A couple times yesterday I got the Cloudflare bot verification followed by the 522 error.

A bit bizarre, wouldn't you say?

If Cloudflare is limiting the requests, how is the server overloaded?  Didn't someone mention earlier that it could suggest the server bill has gone unpaid?

Welcome aboard, Don! I just approved your account, so you should be able to post as a regular member.

Quote from: D Black on May 02, 2026, 12:20 PMAnd, we hope, with a different point man as well.

Do you mean that you have appointed a successor to take over the forum? Great!

Quote from: D Black on May 02, 2026, 12:20 PMGood thing! After 31 years, the Stormfront server is completely trashed this time, and through a different method than bot flooding.

It won't be back for a while. And it will be in a different form with new forum software, probably xenForo, rather than ancient vBulletin, though with a similar layout.

Oh dear. I was hoping that when Xenforo-Stormfront came online, the old VBulletin-Stormfront could still exist as an archive. Is that possibility now off the books?

Quote from: Jotunn on May 02, 2026, 04:35 PM

Quote from: D Black on May 02, 2026, 12:20 PMGood thing! After 31 years, the Stormfront server is completely trashed this time, and through a different method than bot flooding.

It won't be back for a while. And it will be in a different form with new forum software, probably xenForo, rather than ancient vBulletin, though with a similar layout.

Oh dear. I was hoping that when Xenforo-Stormfront came online, the old VBulletin-Stormfront could still exist as an archive. Is that possibility now off the books?

So long as the new Stormfront contains all the old posts, what need would there be for a separate archive?

What are the odds that Don Black and I would post at exactly the same time??!! 

Welcome, Mr. Black! Good that we will be able to receive updates on the progress of the new and improved Stormfront.

Jotunn, you may as well go ahead and register me since it looks like I'll be here for awhile.  I'm getting tired of messing with the glitchy verification process anyway.  I was going to tell you about that.

Quote from: fluxmaster on May 02, 2026, 05:04 PMSo long as the new Stormfront contains all the old posts, what need would there be for a separate archive?

"the Stormfront server is completely trashed this time" kind of suggests to me that the old posts may be lost. If I'm wrong, hallelujah!

Quote from: Phoenix on May 02, 2026, 05:07 PMJotunn, you may as well go ahead and register me since it looks like I'll be here for awhile.  I'm getting tired of messing with the glitchy verification process anyway.  I was going to tell you about that.

Registration is open. I'll appoint you as soon as I verify the account. I presume you'll be using the same name?

Who else would I be?   

I've come to think of 'Phoenix" as more my real name than the actual one.

Registration done, and it seems already I can't use it as a "guest".

IMPOSTER ALERT!

The above posts are not mine and I see several around the forum.  I have an idea who this individual might be, as I'm sure the mods here do too.

Ban him ASAP or I'm done here.

I may have to re-register anyway as I forgot to write down my new password.  Did not have a good evening.

Btw, allowing him to continue as "Phoenix2" is not acceptable.

Quote from: RealPhoenix on May 03, 2026, 03:15 AMIMPOSTER ALERT!

The above posts are not mine and I see several around the forum.  I have an idea who this individual might be, as I'm sure the mods here do too.

Ban him ASAP or I'm done here.

I may have to re-register anyway as I forgot to write down my new password.  Did not have a good evening.

Btw, allowing him to continue as "Phoenix2" is not acceptable.

Well, this is interesting.... your IP address and e-mail address and those of the preceding messages match.

If you have an imposter, they're very close to you.

Either I've lost my mind and developed a split personality or someone is playing an elaborate joke. 

All the bogus posts I saw earlier today are gone!  Did fluxmaster delete them? 

In any case I did forget to write down my new password.  Had too much other stuff going on.  So if it doesn't come back to me, what do I do in that case?  Do I have to re-register?

Quote from: RealPhoenix on May 03, 2026, 07:47 AMEither I've lost my mind and developed a split personality or someone is playing an elaborate joke. 

All the bogus posts I saw earlier today are gone!  Did fluxmaster delete them? 

In any case I did forget to write down my new password.  Had too much other stuff going on.  So if it doesn't come back to me, what do I do in that case?  Do I have to re-register?

We'll have to ask Fluxmaster. If he deleted posts, he hard-deleted them; nothing in the "Culled Threads" section.

There should be a "forgot password?" option on the log-in page, and that will allow you to set yourself a new password.

Quote from: Jotunn on May 03, 2026, 07:52 AMWe'll have to ask Fluxmaster. If he deleted posts, he hard-deleted them; nothing in the "Culled Threads" section.

There should be a "forgot password?" option on the log-in page, and that will allow you to set yourself a new password.

Password came back to me.  Was beginning to worry I was having a TIA.  Dealing with other online grief yesterday evening.  But I swear I saw those bogus "Phoenix" posts.  If fluxmaster didn't delete them, I'm scheduling a neurological exam.

So on we go.  But I strongly suspect "massa" will be back in another form.

Also saw the replies to my question about the "Captcha".  Good to know it will soon disappear.

Quote from: RealPhoenix on May 03, 2026, 07:47 AMAll the bogus posts I saw earlier today are gone!  Did fluxmaster delete them?

I didn't delete any posts. The only posts that I have deleted were obvious spam posts, and none within the past few days.

Quote from: fluxmaster on May 03, 2026, 08:24 AM

Quote from: RealPhoenix on May 03, 2026, 07:47 AMAll the bogus posts I saw earlier today are gone!  Did fluxmaster delete them?

I didn't delete any posts. The only posts that I have deleted were obvious spam posts, and none within the past few days.

OKaaaay.  Time to see a neurologist or a psychic.  The posts were there.  I saw them.  I read them.  He claimed to have registered as "Phoenix" or "Phoenix2".  He was very brazen about it.

I hate mysteries.