A few days ago they said they were installing a server software upgrade, in part, to address the spammers. It was aborted because they needed an additional software upgrade they did not have yet.

My assumption is that it is being done by volunteer help and is an involved task that has not gone smoothly. Hopefully the data there is revovered because for us 69-70 guys it has a wealth of information.

 

Yes it was a great wealth of information. I hope they get it together w/o losing past information.

 

Yes, it is a wealth of info for me since I am restoring a 69 Coupe it is a go-to site for info for me. It will be missed by me if it is gone.

 

Here's what I got a minute ago.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /mustang/forum/ on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

I've been trying all day too. I like that site very much and it's a shame they are having hacker trouble. There was a post about it a few days ago and one of the admins came on and said they were having issues. I have no doubt they will be back and with some new protection from the bad guys.

 

Correct. A software upgrade is underway. It was attempted about two weeks ago and they found the server's they were using were not up to the task of the new software. The upgrade is mainly being shouldered by admin's. But some of us member's, myself included, have also made donations to help pay for the software. Hopefully Brian will have it all up and running in a few days. I too miss the site. Bruce

 

it has been down off and on for the past week.

 

Making a note about that website. I had not know about it until now. Hope it comes back online - I'd like to see what info it's got!

 

It will come back one way or another. Last time the upgrade didn't work they just installed a backup copy of the database and brought it back up. I assume if the software upgrade fails they will do the same again. They have had a terrible time with spammers getting in and flooding the board with posts. It is a great website.

 

Yep, as other said, it is just currently being upgraded. It'll be back online soon.

It's a great place for 69/70 specific info.

-Mike

 

It had to be upgraded because it was starting to get spammed everyday with at least 20 spam threads. They were trying to do it last week but they had problems. Hopefully should be up in next few days.

 

I wish they would at least put up a simple index.html page that explained what they are doing.

 

I just checked and it went to GoDaddy.com. I hope that doesn't mean bad news.

Yes, the spamming was terrible. 20 a day was conservative on good days. And it went down hill from there on bad days (LOL). I hope it gets back up soon.

B.

 

Hello

I actually got on the site one time and signed in. Then it all froze up so they may still be trying to get it up. The site that is. LOL It had a whole different appearance. I don't know if it is going to have a subscription fee or not but that would be OK with me if it keeps spammers away.

Dave

 

Seems to be working now. So for anyway
Dave

 

With the default views loaded...pretty different.

EDIT: Actually looks like they migrated away from vBulletin to another PHP product, Invision. Interesting...

 

Yes, it's B A C K!!!!! Brian is still working on the add-ons but the site is working again under the new format. Booyah!!! B.

 

I like the new look, congratulations you guys! I'm sure it was/is a LOT of work.

 

Anybody else getting a "bandwidth exceeded" error on the 69.stang site? This is the second day for me.

 

Same here. :shrug:

 

Yes. I get the same message. Brian

 

yep since yesterday.

 

Yep. 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded.

I hope it get back up soon.

 

+1 ^^^^^^

 

Yes, me too for the second day.

 

Yep, for two days now. Wonder what's up? B.

 

^^^^ Same here as well ^^^^