Private Messages

[TwistsofSilver]

Hi everyone, i recently joined here and started by looking in the forums and posting responses etc. i had posted enough to send private messages etc but now logging on this morning i have found all my post numbers have disappeared and even though i was notified by email that i had private messages, when i logged on nothing was there and im now no longer able to send private messages - has this happened to anyone else? could you explain whats happened? thank you all very much

[olschesky]

i've read that this site was down for a while.......and some of the more recent posts were missing......try again

[TwistsofSilver]

thank you!

[ckaszyca]

how many posts do you need to send private messages?

[TwistsofSilver]

i think its only 10

[turbokinetic]

Most likely; something happened to the database that keeps track of all the posts and messages. The system repairs the database by restoring to a copy from a day previous. It's not the most ideal solution - but it minimizes site downtime.

I noticed quite a few posts I made were gone, too.

David

[asianeko]

Yeah lots of posts were gone and the site has been down a few times lately. I'm sure you'll get back up there, and the PMs may still be waiting for you.

[iesadmin]

Nothing happened I was notified about, but it's possible the hosting company had an issue and did a restore without telling me. Sorry about that.

Rich