Tech: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!

Subject: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 04 - 08:20 AM

Well, that's a right turn up for the books!


it's doing the
Error Occurred While Processing Request   game...

Error Diagnostic Information
Unable to get a connection to mudtrouble.
Timed-out waiting for the data source or its driver.
Date/Time: 05/12/04 08:16:04
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)
Remote Address: (removed)
HTTP Referer: http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
Template: D:\webserver\mudhelp\htdocs\threads.cfm


I have sent an email to the named site admin person.

Robin

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 04 - 08:22 AM

Email refered to above bounced...


This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:

Each of the following recipients was rejected by a remote mail server.
The reasons given by the server are included to help you determine why
each recipient was rejected.

    Recipient:
    Reason:    Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable or not local

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 12 May 04 - 08:45 AM

I'm not positive - but I think if Help is down the mudcat mail program is down as well.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: JennyO
Date: 12 May 04 - 08:49 AM

This might explain why when I tried to start a new thread on Mudcat Help, and hit go, it just sat there trying to load, and wouldn't.

I worked the problem out anyway, so it didn't really matter in the end (not to me anyway).

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 04 - 08:58 AM

No MMario, the email was sent by me from my mailer - it bounced as the address would not respond to my ISP. If the domain of the emailer is on the the same area as the mudcat server that could be the case, but one would normally expect an email server to be seperate from web service hosting machines.

Incidentally, I forgot to remove the < etc signs around the email address, so it hid it...

[e-mail]

I don't even know if this address that responds from the web link in the error message is still current, which is why I sent a 'heads-up' here.

Robin

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 12 May 04 - 09:18 AM

As I said - I believe that the e-mail and help forum of mudcat are both hosted on the same server. So if help is down - [e-mail] or [e-mail] or whoever at mudcat.org would not be available to incoming mail - thus resulting in a bounce when e-mailed from you.

I may be wrong

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 May 04 - 09:25 AM

MMarios,

as I repeated it above, the address I was given from the page was

[e-mail]

not anyone at mudcat.org.... if a web page tells me to email a particular address, I do, until I find out that it is obsolete....

:-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 12 May 04 - 09:32 AM

poor Mudcat help - first time I've ever not found it! & why Mozilla? I got the same message as foolstroupe

sandra

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 12 May 04 - 10:52 AM

okay - sorry foulestroupe - didn't see an address referece in your message. onstagemedia is deceased as far as I know. Has been for quite some time.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 12 May 04 - 03:59 PM

Right now when I click on help I get:

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings...

Often enough I've been able to get Help, but not the main Mudcat - this is the first time it's happened this way round.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: Tig
Date: 12 May 04 - 04:35 PM

I've been having problems with my ISP all night - keeps either not being available or breaking the phone connection. Maybe all part of the same problem

Subject: RE: Mudcat Help Server: wonky at moment!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 May 04 - 01:57 AM

The Help Server is still down. I don't know about Max's Mudcat e-mail, but I know my Mudcat address still works for me and I think it still works for Jeff.

I'm [e-mail]
Jeff is [e-mail]
Max is [e-mail]

These addresses are set to forward to whatever e-mail server we're currently using. If you need help, holler.

-Joe Offer-