Is the contact form bugged out?

April 20, 2008 5:24 AM

Having problem with the contact form. Don't know if admins got my message.

First I typed the captcha words correctly five times but each time it claimed I failed (I'm pretty sure I got the words right but hey, I do have a fever...). Opened up a new contact page to try again and got this after successfully getting past the captcha on my first try.

An exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters. This exception was caused by: coldfusion.mail.MailSessionException: An exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters..
The error occurred on line 44.
Current Page: http://www.metafilter.com/contact/sent.mefi
Referring Page: http://www.metafilter.com/contact/
Date and Time: Sun Apr 20 05:18:14 PDT 2008
Your Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/525.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Safari/525.18

posted by dabitch to bugs at 5:24 AM (34 comments total)

I'm having a similar problem with MeFi mail. Just tried to respond to a message and got:

An exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters. This exception was caused by: coldfusion.mail.MailSessionException: An exception occurred when setting up mail server parameters..
The error occurred on line 122.

* Current Page: http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/messages-write.mefi
* Referring Page: http://www.metafilter.com/contribute/messages-write.mefi
* Date and Time: Sun Apr 20 05:42:38 PDT 2008
* Your Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
* Your Location: hatimal.planet
posted by languagehat at 5:45 AM on April 20

Hmmm. Mefimailing you seemed to have worked just fine though. :)
posted by dabitch at 5:59 AM on April 20

Yeah, I got your message, and obviously I got the one I was trying to respond to; I have no idea what's going on, but I thought I'd add my little pile of straw to this bonfire.
posted by languagehat at 6:08 AM on April 20

Say, did you ever notice that our user numbers start with the same three digits?

*cue spooky music*
posted by languagehat at 6:10 AM on April 20

you unlock this door with the key of imagination
posted by dabitch at 6:19 AM on April 20

Weird, and whatever mechanism usually emails us when there's a new MeTa, didn't email us this time. I've noticed a few things that are a little weird today in addition to this [I think my banhammer is broken, for one] so I expect there will be some minor tinkering.
posted by jessamyn at 6:48 AM on April 20

THE SITE DON'T WORK
CAUSE THE VANDALS
UPDATED TO THE 8.01 RELEASE OF THE HANDLE
posted by cortex at 7:06 AM on April 20 [6 favorites]

I think my banhammer is broken

PARTY TIME!!!
posted by pyramid termite at 7:09 AM on April 20 [3 favorites]

THE 8.01 RELEASE OF THE HANDLE

the banhandle.
posted by quonsar at 7:19 AM on April 20 [1 favorite]

Typing on my mobile
With the mefi blues again
posted by cortex at 7:25 AM on April 20

pyramid termite: "I think my banhammer is broken

PARTY TIME!!!"

Defenestration of televisions! Hookers! Fire Trucks! We're gonna party like it's 1999!!
posted by SteveTheRed at 8:15 AM on April 20

They're selling postcards of the banning
They're painting the Pepsi blue
The parameters are full of exceptions
And cortex is here too
There goes the blind moderator
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the pitchfork
A fish is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As mathowie and jessamyn look out tonight
From Metafilter Row
posted by FelliniBlank at 8:24 AM on April 20 [7 favorites]

Let me know when I should put my pants back on.
posted by sciurus at 8:25 AM on April 20

Jessamyn, You're welcome to use one of my old 24oz framing hammers until the fixit squad can re-arm you. Would you prefer the Waffle Face (when it strikes flesh, it takes some with it) or Smooth?
posted by Hobgoblin at 8:41 AM on April 20

You know that they say about upgrading the metafilter database...

One step back, two more steps back.
posted by Dave Faris at 8:54 AM on April 20

I think my banhammer is broken, for one

It would seem... unwise to be publishing that sort of information..
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:10 AM on April 20 [1 favorite]

I am unsettled by the idea that we could be splashing around in the Blue like always, but ALL THE MODS HAVE VANISHED.
What would happen?
posted by Dizzy at 9:19 AM on April 20

I think my banhammer is broken, for one

Lando Calrissian: We've gotta be able to get some kind of a reading on that shield, up or down.
Nien Nunb: [speaks in Sullustese]
Lando Calrissian: But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... if we're coming?
[over comlink]
Lando Calrissian: Break off the attack! The shield is still up!
Wedge Antilles: I get no reading. Are you sure?
Lando Calrissian: Pull up! All craft, pull up!
Admiral Ackbar: Take evasive action! Green group, stick close to holding section MV-7!
Mon Calamari: Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 47!
Admiral Ackbar: It's a trap!
posted by anotherpanacea at 9:36 AM on April 20

I prefer Waffle Face. And the banhammer is now fixed.
posted by jessamyn at 9:38 AM on April 20

I am unsettled by the idea that we could be splashing around in the Blue like always, but ALL THE MODS HAVE VANISHED.
What would happen?


Boobie jokes and bullshit, mainly.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 9:48 AM on April 20

banhammer is now fixed.

Uh-oh. *looks around shifty, backs out of room*
posted by dabitch at 10:00 AM on April 20

Let me know when I should put my pants back on.

Oh, you'll know.

Also, lh's IP is showing.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:19 AM on April 20

Wasn't Waffle Face one of the bad guys in Dick Tracy?
posted by nebulawindphone at 11:11 AM on April 20

"I am unsettled by the idea that we could be splashing around in the Blue like always, but ALL THE MODS HAVE VANISHED.
What would happen?


Boobie jokes and bullshit, mainly."

So things wouldn't be much different. That's a relief.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:36 AM on April 20

Also, lh's IP is showing.

If that's a bad thing, could an admin either delete the IP or replace it with an off-color joke? Thanks!
posted by languagehat at 12:37 PM on April 20

Languagehat: ten seconds of poking says you're firewalled. It's less than ideal, but no biggie.
posted by Ryvar at 12:49 PM on April 20

could an admin either delete the IP or replace it with an off-color joke?

I changed it. I'm not quick with the off-color jokes on account of being out in the sun too long.
posted by jessamyn at 12:52 PM on April 20

I don't get it.
posted by Ryvar at 12:57 PM on April 20

I already WinNuked him! Ha!
posted by Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America at 1:01 PM on April 20

I miss those days, MPDSEA . . .

[Begins to tell a story]

Way back in the early days, around '96-97, when you installed the AOL client it replaced Microsoft's default TCP/IP stack with its own custom one. A custom one that went several months (years? quite possibly) without a certain cute OOB data error being fixed. I remember being 16 years old, sitting in #everquest on EFNet about a month before release when the channel had 300 people in it, whiling away countless hours with nothing better to do than to wait for someone with a *.aol.com hostmask to come in, whereupon I would immediately winnuke them and watch them go right back out.

Strangest of all, I had a girlfriend at the time.

It strikes me as funny that kids nowadays, in a reversal of the societal norm, have it so damn hard. Shit like that would be blared across the headlines and patched within days - possibly hours.

I miss that Internet.
posted by Ryvar at 1:18 PM on April 20

ten seconds of poking says you're firewalled.

That's what she said!
posted by arto at 2:29 PM on April 20

Thanks, jessamyn! I'll tell everyone I live on Hatimal Planet from now on. (Having gotten roped into a scheme to dig a sandbox for the grandkids, I've been spending some time in the sun and getting a little color myself.)
posted by languagehat at 2:40 PM on April 20

Don't know if admins got my message.

Your astral emmanator seems to be properly configured - you are coming through loud and clear to me dabitch.
posted by Meatbomb at 5:54 AM on April 21

Boobie jokes and bullshit, mainly.

Well, in fairness, I do loves me some boobies.
posted by quin at 7:47 AM on April 21