Problem with sending private messages

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dorsz
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Problem with sending private messages

Post by dorsz » Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:01 pm

When I click on "New PM" I only see:

"This page isn’t working
open-chess.org is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500"


What should I do?

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Chess_Dragon
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Re: Problem with sending private messages

Post by Chess_Dragon » Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:49 am

When I click on "New PM" I only see:

"This page isn’t working
open-chess.org is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500"
Same here.

I got something similar when I tried to post with Opera's free VPN on.
It is okay with it off though.

Firefox, no err just a blank page for any PM try.

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sarona
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Re: Problem with sending private messages

Post by sarona » Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:42 am

I was reading through the FAQ (frequently asked questions) and found this:

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Perhaps somebody can contact the forum creator/administrator, Jeremy Bernstein. There is a GitHub page for a Jeremy Bernstein who also resides in Berlin, Germany. He has CuteChess and Stockfish repositories. So maybe this is the same person. His last GitHub activity was in August 2021.
https://github.com/jeremybernstein?tab= ... 2021-08-31

He apparently left the TalkChess Forum in June 2010 after a disagreement (big surprise there :lol: )
http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=34840

Perhaps he can activate certain features that are not currently available?

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Re: Problem with sending private messages

Post by Chess_Dragon » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:14 pm

Sorry sarona, time flies.

I am hesitant about writing Jeremy because I found a 2010 post of his here that pgn4web was added.

Then at his github, your link, it looks like his last chess related activity there was in 2014.

I can not decide if he disabled things here purposely or does not know that things are not working.

So, I have researched:

1) I can get images from a 'web drive' of mine (and use MediaFire to post my pgn's) to avoid using the attachment resources here.
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2) I can use http://chess.tuxtown.net/game/ to post games here -from their site-, but it is a link that takes the reader to a different page (so 'open in new tab/window' would be an idea), for example:

View game, see 5.Bxg6!!: http://chess.tuxtown.net/game-replayer. ... f991059486

What do you think?

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Re: Problem with sending private messages

Post by sarona » Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:51 am

Sorry! I have not been here for a bit.

It seems that BitDefender is flagging "http://chess.tuxtown.net/game/" as a suspicious page. :? Not sure if this is just a bunch of nonsense by BitDefender (it would not be the first time) or something is amiss.

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I really do miss your threads on Rybka! It's been so bad that I have resorted to following threads on another chess forum regarding non GPLv3 compliant Stockfish clones! :oops:

Its getting so bad that I have resorted to reading ChessQueen's stuff on TalkChess. . .

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