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Simon:
It's speeded up again now - we did have a whole load of 'Guests' (bots) a while ago, most of whom have now buggered off, so that may have had something to do with it.  I've also just optimised the tables, which I think has more of a placebo effect than anything, but maybe it helped.

Rik:
I know the placebo effect well. Wish we could kill bots though. :(

mistybear:
Excuse my ignorance (no comments please), but what are bots?

Simon:
Little automated search engines, Kate, usually looking for security holes in which to post spam and the like.  :(  Fortunately, SMF seem to be fairly immune to them, but they can still cause problems if they arrive en masse.

mistybear:
A little like relatives at Christmas........  ;D

Thanks Simon.

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