Stress test please

[Jason Dunn]

Ok, we think we've fixed the problem. Turns out the DNS server that our server was pointed at had died, and it was timing out on the lookup, then falling back to the next one that worked. So it wasn't really a server problem at all, just a DNS issue. I think everything should be back up to speed now, but please respond to this thread and tell me how the speed is for you. If you were looking for a good way to drive up your post count, this is it. Hammer the site! I'll lock it down after a few hours though, so start posting...<br /><br /><b>UPDATE:</b> Well, you guys certainly got the hang of posting rapidly! The thread is now locked, and you'll be forced to contribute something of value to the site in order to get that post count up. <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif" />

[jdhill]

Useless post (need to increase that post count so I can get a new title)

[marlof]

Reporting in for duty!

UPDATE: speed is fixed here.

[Jason Dunn]

Useless post (need to increase that post count so I can get a new title)

Everyone: please do a follow-up post for your initial post and tell me how the speed is.

[jdhill]

Pocket PC Pupil ?!?!?!

Must continue to post !!!

[jdhill]

Speed is much better.

Now, if you can just fix the e-mail notification problem !!!

[marlof]

man, jdhill, this stress test seems to be the thing you have been holding back for for quite some time. It turned you into a posting maniac. go for it!

[jdhill]

DNS, the bane of our existence !!!

Can't live with it !!! Can't live without it !!!

[Mike Temporale]

Hey, I'm getting notifications !!!

I'm not! What you do? I was going to post somewhere and ask what's up with that...

Scratch that. They are working now. Looks like your DNS fix also fixed the sending out of notifications. :D

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.

But my local store is out of stock so I probably won't. :cry:

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post

[marlof]

man, jdhill, this stress test seems to be the thing you have been holding back for for quite some time. It turned you into a posting maniac. go for it!

[jdhill]

(Only 13 more posts for a new title)

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.

But my local store is out of stock so I probably won't. :cry:

[Mike Temporale]

Hey, I'm getting notifications !!!

I'm not! What you do? I was going to post somewhere and ask what's up with that...

Scratch that. They are working now. Looks like your DNS fix also fixed the sending out of notifications. :D

[Jason Dunn]

:roll: :roll: :roll:

[jdhill]

Got an error message:

Ran into problems sending Mail. Response: 501 This system is not configured to relay mail from to for www.pocketpctools.com

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.
I'm liking the new Toshiba products a lot. When I replace my Casio E-200 it will probably be with a Toshiba Pocket PC.

Local Circuit City is all out, so I suppose I won't be buying one today :cry:

[Mike Temporale]

Hey, I'm getting notifications !!!

I'm not! What you do? I was going to post somewhere and ask what's up with that...


Scratch that. They are working now. Looks like your DNS fix also fixed the sending out of notifications. :D

[jdhill]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

[entropy1980]

Wooooooohooooooooo

[entropy1980]

.00000000000000000000000000000001 milliseconds....................finally back to normal! :D :D :D :D :D :) :) :) :) :) :) :) 8O 8O 8O 8O

[jdhill]

Hey, let's see if we can /. this thread somehow !!!

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.

Hmm, first reply to this message is showing up before the original message...

[jdhill]

Speed is still good !!!

[Jason Dunn]

Yeah, we're fidding with the email server. You're saying it's working now?

[jdhill]

10

[michael]

Reply Reply notifications notifications are are working working now now

[Mike Temporale]

I'm running into an error also:

Ran into problems sending Mail. Response: 501 This system is not configured to relay mail from to for www.pocketpctools.com

[jdhill]

Nine

[Mike Temporale]

I need the posts! I'll gladly post multiple times.

[jdhill]

Hey, I'm getting notifications !!!

[michael]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.

[Mike Temporale]

I need the posts! I'll gladly post multiple times.

With that being said, speeds much better now.

[JonnoB]

(Only 13 more posts for a new title)

Keep them coming sir.

[marlof]

Testing

[Mike Temporale]

Hey, I'm getting notifications !!!

I'm not! What you do? I was going to post somewhere and ask what's up with that...

[jdhill]

Pointless Pocket PC Pupil Post
Yeah, but I have 15 more than you !!! :wink:

Yeah, but I don't even own a PocketPC, although Circuit City are selling the Tosh e740 for $539.99 so I might own one by the end of the day.
I'm liking the new Toshiba products a lot. When I replace my Casio E-200 it will probably be with a Toshiba Pocket PC.

[jdhill]

Now it's telling me I can't post again so soon :cry:

How am I ever going to get to the next level :?: :?: :?:

[JonnoB]

(Shameless post-count increasing, stress-testing post)

Your posting is creating stress. :-)

[Mike Temporale]

Hmm, first reply to this message is showing up before the original message...

Ya, the order seems to be screwy.

[jdhill]

Closing in rapidly on 50 posts (at least 1/3 of which are on this thread) !!!

[jdhill]

(Shameless post-count increasing, stress-testing post)

[marlof]

man, jdhill, this stress test seems to be the thing you have been holding back for for quite some time. It turned you into a posting maniac. go for it!

[jdhill]

Not sure if you care, but the posts that I'm making don't seem to be in the correct chronological order. What's up with that :?: :?: :?:

[Jason Dunn]

Is this thing on?

[jdhill]

Not sure if you care, but the posts that I'm making don't seem to be in the correct chronological order. What's up with that :?: :?: :?:

[jdhill]

Not sure if you care, but the posts that I'm making don't seem to be in the correct chronological order. What's up with that :?: :?: :?:

[jdhill]

Not sure if you care, but the posts that I'm making don't seem to be in the correct chronological order. What's up with that :?: :?: :?:

[jdhill]

That last one was posted, but I got a long delay. I think we broke it!!! :cry:

[ipaq-PHD]

:roll: :cry: :lol: :o :( :) :D 8O :x :evil: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow: :twisted: :roll:

[jdhill]

That one went a lot faster. You must have fixed it :!: :!: :!:

[ipaq-PHD]

:D

[topps]

Ok, we think we've fixed the problem. Turns out the DNS server that our server was pointed at had died, and it was timing out on the lookup, then falling back to the next one that worked. So it wasn't really a server problem at all, just a DNS issue. I think everything should be back up to speed now, but please respond to this thread and tell me how the speed is for you. If you were looking for a good way to drive up your post count, this is it. Hammer the site! I'll lock it down after a few hours though, so start posting...

Early this morning, it was really slow. Seems to be faster now...although my previous post on another thread was just rejected temporarily...something about not accepting posts from www.pocketpctools.com...when I went back and resubmitted, seemed to go through fine the second time.

[Jonathon Watkins]

And why not????? :P

[jdhill]

Allright :!: :!: :!: I'm a Ponderer. That's it for me for now. I have some 'real' work to do. :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Yup - looking good- much better :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Well done jdhill - a few more to go then?

[Jonathon Watkins]

Wow - I can post quickly with a reply - is the 30 second rule suspended?

[topps]

Well that last one was much faster +++

:D :!:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Wow - I can post quickly with a reply - is the 30 second rule suspended?

[Dave Beauvais]

Okay, here's my "test post." I'll reply to it in a minute or so. --Dave
:D :) :( :o 8O :? 8) :lol: :x :P :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :wink: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow:

Always wanted to do that. (How sad is my life?) :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

OK - got nitifications too :lol:

[Jonathon Watkins]

OK - got nitifications too :lol:

Bad problem to have! :wink:

[topps]

Wow - I can post quickly with a reply - is the 30 second rule suspended?

What 32nd rule? :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

Ho hum - server still working OK?

[pt]

everything seems faster.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Ah - we are but pupils - we wil not know that till we are masters! :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

mmmmmmmm. Speed (does not kill)

[Jonathon Watkins]

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[topps]

Okay, here's my "test post." I'll reply to it in a minute or so. --Dave
:D :) :( :o 8O :? 8) :lol: :x :P :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :wink: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow:

Always wanted to do that. (How sad is my life?) :wink:

I presume that this is what Jason means when he asks us to hammer the site...real high semantic quality in these posts over the past 5 mins...I wonder if there are more of us than jdhill who are trying to reach the next level of poster status!

At least this gives his server a good test out.

[[Cruzer]]

giving my contribution...

[Dave Beauvais]

Okay, here's my "test post." I'll reply to it in a minute or so. --Dave
:D :) :( :o 8O :? 8) :lol: :x :P :oops: :cry: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :wink: :!: :?: :idea: :arrow:

Always wanted to do that. (How sad is my life?) :wink:

Curiously, after I posted the original message, I noticed it said I was on page 5 of 4. :)

[Jonathon Watkins]

At least this gives his server a good test out.
That's the whole point right?

:mrgreen:

[entropy1980]

I am giving all shes got captain!!!

[jdhill]

Oops, multiple posts !!! Jason, please don't revoke my new title. I worked so hard for it. :wink:

[Jonathon Watkins]

I'm seeing 5 of 4 too - I'm also getting a slow down - that last post took over 30 seconds to go - still not as bad as it was though.

[[Cruzer]]

something is up... its only showing 4 pages when there is 5 pages of posts.. hrrmmmm maybe its just my browser.

[Larry]

testing....

[jdhill]

Bottom of the screen says page 6 of 4. Somehow that doesn't seem right.

I'm leaving now (sounds like one of those repeated goodbye post from PDA Buzz (RIP).

[Jonathon Watkins]

"Page 6 of 5" now anyway. These notification are flying in :D

[Jonathon Watkins]

Well we did all leave in the end - that's why we're here.

[Jason Dunn]

Ok, I think we're done with this for now. It appears the problem has been fixed. The email notifications is another matter however - checking into it...thanks for your help everyone!