new error message

[wandawill]

today is the first time I've ever seen this error. I'm also getting a lot of wrong password errors, but no spam post yet. is this because of the upgrade to 1.1.14? I use 5 questions to register and have spam poison to draw bots away. thanks.

Error with DB Anti SPAM. Connection Failed.

[Kindred]

several of the anti-spam sites are being hit with DDOS right now...

What anti-spam mods (specifically) are you using?

[wandawill]

I use this mod  http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1516  and I have this site linked to my site  http://english-1306073331.spampoison.com/   I've had both for a long time and have never seen that type of error before. I delete several pages everyday of wrong passwords and just a few other types.

[Kindred]

well, this is not a standard SMF feature...   and so, the error has nothing to do with SMF.

I would say that the problem is exactly as described in the error message:

Your site is unable to connect to your anti spam database (possibly because the spampoison site could be under attack by DDOS)

[wandawill]

thanks