Annie please for the love of GOD fix the sever, you can't run a PTR expect to have happy smiling members when they can even READ their email, I have tried all day to read my mail and ended up deleting half of them cause I can't get them to open...I love her program but this is just crazy, every single day it's the same thing...realize that changing servers, increasing ram and whatever else just isn't working. Can anyone out there, members and WM's that know what the problem is please list it here, and maybe just maybe she might use this info to fix the problem. I just don't want to see this PTR go down, but myself and probably 100% of her members are getting a little fed up!

I was just going to post how painful it is trying to get through the emails. I have over 100 because i was gone this weekend, and now I can't get through 2 without this page cannot be displayed

same here it is starting to get really, really old I like Annies but for god's sake do something to fix it please!!!

I totally agree.

About a week ago it really seemed that Annie had finally got it sorted. The links were loading quickly and the timers were working correctly, I thought "Great, we're back on track"!

Now, over the last couple of days it has become virtually impossible to use the site and the email links. It takes upwards of 6 - 10 refreshes to get the page and timer to load, then another 5/6 refreshes when the timer ends to ensure that the credit gets through to the account.

The '13 link' email that came out earlier has taken me from about 1830 hrs UK time until about half an hour ago to complete. This is now unbearable.

I emailed Annie a couple of weeks ago, offering my assistance in the running of the program. This follows the general offer that I made at this forum prior to that. I have a 'better than average' knowledge of computers and I also have management and customer service skills. I have heard nothing since. Annie, if you are seeing this, the offer is still open.

It is a shame that such a great program is having all this trouble. Annie, you do not have to do this alone there are people that genuinely want to help and no-one will think bad of you if you accept that help. I hope that this doesn't sound to condescending - it is not meant to be.

'Nuff said!

just like cajunlady posted others have tried to help her but she just ignores them

I totally agree, this is getting redicoul- rediculu- ... crazy Sometimes the links will open fine, when that happens I get maybe two or three, after which it just goes kaput again u_u;;

Sending lots of links in a single message might help a little (faster on the outgoing end anyway, due to fewer mails going out), but the sheer quantity of links in total that are being accessed is probably a big problem too. If this is just some silly pride issue, I really wish Annie would get over it and accept the help that's being offered. She keeps saying "smile". Well, I'll smile when the site starts working properly, and I can get through the mails in a reasonable amount of time.

maybe it helps if everyone clears their inbox on the site?

I am from the other side of the world and generally will be going thru the emails while you guys on the side are asleep. Still I faced the same problems as you.

I dont agree that asking the members to clear the inbox is a long term solution though it is ncie to blame it on the size of th einbox.

Annies is no longe ron my favourite list nor will I advertise the site. AYS is as big if not bigger and they dont seem to have the same problem, and they remain my top favourite.

And please, Annies, stop sending out emails with more than 5 links !

Your reputation and business is at stake, think about it.

It seems the members would rather have less emails sent then to have a slow server... I know from a hosting stand point that would help with the server not being as slow

Annie's Problem I belive is she is trying to Run a Site of Her Size Over 10,000 Member On a Server that Can only Handle a Site of MY Size 500 Members.

I think She is On Lucidity (However you spell it) Hosting I heard Stuff that is Not too Positive there(ONLY HEARD THIS) I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ON THEM Since I was Never a Customer of them, Maybe She Should Try Borntohost Their Servers have ALWAYS Been Fast for Me. I also have My OTHER Site on MonsterWebHosts Again VeryFast Hosting. With Service Issues BorntoHost is Faster Addressing them, However You will pay More for the Extra Attention.

And magically her site is working fine again....just tried another email and fast as lighting...what is going on there??

Before everyone decides that the host (me) is the problem, let's realize that I do handstands trying to accomodate and even learn anything new that I can in order to help make any site I host run more smoothly. Annies has been a challenge because it is a huge site, with lots of emails sent, lots of traffic and low budget.

I am presently working on a solution for the problems with Annies. I hope that it soon will be working well again.

I understand completely. I'm a member at Annies too.

I will be installing thttpd and qmail on this server today. the problem is apahce and exim are just memory hogs and unless you want to be server poor and jsut though money out hand over fist adn alsways adding ram everytimg you turn around you pretty much need to get rid of those to software packages.

sure you could just tough more ram on the server and that would put a bandaid on it but it will not resolve the issued that every perrson that is connected to the site takes 5MB becuase of apahce so you will always be memory poor on high traffic sites. thats why large compaines like ebay do not run apahce for a web server it can not handle it. The run zeus. But Zeus is very costly so unless you want to spend $1700 per server just for the licence the next best thing is a few thttpds running and a load balancer like haproxy (i diecied squid was not best for this aplication) with this type fo configureation you can get the exact same performance as zeus for php scripts with out spending $1700 of coure it only works well on php scripts and then i had to also make slight changes in the CC scrtipst to make it work write and also had to modigy the code in thttpd its self to make it work right but it still gets the job done. Anyway i hope to login in a few hours to do this but i have been running behind all day sorry folks i have a pretty full plate

Thanks John. I have thttpd installed and would appreciate, as always, your help in the final configuration for your scripts.

HI everyone,

please be patient.. i know this is frustrating, it is for me. I have John with CC helping me with this. It should be working fine by tomorrow morning. i am keeping my fingers crossed.

Annie

Thanks to the both of you John and Cynthia, now were getting somewhere, I know you guys can get annies back on track. Again, thank you.

Annie, will you PLEASE limit the number of links to 4 per email? 10-20 is way to many! Thanks, and I hope everything gets on track soon!

hi there,

yes, you won't see any more huge emails like that. there will be no more than 3 in an email

sincerely,

Annie

I just want to thank Lucidity Hosting, and the people that work with Cynthia. they are a wonderful hosting company, and are always there to help. And.. a big thank you to John too, for taking this on.

Annie

Thanks for answering Annie, I hope the server fix goes well, and thanks for taking your members' suggestions about the number of links in a mail. Hope you're around for a while.

I will be around.. I am one who doesn't give up!!!

I am not even a member of Annies.....I quit A LONG TIME AGO due to various things.

However, I received what appears to be a payout request reply from Annie.

Well it's good to see Annie replying for sure. Annie's is still my favourite and I will keep going with it, however, taking 5 hours to do just the clicks on Annies-Biz left me drained!! Do we get paid for the script error note after we have waited the 60 seconds?

Also in defence of Annie's server she certainly is NOT running the site off a cheap hosting plan. She is on a dedicated server and in my opinion is paying what it is worth, but please do not assume it is cheap hosting like the servers sites with 1,000 members have - definitely not.

Hi

I'm wondering if anyone else is receiving this message where the timer should be:
"Warning: main(pages_dirserver_error.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/anniesb/public_html/scripts/functions.inc.php on line 50"

The timer doesn't load, but it still redirects to the advertiser's page. Will we be able to view those ads later and receive credit for them, or does the system register that we have already visited that link, even though the timer was broken?

I suspect that it doesn't credit - because if you keep refreshing you eventually get the "account credited" message, not the "you have already clicked" one.

The reason you get that message is the communication with the database times out. The reason that the site loads is that it is a redirect (simple and fast).

I am in Bonnie Scotland and I am finding Annies no slower than a lot of other sites, maybe its the time difference?!

I am putting the following quote from AllYouSubmitters TOS which may throw some light on some comments that have been made

Why do we need the inbox? I sometimes check my email on the webpages, but not very often. If something like that is going to slow down webpages, maybe they should just get rid of the inbox options or make it optional. Not every site has them, and I don't think it should be our responsibility to keep it cleaned. I always assumed that is what our personal emails where for anyways.

But I do hope Annie fixes the slow problem soon. I love her site, I just got 19 referals for a site I promoted. I am so happy, I never had that great of luck anywhere else ever before.