Early Spring Clean

dn · September 22nd, 2002

As part of an ongoing cleanup of NGEmu and Emuforums, I have just completed the task of unsubscribing all users from all threads old than 1 days - by hand. I sincerely apologise if this causes any bother to anyone, but we have a good reason

It appears there were hundreds, if not thousands of emails being returned to NGEmu stating that email accounts no longer existed etc. This caused some strain on the server, and contributed (just a little) to any slowdown we have been getting recently. Now, with this main problems of slowdown fixed (big thanks to _Demo_

), and the thread subscriptions problems gone, I am now going to start looking at Bobbi's scripts. It seems that, depsite their ub3r 1337ness, that they aren't as efficient as could be. Now, I am notorious for writing shabby PHP myself

, but I am going to try my best at closing some open connection and the sorts.

There are still lots of other things to be done at NGEmu, but keeping it smoothly seems to be our prioirty ATM

A nice download script is something I have want for many months, so I might look into that too

Any good PHPers out there ? Drop me a line

Well, if I, or any other member does anything, just post here :P Cya.

**Ryos** · September 22nd, 2002

Dropping people who should have been unsubscribing in the first place is a good idea. Too bad for all those who will have to resubscribe now, but hopefully the gains more than outweigh the hassle.

Hydra · September 22nd, 2002

Glad you narrowed out the problem.

**Snake785** · September 22nd, 2002

Nice! I do notice that the loading times have dropped

Great job and keep up the great work!

**Betamax** · September 22nd, 2002

Just one point - it might better to change the subscription default to off. Might help ease the situation in the future. (users who want it can always switch in back on anyways).

September 23rd, 2002

PHP Help .. I got the skills .. but not the time

Good luck on the changes.

ste · July 9th, 2003

Edited by Kane: WTF was that in aid of?

Syed Fawad · July 9th, 2003

I prefer subsription to be off otherwise I'll be getting just TOO many Emails. Good to know my choice helps NGemu as well somewhat.....

**Razor Blade** · July 9th, 2003

I have a comment. You should allow us to change our e mails to hotmail and yahoo accounts. Why cant we use the "free" ones anyways? Like why cant I change mine to my hotmail account that I use all the time?

Mohd · July 9th, 2003

hey dixon you might want to see mywork on this download script, based on pafiledb but much better, and improved, www.hostsector.com/~mohd/main/dload.php

**Betamax** · July 9th, 2003

Erm guys look @ the date of this thread. September 2002

.

Razor Blade: Those email services were blocked because too many banned lamers were using them to register (one in particular reregistered about 10 times before we blocked those sites).

Syed Fawad · July 10th, 2003

WTH? I thought this was a new thread. damn you ste

Mohd · July 10th, 2003

Me too, I thought it new :S,

September 22nd, 2002	#1 (permalink)
dn Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: London, England Posts: 1,100	Early Spring Clean As part of an ongoing cleanup of NGEmu and Emuforums, I have just completed the task of unsubscribing all users from all threads old than 1 days - by hand. I sincerely apologise if this causes any bother to anyone, but we have a good reason It appears there were hundreds, if not thousands of emails being returned to NGEmu stating that email accounts no longer existed etc. This caused some strain on the server, and contributed (just a little) to any slowdown we have been getting recently. Now, with this main problems of slowdown fixed (big thanks to _Demo_ ), and the thread subscriptions problems gone, I am now going to start looking at Bobbi's scripts. It seems that, depsite their ub3r 1337ness, that they aren't as efficient as could be. Now, I am notorious for writing shabby PHP myself , but I am going to try my best at closing some open connection and the sorts. There are still lots of other things to be done at NGEmu, but keeping it smoothly seems to be our prioirty ATM A nice download script is something I have want for many months, so I might look into that too Any good PHPers out there ? Drop me a line Well, if I, or any other member does anything, just post here :P Cya. __________________ “A commonplace man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace” - Confucius

September 22nd, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,239	Dropping people who should have been unsubscribing in the first place is a good idea. Too bad for all those who will have to resubscribe now, but hopefully the gains more than outweigh the hassle. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

September 22nd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Glad you narrowed out the problem. __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

September 22nd, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Nice! I do notice that the loading times have dropped Great job and keep up the great work! __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

September 22nd, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Just one point - it might better to change the subscription default to off. Might help ease the situation in the future. (users who want it can always switch in back on anyways). __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

September 23rd, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Keith Guest Posts: n/a	PHP Help .. I got the skills .. but not the time Good luck on the changes.

July 9th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
ste flim Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 222	Edited by Kane: WTF was that in aid of? __________________ not unix Last edited by Lord Kane; July 9th, 2003 at 05:30.

July 9th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Syed Fawad -PM to advertise here- Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In an average country of an average planet of the solar system of an average star of an average galaxy of an average cluster. Still not average... Posts: 8,261	Re: Early Spring Clean I prefer subsription to be off otherwise I'll be getting just TOO many Emails. Good to know my choice helps NGemu as well somewhat..... __________________ Asus K8N (nForce3) AMD64 3000+ (754) 768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP) Aquamark3 - 53,000 "Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

July 9th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,025	Re: Early Spring Clean I have a comment. You should allow us to change our e mails to hotmail and yahoo accounts. Why cant we use the "free" ones anyways? Like why cant I change mine to my hotmail account that I use all the time? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

July 9th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Mohd .:: PHP King ::. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bahrain Posts: 580	Re: Early Spring Clean hey dixon you might want to see mywork on this download script, based on pafiledb but much better, and improved, www.hostsector.com/~mohd/main/dload.php __________________ Mohd Webs! Where Programmer Can Learn & Help .::. Mohd Forums My Email

July 9th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Re: Early Spring Clean Erm guys look @ the date of this thread. September 2002. Razor Blade: Those email services were blocked because too many banned lamers were using them to register (one in particular reregistered about 10 times before we blocked those sites). __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

July 10th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Syed Fawad -PM to advertise here- Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In an average country of an average planet of the solar system of an average star of an average galaxy of an average cluster. Still not average... Posts: 8,261	Re: Early Spring Clean WTH? I thought this was a new thread. damn you ste __________________ Asus K8N (nForce3) AMD64 3000+ (754) 768MB DDR 400MHz (PC 3200) nVidia Geforce 6600GT 128MB (AGP) Aquamark3 - 53,000 "Good friends mustn't always be together. It is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"

July 10th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Mohd .:: PHP King ::. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bahrain Posts: 580	Re: Early Spring Clean Me too, I thought it new :S, __________________ Mohd Webs! Where Programmer Can Learn & Help .::. Mohd Forums My Email

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