[Dr_Fashizzle]

Just got the 403 thing again last night Maybe the BEA forum is just self destructing... ;(

[MaxBigfoot]

I stayed away for a couple of weeks, came back last night.  I was able to look at a grand total of 6 threads before 403 happened.  Refreshing the page doesn't help, it just backs me up one page each time, then if I click on something I still get 403'd.  I really don't want to quit this place, but this is just retarded.  I have no idea why it's hitting me so bad, it appears like something I could live with if it acted how other guys are describing.   

[solvegas]

I stayed away for a couple of weeks, came back last night.  I was able to look at a grand total of 6 threads before 403 happened.  Refreshing the page doesn't help, it just backs me up one page each time, then if I click on something I still get 403'd.  I really don't want to quit this place, but this is just retarded.  I have no idea why it's hitting me so bad, it appears like something I could live with if it acted how other guys are describing.   

I haven't had that problem lately. I thought you were in trouble. I sent you a PM because I was concerned. This site is mostly ok now but it ain't 100% yet. 

[TheZookie007]

No 403s for me in a long while (knocks wood & throws salt over his shoulder), so sorry to hear you're still having that issue.

[Dr_Fashizzle]

I looked at 3 or 4 threads last night and got the errors again. Really disappointing. I miss what this place used to be :/

[TheZookie007]

I looked at 3 or 4 threads last night and got the errors again. Really disappointing. I miss what this place used to be :/

It can be very frustrating when we the users seem to care more about maintaining what makes the BEA Forum unique and great and worth keeping alive, than the people who are paid to maintain it :/

[MaxBigfoot]

I rarely get through more than half a dozen threads before I'm hitting 403s.  I still come in occasionally, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm some kind of masochist.   

[MaxBigfoot]

Getting them worse than ever.  I'm lucky to make more than one post without getting 403'd.  I'm running the current Firefox on Win7, I have no idea why this is happening.

[solvegas]

I use Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge and so far, knock on wood, no 403's. I know that Win 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. Could that be the problem ? 

[Trace]

That's not it. I'm on Windows 11 running Firefox, both fully up to date, and I'm getting both 403s and 503s.

[MaxBigfoot]

Could it be the Firefox?  I don't understand why, if it is.

[Dr_Fashizzle]

No I'm Chrome Mac. I think the server is counting every image preview and every image expansion as extra hits, so if you just look at threads with more images, you get blocked faster. It's basic web server configuration

[MaxBigfoot]

Well, I'm still getting 403'ed a lot.  Rarely do I get through more than a couple of dozen threads before I'm 403'ed off the site.  I've tried everything I can think of.

Also, I've noticed many times when I click on the 'New' button for a thread, I'm not taken to the new posts, but to some random post earlier in the thread.  On some of the longer threads, I've been taken back literal years.  I know for a fact I've visited most of these threads a lot later than that.

I really don't know how much longer I'm gonna keep trying to participate in this forum, even in the limited manner available to me, under these conditions.

[solvegas]

Well, I'm still getting 403'ed a lot.  Rarely do I get through more than a couple of dozen threads before I'm 403'ed off the site.  I've tried everything I can think of.

Also, I've noticed many times when I click on the 'New' button for a thread, I'm not taken to the new posts, but to some random post earlier in the thread.  On some of the longer threads, I've been taken back literal years.  I know for a fact I've visited most of these threads a lot later than that.

I really don't know how much longer I'm gonna keep trying to participate in this forum, even in the limited manner available to me, under these conditions.

I'm sorry to hear about your travails on this site. I don't get many 403's, or at least for a while, but like you, when I search for a thread, I usually end up in the far past so I have to manually get it to the newest post on the thread. Not fatal but annoying, that's for sure. 

[MaxBigfoot]

Well, I'm still getting 403'ed a lot.  Rarely do I get through more than a couple of dozen threads before I'm 403'ed off the site.  I've tried everything I can think of.

Also, I've noticed many times when I click on the 'New' button for a thread, I'm not taken to the new posts, but to some random post earlier in the thread.  On some of the longer threads, I've been taken back literal years.  I know for a fact I've visited most of these threads a lot later than that.

I really don't know how much longer I'm gonna keep trying to participate in this forum, even in the limited manner available to me, under these conditions.

I'm sorry to hear about your travails on this site. I don't get many 403's, or at least for a while, but like you, when I search for a thread, I usually end up in the far past so I have to manually get it to the newest post on the thread. Not fatal but annoying, that's for sure. 

Oh yeah, the 'New' button problem is only an annoyance that I am perfectly willing to deal with.  The 403 thing is quite a bit beyond that.