currently, (and this has happened before) my invisionfree.com forum is not working properly. Once i type in the URL, it comes up with an error. Its probably not got anything to do with me, but if you know why, please help me.

Ive added a shot of the problem. If it doesnt work, go to http://s2.invisionfree.com/AOE_Finatics/ to see for yourself.

This is what it says...


Problem Report
There was a communication problem.

Message ID
TCP_ERROR

Problem Description
The system was unable to communicate with the server.

Possible Problem Cause

The Web server may be down.
The Web server may be too busy.
The Web server may be experiencing other problems, preventing it from responding to clients.
The communication path may be experiencing problems.


Possible Solution
Try connecting to this server later.

Your problem is with Invisionfree because your on server 2 you may have some data loss. but we are on server 1 so are ok for time being. bellow is a post from duff man, might be bad new depending on the age of your board if you need any help rebuilding give me a bell.

The data loss was bad, but I am working to make it as painless as possible for everyone. Currently the most likely situation is the following:

[Bad News]
All s2 boards will be reset to their default settings (the settings can be changed in the ACP).
All s2 boards will have generic forum names (example: Forum 1, Forum 2, Forum 3) with default preferences and the forums will start as visible only to the admin. All forums will be placed in 1 generic Category. [This is so that posts in private forums do not suddenly become public]
All boards will start off with the default groups and emoticons.
All of the following were lost: attachments, word filters, board rules, portal links, calendar events, contacts, PMs, custom emoticons, custom image macros, moderators, and polls.
Depending on the age of your s2 board you may have lost some posts. New boards lost no posts, medium aged board may have lost all or most, old boards lost their newer posts.

[Good News]
All topics are ok.
Stats for a board are ok.
All boards still exist.
All admins will be recreated.
The board directory will still work for s2 boards.
Server 3 will start acccepting registrations today.
Skins are ok.
Multi-mods are ok.
User Titles are ok.
The Store/Shop is coming soon.

There is a small, but not tiny chance that groups, members, and forums can still be recovered. If they could be recovered most boards on server 2 would be back to close to normal.

Server 2 will be back online tonight. I apologize for the major problems this will cause many of the Server 2 boards. I am working to make this be as easy to recover from as possible. If any Server 2 board owners need any help in recovering from this, please let me know and I will be gald to help wherever possible. We will be implementing new steps on Servers 1, 2, and 3 to prevent this from happening again.

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Dan