Yet again, error 500

[raindropsies]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

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Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at uk.ebid.net Port 80

[raindropsies]

Didn't do anything other than try to list an item

[cambrensis]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

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Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at uk.ebid.net Port 80

I have only had this happen under the following circumstances:

a) I am logged in here (forum);

b) I open another tab in the browser and try to log in to My Ebid

This produces exactly the same error you describe (there may be other circumstances).

Going straight from the forum to My Ebid and signing in does not produce the error.

[bunsock]

I am always logged into the forum and never get this error. I wonder what browser you are using, I find Firefox is the most stable.

[cambrensis]

I am always logged into the forum and never get this error. I wonder what browser you are using, I find Firefox is the most stable.

So am I.always logged in.

My statement was merely to see if OP obtained different results if in the same tab or in a different one.

The brief log seems to reference a firewall reaction. I have been unable to reproduce the error today, however I logged a firewall update overnight.

[raindropsies]

So am I.always logged in.

My statement was merely to see if OP obtained different results if in the same tab or in a different one.

The brief log seems to reference a firewall reaction. I have been unable to reproduce the error today, however I logged a firewall update overnight.

I wasn't even in the forums when I was on main site. I only came to forums after the glitch happened.

Alls well at the moment

[gazza]

We've been having a massive surge of search engine robots hitting the site for the last week or so which have been causing an overload at times, we've been investigating the source of the change and have hopefully set things back to normal now.

Let us know if you still get any Internal Errors.

Thx,
Gazza

[cornishmaid1961]

Gazza I just got locked out of eBid it was only for about a minute or two but I couldn't get on using Chrome or IE. Couldn't get on the forums either. I was relisting items at the time.

[20sent06]

Gazza I just got locked out of eBid it was only for about a minute or two but I couldn't get on using Chrome or IE. Couldn't get on the forums either. I was relisting items at the time.

- same with me whilst relisting... cleared browser cache etc. then I lost access to eBid site altogether for a bit

[bluebedouin]

We've been having a massive surge of search engine robots hitting the site for the last week or so which have been causing an overload at times,....

Doesn't bode well for when we get the massive surge of new users from greedbay then.