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Today I keep getting multiple instances where there are 3-4 copies of the same new topic.   When we go in to delete the duplicates we get:

Anybody know:

1)  Why we're getting duplicate new topics
2)  Why I'm getting this error when I try to access / delete the new topic?
3)  What I should do?

Thanks so much in advance for any suggestion!

I've got members that I believe are spamming other members to join another forum using email.  I've got the private message mod loaded and I'd like to force communication through PM so I can prohibit (and track) people that are poaching my members using email.

Is there an EASY way to disable the ability for members to use the forum to send emails?

I guess one option is to edit the code to strip out the display of the email link under the user's name and in their profile.

Anybody else ever deal with member stealing / poaching?

Hey All,

My forum is growing and I'm pushing the limits on my server with my forum.  I'm not sure if something is wrong with my forum, the mods I've got installed, the DB, or anything else.

I need an expert in PHP, MySQL, PunBB and overall Server Administration (LAMP environment running WHM / cPanel on a Virtuosso environment) to come in and do a deep analysis, make recommendations, and do optimizations.

Anybody interested in an hourly job and / or have recommendations on companies that are experts at optimizations?

Please email me with info and rates.

Thanks!

I just got the following error from my main forum:

An error was encountered
File: /home/site/public_html/forum/include/functions.php
Line: 45

PunBB reported: Unable to fetch user information 

Database reported: Can't open file: 'users.MYI'. (errno: 145) (Errno: 1016)

Does anybody have any ideas???

Here are the current stats on one of my forums:

Rows: 7041265
Size: 282.57 MB
with about 1,500,000 pageviews a month

My forum is growing very fast and I'm a bit worried about what will start happening once it gets really big.  What's your experience and/or knowledge is of what happens on a server as the DB gets bigger and bigger. I've got questions like:

1) Is resource usage linear? Meaning that as the punBB DB increases by 10% then will resource usage (cpu, memory, etc.) go up proportionately? Or, will I hit a point where resource usage will grow exponentially?

2) In either case, are the only solutions to either dump data in the DB (old posts) or to upgrade the server?

3) Any other thoughts / ideas for a non-pro as to what to prepare for and how to prepare?

In short, I don't want to wake up one day and notice I hit a magic HUGE DB BARRIER and my forum performance drops of a cliff.

Any other big punbb forum owners out there willing to share their experiences?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!