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**Electric Warrior** · April 11th, 2018, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by G-Type

No, you don´t have to say "sorry". Of course not

I can only speak of the tremendous trouble the last year´s breakdown has been causing to the entire forum and forced uncountable members to re-host elsewhere. They gladly and thankfully did.

The fact that this particular site still causes troubles (see your own observations) would not make me re-consider a return to them. I was victim myself of uncountable posts being gone overnight. No more trust from me!
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I just had more problems with the other hosts than with this one..
I always used imagebam for many years and that was the only big problem with that host in the last year..
I just not have problems with the advertising because I use the adblocks.

**Heartbreaksoup** · April 22nd, 2018, 12:45 AM

I'm "self-reporting" a problem here, hoping that some of you good people may have more experience with image hosts and know a better fix than I can manage.

I've been reviewing the alt-porn thread and found that a huge number of my posts from the summer of 2015 and forward into 2016, almost every one of them for more than 30 pages of the thread, have broken images. I've used Imagebam exclusively for this forum. Nothing prior to summer '15 is affected, nothing more recent.

I've been reupping images before I realized the scale and the scope of the problem. This will literally take weeks to rebuild everything. Is there a way to send a "wake up" signal to ImageBam to get all the jpgs to display?

Is this standard operating procedure for image hosts? It really makes sharing a whole lot less fun if we have to come back and redo everything every couple of years. Should I leave the posts alone until a newcomer asks me for the pics? I'm all for due diligence, but man, this is a chore...

For reference, the next page I have to do is this one:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t14...ide-girls.html

and it continues to page 225, possibly more beyond that...

**Rubinski** · April 22nd, 2018, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heartbreaksoup

I'm "self-reporting" a problem here, hoping that some of you good people may have more experience with image hosts and know a better fix than I can manage.

I've been reviewing the alt-porn thread and found that a huge number of my posts from the summer of 2015 and forward into 2016, almost every one of them for more than 30 pages of the thread, have broken images. I've used Imagebam exclusively for this forum. Nothing prior to summer '15 is affected, nothing more recent.

I've been reupping images before I realized the scale and the scope of the problem. This will literally take weeks to rebuild everything. Is there a way to send a "wake up" signal to ImageBam to get all the jpgs to display?

Is this standard operating procedure for image hosts? It really makes sharing a whole lot less fun if we have to come back and redo everything every couple of years. Should I leave the posts alone until a newcomer asks me for the pics? I'm all for due diligence, but man, this is a chore...

For reference, the next page I have to do is this one:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t14...ide-girls.html

and it continues to page 225, possibly more beyond that...

No wake up signal that I know of.

I gave up on Imagebam because of all the lost images, and automatic filename changing problem they seem to have.

So, I have been reloading to Pixhost since the Imagebam fiasco in June 2017.
Pixhost has not been perfect, but no lost images I know of yet. Knock on wood!

There's a thread in this section about pixhost.to (used to be Pixhost.org)
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t33...ad-thread.html

Many other picture hosts have threads in this section too.
Most have some problem with them.

**buttsie** · April 22nd, 2018, 03:43 AM

The problem is on all hosts

Its largely due to dmca takedowns for random pic sites by copyright owners
which take out random pics in full set posts - collateral damage.

Bottom line is we're sharing not creating a museum

If we had our own server and were a private forum the museum concept might be a possibility

**Heartbreaksoup** · April 22nd, 2018, 10:27 PM

I've been chewing on that for the past day. I like it: we're sharing, not creating a museum.

I'll reup when a user requests me to. Life's too short to be obliged to keep redoing the work I've already done, particularly when there's no evidence people are digging that deeply into less popular threads like the alt-porn one.

**djangoed** · April 28th, 2018, 04:49 PM

This thread explains much, thanks.

I haven't uploaded to imagebam in some time and have noticed many problems when trying to access pictures. I have a feeling the whole site is compromised and I'm reluctant to sign in over an insecure connection. I will have to find a new reliable host.

mental · April 28th, 2018, 06:23 PM

Imagebam was having problems for about a year before they announced they would close and luckily was bought and kept open by new owners, I,m sure the new owners have a pretty big mess to clean up and are doing their best to do so.

**buttsie** · April 28th, 2018, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djangoed

This thread explains much, thanks.

I haven't uploaded to imagebam in some time and have noticed many problems when trying to access pictures. I have a feeling the whole site is compromised and I'm reluctant to sign in over an insecure connection. I will have to find a new reliable host.

Imagebam has a sister site imgbox which is https but its slightly different

https://imgbox.com/

No registration required - tick adult / create gallery and you have loose pics & zipfile
You need to keep your own record of uploading

https://pixhost.to/

Alternate hosts as compiled / compared by deezer - feedback from numerous end users
links to specific issues about hosts at bottom of post

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t33...ate-hosts.html

Hate to point it out but VEF is

This forum has the same insecure connection because the owner chooses not to go down the ssl certificate / https route

A good explanation of http v https

Neither are totally secure - best to be vigilant and not complacent online
as too many ways thought to be 100% secure have been exploited many many times

Browser plugins & add-ons are a bigger issue than http/https debate
They become vulnerable forget about being secure if you visit the wrong page.

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Why Browser Extensions Are So Dangerous

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**Sandi Anderson** · May 14th, 2018, 08:32 PM

jdownloader2 returns offline files for imagebam links for the past week, manually opening individual links is ponderous.

**highwayman274** · May 18th, 2018, 04:57 PM

Starting on May 16, I have been able to see imagebam thumbnails, but attempts to open the full-sized images has failed 100% of the time. This is what I am getting;

Internet Explorer browser:

Google Chrome browser:
- Anti-miner is running
- No-Script Lite is running with imagebam added to the white-list (permitted)

Checking several "Is it Down?" web-sites I am getting confirmation that imagebam has been on-line, and response time is OK.

I have cleared my DNS cache, but am still having no luck.

Any ideas?

April 22nd, 2018, 12:45 AM	#22
Heartbreaksoup Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,486 Thanks: 1,163 Thanked 24,531 Times in 2,430 Posts	I'm "self-reporting" a problem here, hoping that some of you good people may have more experience with image hosts and know a better fix than I can manage. I've been reviewing the alt-porn thread and found that a huge number of my posts from the summer of 2015 and forward into 2016, almost every one of them for more than 30 pages of the thread, have broken images. I've used Imagebam exclusively for this forum. Nothing prior to summer '15 is affected, nothing more recent. I've been reupping images before I realized the scale and the scope of the problem. This will literally take weeks to rebuild everything. Is there a way to send a "wake up" signal to ImageBam to get all the jpgs to display? Is this standard operating procedure for image hosts? It really makes sharing a whole lot less fun if we have to come back and redo everything every couple of years. Should I leave the posts alone until a newcomer asks me for the pics? I'm all for due diligence, but man, this is a chore... For reference, the next page I have to do is this one: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t14...ide-girls.html and it continues to page 225, possibly more beyond that... __________________ !!! I'm looking for rare SuicideGirls sets! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. !!! Last edited by Grey Wolf; April 22nd, 2018 at 01:11 AM.. Reason: Moved From GMT to More Visable Thread For Help

April 22nd, 2018, 10:27 PM	#25
Heartbreaksoup Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 2,486 Thanks: 1,163 Thanked 24,531 Times in 2,430 Posts	I've been chewing on that for the past day. I like it: we're sharing, not creating a museum. I'll reup when a user requests me to. Life's too short to be obliged to keep redoing the work I've already done, particularly when there's no evidence people are digging that deeply into less popular threads like the alt-porn one. __________________ !!! I'm looking for rare SuicideGirls sets! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. !!!

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April 22nd, 2018, 03:43 AM	#24
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,298 Times in 12,746 Posts	The problem is on all hosts Its largely due to dmca takedowns for random pic sites by copyright owners which take out random pics in full set posts - collateral damage. Bottom line is we're sharing not creating a museum If we had our own server and were a private forum the museum concept might be a possibility

April 28th, 2018, 04:49 PM	#26
djangoed Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 745 Thanks: 12,811 Thanked 29,855 Times in 832 Posts	This thread explains much, thanks. I haven't uploaded to imagebam in some time and have noticed many problems when trying to access pictures. I have a feeling the whole site is compromised and I'm reluctant to sign in over an insecure connection. I will have to find a new reliable host.

April 28th, 2018, 06:23 PM	#27
mental Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 76 Thanks: 268 Thanked 632 Times in 76 Posts	Imagebam was having problems for about a year before they announced they would close and luckily was bought and kept open by new owners, I,m sure the new owners have a pretty big mess to clean up and are doing their best to do so.

May 14th, 2018, 08:32 PM	#29
Sandi Anderson Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,401 Thanks: 15,119 Thanked 26,593 Times in 1,476 Posts	jdownloader2 returns offline files for imagebam links for the past week, manually opening individual links is ponderous.

May 18th, 2018, 04:57 PM	#30
highwayman274 Former Staff Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Great White North Posts: 7,697 Thanks: 245,146 Thanked 130,613 Times in 8,119 Posts	Starting on May 16, I have been able to see imagebam thumbnails, but attempts to open the full-sized images has failed 100% of the time. This is what I am getting; Internet Explorer browser: Google Chrome browser: - Anti-miner is running - No-Script Lite is running with imagebam added to the white-list (permitted) Checking several "Is it Down?" web-sites I am getting confirmation that imagebam has been on-line, and response time is OK. I have cleared my DNS cache, but am still having no luck. Any ideas?