[JasonB]

Apologies to anyone and everyone who has had problems getting onto the site recently, with the dreaded 403 Access Forbidden message.

It seems that the culprit was an unidentified gizmo which switched off access whilst updating, which is standard procedure and usually only lasts a matter of seconds. The problem in this case was that the pesky little critter forgot to switch the access back on again when it had finished.

I haven't yet managed to identify the guilty gizmo, but rest assured we'll be having a little chat when I do.

That particular problem has certainly been solved, otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this post and you wouldn't be able to read it. 

But I suspect that other issues have also popped up as a result, with my access to the site yesterday being incredibly slow, and peppered with security warnings, probably caches and all that nonsense. 

Anyway, last night things calmed down and we now seem to be back to normal, as far as I can tell. Let me know if you're still having problems.

[Kevan]

Everything seems normal again, thanks Jason 

[dvd3500]

I get denied access all the time.. You would think people would be used to someone carrying a broad sword on their back by now...

[Scuderia_Turini]

Cheers Jason,
Thanks for your time. efforts and expense in keeping this Forum going.

Leo

[JasonB]

Apologies for not replying earlier Leo, it's been a bit hectic here.

Anyway, firstly I wanted to say thank you for your kind words. 

But secondly I also wanted to make it clear that it's not just me here, we have a pretty level headed, and committed admin team who do a great job, so I'd like to express my own gratitude to Brian, Andy, and Anthony. 

Finally, on the day we celebrate this site's seventh birthday, I'd like to add that all of our regular members here make it a pleasure, and an absolute doddle to be an admin, which is most unlike my past experiences. We may have to ban the spammers, but we rarely have to deal with argumentative people who drag the hobby down.

So many thanks to all of you who have got on board, understood what we were aiming for, and made it a pleasure.