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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Argh, Sorry Guys..
I contacted the ISP, gave them a detailed fault description, pointed out that the problem occured when they migrated us to a new server after years of running flawlessly and had it bounced up to the L2 support guys with a ticket.
A few days later, they called back and said they *thought they *might have fixed the problem, and could I monitor it, and if it wasnt fixed (Obviously its not fixed, Ive just got to reading this thread.), then could I please provide them with the name of the php module that was failing to send mail and the relevant line/function area in the code that was doing the sending of notification emails (since some are working)
Umm, No. Ive done a reasonable amount of tinkering with the phpBB code in the past adding in antispam, gallery linkages and several other mods, *but its a huge chunk of code, and I dont know it all well enough to offer that sort of information without hours of sleuthing about. The fact that the fault is intermittent will make tracking it down even harder. I already spent a couple of hours trying to find relevant information, but since phpBB V2 has been deprecated for a couple of years now, current information is thin on the ground.
The other option is doing an upgrade to the current phpBB v3 - we are still running V2, cos if it works, why mess with it ? It took a lot of fiddling to get the code dialled in the level it has been running smoothly for years. Im not aware of any super-duper features in V3 that will make it worthwhile, other than a better integrated photo gallery.
The other thing that has been holding me back is potential data-loss on migration to V3. I have seen other forums that have done a V2 to V3 upgrade, and a lot of them have shown significant problems in the messages. The data is all stored in SQL database tables, and any problems in migration results in unowned posts, missing attachments, lost images and links and all sorts of ugly kruft in the old data.
Most people just start afresh with V3, but given the huge amount of history, photos, links to externally stored photos, build logs and other stuff we have here, I really dont want to do that. A poor option is to close this forum, but leave it accessible as it is and open the V3 forum clean in a different folder with new SQL tables. Dont really like that either.
We can stay on V2, *if someone who knows php well enough to scruff through the code and find the module responsible for the problem and work with the ISP.. I dont really want to spend hours trying to track down this problem, but Im not confident in the V2 to V3 upgrade going smoothly either.
So, any php-capable people willing to have a look through the code and work with the ISP on my behalf ?
Im so busy at the moment, I'll even pay you a reasonable amount for doing it
(*if you manage to find the problem, Im not paying for code novices to root about, not knowing what they are doing, if you dont know squat about php, SQL, SMTP and Linux servers, dont bother).
Sorry to pass the buck guys, but chasing this particular intermittent fault isn't something I can place high on my priority list right now.
Can anyone suggest any other possible solutions ? Should we work with fixing this forum, or bite the bullet and work on a V3 upgrade (maybe a test copy seperate ?). Does anyone use a V3 forum and think its worth the change ?
regards
Brett _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Spockie-Tech
Site Admin
Joined: 31 May 2004
Posts: 3160
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Heh,, thats nice to hear.
A lot of computers do have a habit of playing up until someone
with the skill and inclination to do so
threatens to take a screwdriver to them.
They're generally smart enough to ignore threats from people who cant carry thorough with it , which is why they usually start working when the IT guys shows up.
I didnt actually do anything myself, other than whinge about it, and consider replacement/upgrade, and Jake promised to get out the screwdrivers.. perhaps the both together convinced the code its job was at stake
If anyones emails still arent working, let me know, and we'll see what Jake can do, and maybe Ill have time to help
(I'm Learning PyGraph and Processing at the moment to see which will suit a clients Dyno graphing requirements better). Thanks for offers of help. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:31 pm |
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