Forums Out of Service?

[emilio2 2]

Hi.

Was it me or the forums have been out for the latest 24 hours ?

emilio.

 

[donmilne 1]

I kept getting "account suspended". At first I wondered what I had done to warrant summary execution, then I realized that it must be that the forums are hosted by some service. Maybe UM forgot to pay the bill?

 

[nallath 569]

I have no idea what happend, but it got fixed quite fast

 

[chrisr 15]

(DonMilne) My thoughts entirely, I briefly wondered what I had written to get banned??

But it seems that UM's service (account) is what got "suspended" - phew -

 

[skint 61]

+1 for thinking I was naughty

 

[stu_le_brew 33]

I was also struggling to think what I had done wrong to be disconnected from my life line

 

[xeno 107]

it was the o"l "it was maintenance" excuse :-P

 

[tommyph1208 53]

Haha... love how everyone (incl. me) thought they had written something inappropriate somewhere... Glad we are all back

[yellowshark 132]

LOL me too, why are we so paranoiac or does guilt suffer from no smoke without fire

 

[IRobertI 429]

Sooo tempted to do a mass ban just to mess with people's heads...

 

[Daid 278]

I kept getting "account suspended". At first I wondered what I had done to warrant summary execution, then I realized that it must be that the forums are hosted by some service. Maybe UM forgot to pay the bill?

 

Embarrassing as it is. Yes, the bill wasn't payed. The server was hired when Ultimaker was much smaller, the payment was with CC, the CC expired a month ago, the warning mails that payment could not be made went to the wrong (no longer used) inbox. So nobody noticed until the provider pull the plug. Totally understandable from their side.

Small oops, all fixed now. We had a few of these the last month as I understood, as the CC had more stuff connected to it then we knew. All small amounts, few dollars here, few there. (The one I noticed was our github payment, which was solved before any service was disconnected). Naturally we're setting up better email addresses for this now.

 

[chrisr 15]

Sooo tempted to do a mass ban just to mess with people's heads...

 

You're a very evil man :-P

 

[skint 61]

I feel better now... knowing that it is DAID`s fault

 

[stu_le_brew 33]

Sooo tempted to do a mass ban just to mess with people's heads...

 

I thought you were one of the good guy - now I am not so sure - cruel idea

 

[navzptc 0]

I also thought I had done something to warrant a suspension (and did email UM about it), but have not even made a post yet, as still in the 'absorbing knowledge stage' waiting for my pre-ordered UM2 extended to arrive :mrgreen:

I wonder if anyone has more of an idea as to when in April these will be available? My local supplier didn't!

With the few mods I have seen available, together with the new printer this could be an expensive month!!

 

[DidierKlein 648]

At first i also thought that i had done something horrible and that one of my fellow moderator friends had banned me because i pissed him off somehow :mrgreen:

Glad it was repaired fast, i missed my dear forum yesterday

 

[personal-drones 43]

My best bet for a couple of minutes was a post I had made, where I stated that the default azure UM filament did not have a good reputation.

Then I thought that clearly, the amount of criticism allowed on this forum, that I do appreciate every day and is something that makes Ultimaker special in my eyes, was not consistent with a ban for this reason. So I visited the page in an incognito window, and then through a proxy, and the truth became evident, it was not me

 

[donmilne 1]

Was anyone else finding this happening again yesterday evening? Hopefully UM now pays their bills, so maybe the provider needs a slap upside the head?

 

[personal-drones 43]

Was anyone else finding this happening again yesterday evening? Hopefully UM now pays their bills, so maybe the provider needs a slap upside the head?

 

Yes, my account was suspended again yesterday Not sure what I did wrong this time :-P

 

[Dim3nsioneer 377]

I guess it was some kind of hacker attack (would be a clever strategy to hit UM where they are strongest). Otherwise it would be a bit amateurish... :unsure: