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Posted by: boxsterfan Jan 19 2016, 05:59 PM

Any time I try to look back at some of my old posts, I get:

Sorry, the board administrator has enabled search flood control. Please wait at least 5 seconds before trying again.



This happens even if I have not been on the site or performed any searches.

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 19 2016, 06:03 PM

And how exactly are you trying to "look back at some of my old posts"?

Posted by: dlkawashima Jan 19 2016, 08:07 PM

I noticed that, too. But if you click the button another time or two, the search works.

Posted by: Andyrew Jan 19 2016, 08:12 PM

You have to wait something like 10 seconds between each search. It prevents spammers from overloading the server.

Posted by: Mark Henry Jan 19 2016, 08:16 PM

I get flood control sometimes when I post, but I always figure it was a mouse/finger issue and read as two clicks on 'ADD THIS'.

Posted by: whitetwinturbo Jan 19 2016, 11:26 PM

Craigslist has a timer too.....saying whoa, you type too fast .... try back later.

Posted by: boxsterfan Jan 21 2016, 11:17 PM

Click on my name to go to my profile.
Under Profile Options on the right, click Find Members Posts.

Note: Find Members Topics doesn't exhibit the problem.

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 22 2016, 12:42 PM

Hmmm. I just did that for your posts and i can see them all the way back to your first post on Jul 11 2003, 10:27 AM without any issues.

Posted by: sfrenck Jan 22 2016, 01:24 PM

I get the same if I click on a member name and try to look at their old posts. Just have to wait 10 seconds and click again to get it to work.

Posted by: boxsterfan Jan 23 2016, 01:28 PM

Still no workie for me.

First, I tried SirAndy's posts. First attempt....flood search (although I had just opened my browser and came on the site). Count to 10 and then second attempt worked.

Second, I tried my topics. First attempt, same error. Count to 10....it worked.

Third, I tried my posts. Could never get it to work. Count to 10 or count to 30. No luck.

Strange.....

Perhaps we are getting indexed by a webbot that is triggering the board software to react this way? Note: webbots don't have obey robots.txt files although the responsible ones do. :shrug:

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 23 2016, 01:32 PM

We detect search engine bots and automatically put them in their own group with different board settings.
I doubt it's a mix-up between bot accounts and member accounts.


I'll have a closer look at the flood control code and see what i can dig up ...

Posted by: boxsterfan Jan 23 2016, 01:35 PM

OK, I made it work by doing it this way. Goto my Profile.....count to 10 (one-one thousand, two-onethousand, etc...), then click on my Posts or my Topics. It works!!

Same thing happened if I went to your Profile and didn't wait after going to your Profile before searching.

Posted by: SirAndy Jan 23 2016, 01:42 PM

Interesting! Looks like the initial page hit is counted towards the flood control when it really shouldn't.

Posted by: boxsterfan Jan 25 2016, 06:06 PM

Behavior has reverted today. No matter how long I wait, I can't seem to get to My Posts or My Topics.

Posted by: porsche913b_sp Mar 7 2016, 08:13 PM

I get the flood control message when I click on a members name and search all his post or topics, about 95% of the time i will get the flood control message using chrome, but no isssue with firefox if it helps you Andy.

Posted by: jim_hoyland Mar 7 2016, 09:34 PM

Where are you clicking on members names ? I don't see anything about viewing old posts

Posted by: boxsterfan Mar 16 2016, 09:19 AM

I use Chrome. I tend to get the Flood Search 95% of the time also.