It's good to be back.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 8:33 PM

Still waiting here until my pills start to give some effect.
I 'know' this has all the info the old forum had,- all the post are there .... but I'm still somewhat lost in all in this white.

I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past ;)

jimp · May 25, 2018, 8:35 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:

I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past ;)

If you don't want those to show up in your unread feed you can ignore the international category. Instructions are on the blog post we put up announcing the new forum. :)

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 8:41 PM

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:

can ignore the international category

Good to know ....

Btw : 3 online user and 697 guests ( probably struggling with the password reset procedure ...)

jimp · May 25, 2018, 8:50 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:

Btw : 3 online user and 697 guests ( probably struggling with the password reset procedure ...)

The counts are a bit odd, it shows more on the online user list, but you may be seeing 3 people that went through the trouble to set their status as online (click your avatar, then pick online)

NogBadTheBad · May 25, 2018, 8:52 PM

@jimp

On the main page:-

pfSense
Topics about pfSense, click a category blow

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:33 PM

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:

click your avatar, then pick online)

It's ok - this thread ( @KOM ) is quiet informative already ^^

edit : Code test

REM Do this until some rips out the power line :
10 PRINT "Done"
20 GOTO 10

edit : forum lost IPv6 access ... is it actually running behind a pfSense setup ?
Time for DNSSEC also ...

GruensFroeschli · May 25, 2018, 9:42 PM

Looks quite different.
And it seems my work as a moderator is no longer required.
Have fun deleting spam.
I was maintaining a manual blocklist of nonsense domains which some of the spammers kept using.
(manually analysing all blocks of the past 3~4 days and extending the list)

Would have preferred if i got "any" kind of notification, or maybe a thanks before getting kicked out, but then again who am i kidding... the project was taking a different path over the last few years and i don't think i have any more place it it.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:41 PM

@gruensfroeschli said in It's good to be back.:

and i don’t think i have any more place it it.

You got my down vote for that part

GruensFroeschli · May 25, 2018, 9:44 PM

@gertjan Well not that i wouldn't want to stay, but i don't feel welcome anymore...

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 9:47 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:
I'm off reading the 99+ Chinese posts I some what missed in the past

@jimp said in It's good to be back.:
If you don't want those to show up in your unread feed you can ignore the international category.

And if you want only a single international category to show up then first disable all int'l, go into the specific category you want to see like Dutch or French and re-enable this subcategory again.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:54 PM

@GruensFroeschli Think about it : taking an existing forum and port it to a new 'engine'. A massif job.I could/can understand they limited some what the admins because most tasks ask for new procedures. I'm pretty sure there is nothing personal here.

And also : maybe they got the spam filtering right this time (I still like to believe such a thing exists - never saw it, though).

The

ERROR As a new user, you can only post once every 120 second(s) until you have earned 3 reputation - please wait before posting again

snake bite me too.

Gertjan · May 25, 2018, 9:56 PM

@jahonix : Figured it out just an instant ago. Thanks.

ivor · May 25, 2018, 9:57 PM

@gruensfroeschli I'm truly sorry we made you feel this way but we in no way removed you from mods! We even discussed how we must make sure your mod rights remain, so this must have been done in error during migration, which was automatic / script. Please do not feel unwelcome, far from it. Your help was never unappreciated! Let me see how to get your mod rights back, truly sorry for this fuckup!

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 10:00 PM

@gertjan said in It's good to be back.:

The snake bite me too.

Just wait until your third vote. I'll help you out with that in the meantime... ;-)

ivor · May 25, 2018, 10:01 PM

@gertjan is 100% correct, you have no idea how much work was done. And there's still a lot of work to be done. The migration process was automatic and a lot of stuff didn't migrate well. As an example we've had a few valid accounts show as banned, even though they weren't banned on SMF!

TO EVERYONE, work is still in progress, anything that's wrong with your account WILL BE CORRECTED.

heper · May 25, 2018, 10:06 PM

how to see what forum subsections have new posts from a glance ?

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 10:16 PM

@ivor said in It's good to be back.:

@gertjan is 100% correct, you have no idea how much work was done.

We don't doubt that. Main criticism probably is the lack of communication from administration beforehand. To mods and such but to regular users as well. I would have loved to save some content from PMs which is now gone.

But hey, it's netgate's forum and we are all just volunteers, so what.

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 10:21 PM

@heper said in It's good to be back.:

how to see what forum subsections have new posts from a glance ?

Just filter what you see from "Unread":
login-to-view

ivor · May 25, 2018, 10:22 PM

@jahonix I am in agreement with you. Unfortunately, there were many moving parts when it comes to GDPR (and not only with forum). We will make it up to you guys, rest assured.

Again, if something is wrong, it's likely a mistake or an oversight, and it will be fixed! Please report any issues you may have.

jahonix · May 25, 2018, 10:28 PM

@ivor said in It's good to be back.:

Please report any issues you may have.

I'd like to have read access to my old PMs again!