Minor Update

Hi all, I’m aware that links in people’s notify e-mails are not working properly at the moment, it’s something I shall look into very shortly (as soon as I get some time to!) and apologise for the inconvenience in the meantime. At this point I’ve no idea what’s causing it or why it would suddenly…

Greetings all,     I'm sorry to have to announce that there'll be another server move shortly. The good news for most users is that the DD server will be returning to the US with this move, which should improve response times for those users. The new host appears to have very good international connections and…

I remember now why I try very hard to avoid moving servers… Apologies for the down time. I received some distressing news regarding the previous server (notably the OS on which it was running was no longer being supported, and thus security updates and patches would not be coming out any longer) and was advised…

I have today added an extra security module to the server which should reduce the ability for spiders (the biggest culprit being BaiduSpider!) to severly cripple the machine by issuing lots of requests in quick succession. The configuration will need some tweaking I’m sure, but if you find yourself getting blocked when you’re trying to…

The main DearDiary.Net server will be down for approximately half an hour tomorrow (10th May 2002) for a RAM upgrade. Many of you will have noticed the horrid slowdown in the afternoon/evening (depending on your timezone) and we’re hopeful that the extra RAM will improve this. The server will be reboot at approximately 14:30 EST…

I'd like to say a big public apology to Welshamethyst and Salamander because I've seriously let them down on the support front. I thought I had fixed their problem a while back but I didn't communicate that with them, which if I had, it would've given them a chance to tell me that in fact…