Updates

Adult Update

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 6:56 am GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under Adult

This is a complete update for Adult. If you have submitted a form, and haven’t heard back from me, please resubmit!

Newly Finished:
Finder no Hyouteki (Target in the Finder)
Under Grand Hotel: Sword Fish & Owari Sen

Members Lost:
The following fanlistings have lost all members. If you were a member of one of these fanlistings, please rejoin!
Crimson Spell
Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love)
Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love): Iwaki Kyosuke & Kato Yoji
Wild Rock: Emba & Yuuen

Newly Approved:
Oz no Matenrou (Skyscrapers of Oz): Kodoh Miyuki & Yoichi

Removed from Troubles (not open for application):
Crimson Spell, Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love), Haru wo Daiteita (Embracing Love): Iwaki Kyosuke & Kato Yoji, Wild Rock: Emba and Yuuen

Placed on Troubles (not open for application):
The following fanlistings have been placed on troubles. They have until 7 January 2006 to get their troubles fixed or face removal from the network.

Too Long on Upcoming:
Bondage Fairies, Denkou Sekka Boys (Flash Boys), Rin!: Kobayakawa Katsura & Shibata Sou, Sex Pistols

Websites: Finished and Removals

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 7:44 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under General

This finishes up the upcoming fanlistings and removals for the website category. All forms have been processed ^_^

Finished Fanlisting:
General: Anime/Manga Fanlistings

Removed from Network: (open for application)
Android and Cyborg Shrine, MangaNews.Net, Realm of Sailor Energy, SMFanFiction.net, Whiskey Bon Bon Surprise

Toys & Collectibles: A/U/C

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 11:04 am GMT+0000 [Permalink]
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This is a complete update of all forms in the Toys & Collectibles category.

Upcoming Toys & Collectibles
Tenjou Tenge: Goods

Updated Toys & Collectibles
Wallscrolls; Yuugiou (Yu-Gi-Oh!): Trading Cards

Closed Toys & Collectibles (open for application)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon: Amada Pull-Pack Trading Cards

Websites: Troubles

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 8:49 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under General

This is a complete websites update. Some of this update is a repeat of my last one, however due to the network problems, the warnings I sent out were bounced back. Therefore I have updated the troubled sites that have now been fixed, and I have re-warned those fanlistings who are pending network removal.

Removed from Troubles: (not open for application)
Sakura’s Crystal Card, AnimeMusicVideos.org

Removal Warned: (not open for application)
The following fanlistings have been warned of Removal. They have until December 15, 2005 (Tomorrow), to get back to me, or they will be removed from the network.

Android and Cyborg Shrine, MangaNews.Net, Realm of Sailor Energy, SMFanFiction.net, Whiskey Bon Bon Surprise

Manga-ka & Directors Update: COMPLETE

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 7:26 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under Manga-ka & Directors

This is a complete update. No forms are left in my inbox; if you have not heard from me, please resubmit.

Upcoming Manga-ka & Directors
Anno Hideaki, Asada Hiroyuki, Asagi Sakura, Ayamine Rando, Hamada Shouko, Houjou Tsukasa, Kazumi Yuana, Kouga Yun, Morita Masanori, Oh! Great (Ogure Ito), Ono Toshihiro, Shiina Ayumi, Shinohara Chie, Suenobu Keiko, Takahata Isao, Takanaga Hinako, Tsuda Mikiyo, Tsukuba Sakura, Ueda Hajime, Yabuki Kentarou

Closed Manga-ka & Directors
(open for application)
Naduki Koujima

EMAIL RESTORED, Troubles Hiatus

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 5:51 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Network Status

We have FINALLY resolved our email issues with Dreamhost. All forms at TAFL will reopen in the next few hours. Sorry about the weeks of hiatus, but hopefully all you eager beavers will be submitting to your hearts’ content very soon.

Also, starting today, December 14th, NO troubles updates will occur until January 7th. This is to give people a break over the holidays, and we’re starting it now because there isn’t enough time for the staffers to have a full troubles cycle before the 19th, when we were going to cut off updates anyway.

Happy holidays everyone, and happy form-submitting, as soon as we get them back online.

DDOS Attacks and the Board

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 6:21 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Network Status

Just a note that Dreamhost has been DDOSed repeatedly all day, and although most of their servers are now back online, ours is having trouble finding PHP, and therefore the boards are still down. Thank you for your patience, hopefully all will be right with the world very soon. -_-;;

Network Update

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 9:48 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Network Status

First and foremost, it appears we have been almost entirely unblacklisted, as we only received one bounce today, from Gmail, and that was the past 24+ hours or so. We hope to have the forms online tomorrow at some point, subject to Danielle’s rather insane work schedule. Johan has been scouring them for flaws, and has rewritten the one that was exploited, from scratch.

Also, in an effort to reduce our server footprint, we have secured an IPB license (thanks to the generous donations of our staffers!!) and upgraded the boards; however, Danielle was dismayed to find that the upgrade process, our board being over a dozen releases behind current, completely destroyed our customized board skin. The board will be offline tonight and hopefully will launch again sometime tomorrow, after she has a chance to do more damage control.

Regrettably, some posts and data were lost from the message board: all message board posts, updates and changes made from 10 am – 5 pm, on December 5, were lost. All data, posts, etc prior to 10 am are still intact, but any avatar changes, new topics or posts, or adjustments to your profile made after that time, as well as any new members that registered in that time period, were lost. Our apologies for this inconvenience, this data loss was quite unexpected.

Thank you for bearing with us as we repair the damage, and we hope to launch a mostly-complete, fully-functional TAFL, as you know it and love it, tomorrow. 😀

Blacklisting UPDATE

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 4:37 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Network Status

After quite a bit of research, we managed to trace down the email problems to one major blacklist, who posted a general alert on November 30 about the type of attack and spam sent — indeed, this was the attack that got TAFL as well. Since it most definitely was not just us hit by this, the blacklist was quite prompt in replying, and promises that we will be removed from the blacklist by tomorrow.

Danielle called AOL’s Postmaster tech support as well (toll-free, what the hey) to make sure that TAFL is whitelisted on their servers as well, so barring any further complications, TAFL forms should be back online tomorrow, EXCLUDING the Change Email form. As that was the one exploited, it will be down until further notice while it is completely rewritten to no longer have the weak points it currently does.

We are still dealing with our host and some overage issues that hopefully can just be pinned to the spam attack, but as the blacklisting was most debilitating, we are quite relieved to announce that this looks to be mostly behind us, and that TAFL should be back to full functionality this weekend.

Thanks, as always, for your patience.

Temporary contact address

Posted by TAFLSeniorStaff at 5:31 pm GMT+0000 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Network Status

If you need to urgently speak to Danielle or the Senior Staff, any category or any staffer, please send inquiries — PLEASE clearly describe who it goes to or what it’s about!! — to animefanlistings {@} gmail [.] com.