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Archives for June 2015

MSE/server problems?
This site seems to be on the go-slow, yet again.. Anyone else having problems?
Anti Spam Petition
This is a petition to MSE to request them to please alter their settings to block foreign language characters - eg Korean. It is possible to ban individual words written in English and we have all seen perfectly innocent words not passing the "filters". Therefore we believe it must be possible to have foreign language…
Ridiculously BONKERS!!
:mad: For the last few years I've logged onto the MSE Forums around 7am where I can peacefully start my morning with a peruse of the events overnight and even a quick glance at newspaper headlines. The last month this SPAM stuff has been getting worse and worse but this morning, out of TWELVE pages of threads, there were…
Newbie status.
Hi. Can someone please tell me how many posts I need to make before my 'newbie' status disappears? I feel a bit like a sore thumb. Thanks Meg.
New forum version on android phone crashing browser
When I cleared my phone browser's cache recently I lost my permanently signed in to MSE status (and therefore access to the old version which worked perfectly fine). Now I am completely unable to sign in to allow me to revert to old. The new site crashes my phone's browser before I get passed typing MrsB, I don't get…
Board has been spammed
How come this board has a whole load of gibberish?
pop up ads on MSE forum?
whenever I move mouse over some links in MSE posts, some adverts appear.. is that a new thing? (even my signature seems to have been changed, without my knowledge/consent? Some pages just get a large grey box overlaid, with 'price minus' logo at the top..??
What does "viewing" mean?
eg: In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving (738 Viewing) What's the timeout value on this figure? For example does this mean "738 different IP addresses have viewed a post on this forum in the last 10 minutes"? Or "738 different usernames have listed or seen a post on this forum in the last 30 minutes"? etc thanks
How do I put someone on IGNORE?
Every time I post, a certain poster keeps making snide and rude remarks, calling me stupid, and targeting me. How do I put them on ignore so I don't see any of their inane posts?
Custom home page is now due
Hi all, As this wonderfully informative and empowering site continues to grow the downside is that is it becoming harder to find things - quickly. The search engine can do only so much. I even find myself using Google more to find things on the MSE site, which to me is a tipping point. In order to have a better integrated…
Can't log in?
Hello, Can anyone help? I've not been able to log into the forum on my android tablet its saying my username/password ain't correct but I know they are as I'm logged on here on a friends laptop. The only difference is on my android table its the new version of the forum and this is the old one? Can anyone help? Thanks…
W00BOX now a banned word on MSE - but the comps are legit
I would imagine to stop the recent spammer posting the affiliate links that MSE have now banned the word W00BOX Although these can sometimes be affiliate links (IE... the ones with 2 lots of digits after the .com ...such as .com/u1s4f/3saw4) the ones with just 1 lot of digits are legit competitions from some large…
Time to block woobox
http://woobox.com is also used to hide referral links and there has been a spate of them being posted on the competitions forum and now outside it as well - A direct link to a "Woobox" app is not necessary so can this be added to the banned list?
Problems replying / posting to forum.
Hi I keep getting the following when trying to post anything to the site today: The following errors occurred with your submission: [LIST=1][*]The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.[/LIST] I can only seem to post if i disable AdBlockPlus on my firefox. Anyone else…
Problem with new skin on Android
I'm experiencing a problem with the way the mobile version of the new skin works on my Android phone. When swiping to scroll up or down, if my finger is positioned over the "thanks" button (which is often as it's very large!) then it registers a click as well as scrolling. This isn't the right behaviour - it should behave…
timed out??
Hi.guys, is anyone else having timed out trouble?All day I have had trouble. twice typing this?EDIT. Seems I'm not alone.sorry about post, didn't read site feedback.
Random redirection on forum
Not sure if this is the same issue as noted yesterday or not. About 1/3rd of the time I try to go to a page on the forum I am being redirected to the same URL but with a suffix of 5 characters or so (or immediately before the index.php) such as http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/XmnbU/index.php Its happening most often…
reclaim-packaged-bank-accounts
Hi. I want to refer to the information on your site, (By Sally | Edited by Dan, updated; May, 2015), related to the 'Packaged bank account reclaim' and 'How is the interest calculated?'. I wish to reclaim money for the mis-sold packaged account, and want to understand how the compounded interest gets calculated. Trying to…
Forum issues today
Hi everyone, Just to let you know, we're aware of the issues the site is having today - our tech team is on the case! :) You can get us on Twitter for any updates if the forum/site goes down again. Thanks.
Help. Site doesnt' work anymore
Hi, I can see the forum but if I click on Freebies all I get is the top of the site then a long list of members but no threads are shown. The same for any other sub-forum. The site worked perfectly for me until yesterday. I even created an account as I thought maybe you have to log in now but it didn't change anything. I…

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