System Error and Recovery (with some missing data)
 

There was an accidental data corruption a a result of an unforeseen glitch during an attempted system update. I have received the failed login notes from those of you who wrote to report it and everything should be fine again on that front.

Unfortunately however, I had to restore the forum database from the most recent automated backup which happened to be several hours old -- probably as old as 6 hours prior -- meaning that you have to re-enter any post or response you made before that! (Sorry, I had to cut down on the backup frequency which used to be every 2 hours due to space shortage .. until I can afford a storage upgrade and subscription with the server's ISP!) But at least, it's better to be up within minutes with some hours of posts missing than down and recovering for days, right?

Thanks and apologies to everyone who was somehow affected.

Cheers,
...Alex

Alex,
Thanks for catching the ball. It is distressing when lost nuances leave egg on faces. PMs too have disappeared so if anyone sent any within the last few hours you'll have to do it again.
We get too casual about this miracle.
Thanks,
Janet

And I'm getting messages saying that Janet and Mark are locked out. Someone might want to check into that.

There's nothing that I can see that would explain their being locked out, so I have to say, e-mail Alex (alex AT ablemuse DOT com) if you haven't done that already. Sorry.

I've just ran a test and there was no access problem for either Janet or Mark. I'd recommend they refresh their browsers and try again. If the problem persists, then I'll need the details of the the pages, error messages, and access problem involved.

Cheers,
...Alex