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  • LeeS
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2001
    • 131

    Very Slow Posting

    Hi there,

    Our forums seemed to have slowed in the posting department over the last couple of months, to the point where it can take upwards of 30 seconds for a new post to actually 'post'. Reading and searching is lightning speed, but actually writing takes an ice-age.

    Any pertinent information you may need should be available from: http://forums.ukairsoft.net/status/

    Quick rundown:

    vB 2.2.5, PHP 4.0.6(patched), Apache 1.3.19, mysql 3.23.36.

    Any help appreciated.
    Last edited by LeeS; Sat 13 Jul '02, 10:42am.
  • Jake Bunce
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2000
    • 46598
    • 3.6.x

    #2
    just an idea

    sometimes e-mail notifications can slow down the posting process, especially if any of the destination e-mail domains are down. do your users use the e-mail notification feature? you might try creating and replying to a thread in a private forum that no one else can access... make sure you don't select e-mail notification for yourself. see if it takes a long time to reply to that thread.

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    • LeeS
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2001
      • 131

      #3
      Hmm, now you mention it, replies in user-limited forums (admin mainly) take nanoseconds. I think the man has it. So how could I reduce this problem? Fork out the email notifications to a remote server? Or am I stuck with the problem?

      Cheers

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      • Jake Bunce
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2000
        • 46598
        • 3.6.x

        #4
        you could disable the option by default (regardless of the user's preference) which would reduce the ammount of e-mail notifications. see my post in this thread. using this method the user can still choose to receive e-mail notifications by clicking the check box, but it will always be off by default. or you could remove the option all together by completely removing the option from the template.

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        • LeeS
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2001
          • 131

          #5
          I think that would cause much annoyance.

          I'll try forking out the email side of things to another server and let that deal with the actual sending/resending of the emails.

          Thanks for your assistance!

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          • Steve Machol
            Former Customer Support Manager
            • Jul 2000
            • 154488

            #6
            The way vB processes mail large requests will be vastly improved in vB3.
            Last edited by Steve Machol; Sun 14 Jul '02, 8:59am.
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            • LeeS
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2001
              • 131

              #7
              That's good news. Thanks Smachol! Is there an ETA for vB3 yet?

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              • George L
                Former vBulletin Support
                • May 2000
                • 32996
                • 3.8.x

                #8
                Originally posted by LeeS
                That's good news. Thanks Smachol! Is there an ETA for vB3 yet?
                not yet
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                • happ76
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 141

                  #9
                  what happens if its still slow ? Any other solutions. What if email server is down.. does that have any effect?

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                  • George L
                    Former vBulletin Support
                    • May 2000
                    • 32996
                    • 3.8.x

                    #10
                    Originally posted by happ76
                    what happens if its still slow ? Any other solutions. What if email server is down.. does that have any effect?
                    if the mail server is down vB will slow to a crawl especially if all your posts have email notifications enabled
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                    • LeeS
                      Senior Member
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 131

                      #11
                      Fortunately both are on the same machine.

                      Roll on vB3

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                      • happ76
                        Senior Member
                        • Mar 2001
                        • 141

                        #12
                        when people post and they wait too long they eventually can't find dns.. why is that? what is happening

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                        • happ76
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 141

                          #13
                          any other solutions? does this use sendmail?

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                          • Steve Machol
                            Former Customer Support Manager
                            • Jul 2000
                            • 154488

                            #14
                            As eva2000 said:
                            if the mail server is down vB will slow to a crawl especially if all your posts have email notifications enabled
                            Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
                            Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

                            Steve Machol Photography


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                            • happ76
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2001
                              • 141

                              #15
                              ok, but what if email server isn't down.. because my email server is up. I just don't know why responses are so slow. I appreciate any help you may provide.

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