 ms 22.056 ms
11 chaz-200e.coretel.net (209.163.107.249) 21.360 ms 21.538 ms 21.645 ms
12 balamtrak-chaz.coretel.net (209.163.107.254) 21.723 ms 21.896 ms 23.301 ms
13 phlamtrak-balamtrak-13.coretel.net (209.163.107.13) 24.442 ms 24.013 ms 23.662 ms
14 401-30s-OC3.coretel.net (69.72.0.129) 25.329 ms 28.749 ms 24.728 ms
15 phila401-gw-f0-1.voicenet.net (207.103.168.1) 25.668 ms 25.080 ms 24.295 ms
16 phila-7200-gr.voicenet.net (207.103.168.41) 217.072 ms 27.319 ms 25.286 ms
17 207-103-102-183.lata228-vz-1.voicenet.com (207.103.102.183) 33.335 ms * *
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22 * * 207.103.108.105 (207.103.108.105) 41.993 ms