Temporary Outage 11/5/2021 5PM EDT

Author	Message
Tom Donlon Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 10 Apr 19 Posts: 408 Credit: 120,203,200 RAC: 0	Message 71309 - Posted: 5 Nov 2021, 14:36:22 UTC Hi Everyone, I will be taking the server down at 5PM today in order to delete the millions(!) of spam accounts. This shouldn't take too long, but the server may be turned off for a couple of hours. Thanks for your help, and your patience. Tom ID: 71309 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Tom Donlon Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 10 Apr 19 Posts: 408 Credit: 120,203,200 RAC: 0	Message 71310 - Posted: 5 Nov 2021, 23:17:44 UTC The server is back up, but I think I'll have to take it down again next week at some point. ID: 71310 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Astronomer Send message Joined: 23 Apr 21 Posts: 1 Credit: 122,004 RAC: 9	Message 71311 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 0:41:17 UTC - in response to Message 71309. Thats Great :) Less junk to clog up the system. When can we hope to see graphics with this setup like when I did the @home board? ID: 71311 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Spatzthecat Send message Joined: 1 Dec 10 Posts: 82 Credit: 15,452,009,012 RAC: 0	Message 71316 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 13:03:08 UTC - in response to Message 71310. Hello Tom, Shutting down to clear spam accounts takes priority over clearing our current ongoing error problem??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ID: 71316 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3339 Credit: 524,010,781 RAC: 0	Message 71317 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 13:23:48 UTC - in response to Message 71316. Hello Tom, Shutting down to clear spam accounts takes priority over clearing our current ongoing error problem??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? It's certainly a whole lot easier ID: 71317 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Spatzthecat Send message Joined: 1 Dec 10 Posts: 82 Credit: 15,452,009,012 RAC: 0	Message 71318 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 15:21:26 UTC - in response to Message 71317. Easier Really ID: 71318 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

DrewHall Send message Joined: 26 Mar 09 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,120,759 RAC: 0	Message 71319 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 15:51:16 UTC - in response to Message 71310. Your tasks have been hanging at about 12% for about 2 weeks now. The last job estimated 3 weeks to completion. ID: 71319 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Vismed Send message Joined: 25 Sep 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 18,460,974 RAC: 0	Message 71324 - Posted: 6 Nov 2021, 19:03:54 UTC - in response to Message 71309. Well, nice done. WTFIGO?!? Marco ID: 71324 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Tom Donlon Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 10 Apr 19 Posts: 408 Credit: 120,203,200 RAC: 0	Message 71330 - Posted: 8 Nov 2021, 16:14:19 UTC I will be taking the server down for a very short time to clear out some 7 batch WUs. ID: 71330 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Tom Donlon Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 10 Apr 19 Posts: 408 Credit: 120,203,200 RAC: 0	Message 71331 - Posted: 8 Nov 2021, 16:16:39 UTC Things are back up. ID: 71331 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Mat Send message Joined: 7 Apr 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 22,462,177 RAC: 1,631	Message 71335 - Posted: 9 Nov 2021, 9:54:52 UTC - in response to Message 71309. Are these accounts that sign up but don't process any work units? I'm just trying to comprehend the reasoning behind creating so many spam accounts. ID: 71335 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Tom Donlon Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 10 Apr 19 Posts: 408 Credit: 120,203,200 RAC: 0	Message 71336 - Posted: 9 Nov 2021, 15:55:34 UTC Yes, they just sign up, don't perform any work, and link to sketchy unsavory sites. ID: 71336 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Frodo Lives Here Send message Joined: 25 May 20 Posts: 1 Credit: 2,676,771 RAC: 0	Message 71337 - Posted: 9 Nov 2021, 18:29:30 UTC - in response to Message 71309. Most excellent, just moved to my new apartment, and just got my Internet installed. Glad to see that I made the cut!!! Looking forward to contributing lots more computer time. Hopefully I will be able to set up another computer or so!!! Cheers, Denis ID: 71337 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Nikolai Send message Joined: 13 Aug 11 Posts: 1 Credit: 343,329,571 RAC: 213	Message 71369 - Posted: 17 Nov 2021, 22:24:37 UTC - in response to Message 71309. Spam accounts??? Who would have a spam account on a BOINC site and why? It's not like you can send or receive anything from them. Then again ... if a spammer is donating CPU and GPU cycles, more power to you? Nick. ID: 71369 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

mikey Send message Joined: 8 May 09 Posts: 3339 Credit: 524,010,781 RAC: 0	Message 71370 - Posted: 18 Nov 2021, 11:47:36 UTC - in response to Message 71369. Spam accounts??? Who would have a spam account on a BOINC site and why? It's not like you can send or receive anything from them. Then again ... if a spammer is donating CPU and GPU cycles, more power to you? Nick. If they can get you to click on a link then they have you no matter how they entice you ID: 71370 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote