We're working on optimizing some servers & databases. May go offline intermittently over next few minutes. Do not panic. I repeat: Do not panic!
I agree with the above comments. I sure hope that the stored PMs can be saved. I had several from Rich I treasured and the missive I sent you, Brett. Thanks for all you do, and giving us the best website available!!!The PM function is turned back on.
HOWEVER and unfortunately, the root cause of last night's site outage was a corrupted PM table caused by queries that kept hanging and eventually crashed the database server. We tried to restore the PM data but were unable to recover it - that table was a mess AND the PM table is not stored in plain text (for privacy reasons) so it's not like the message forum where we can see obvious errors. Thus, all PMs have been wiped out. Even the backups seem to have the same issue when restored - resulting in the server to crash again.
I'm really, really, really sorry about this. We will keep working on it and are continuing work behind the scenes throughout today and tonight to observe what might have caused the issue. I'll keep you updated if there is any new (or good/bad) news out of this.
We continue to work on it but not looking good right now.I agree with the above comments. I sure hope that the stored PMs can be saved. I had several from Rich I treasured and the missive I sent you, Brett. Thanks for all you do, and giving us the best website available!!!