llamaserver email madness

[llamabeast]

Basically the scheme was like this:

if (llamaServer receives a 2h file from a newer version) then
- Send out an e-mail to everyone
- Postpone all hostings by 24 hours
- Shut self down

Unfortunately the last step there was malfunctioning, due to a missing and crucial '>'. So it did the same thing every five minutes over the whole night. Also it postponed all hostings till February! But I've fixed that now.

The difficulty really was that I had no way to test it when I wrote it. Normally I test things quite a lot to be sure they work (I seem to suffer from rampant typos). So I was worried it might not work, but it never occurred to me that it would go crazy.

[Caduceus]

We appreciate all your efforts, llamabeast, these things happen.

[lch]

That was a sign: you should embark on a career in unsolicited bulk messaging instead of messing with these strange PBEMs.

[llamabeast]

Well I was thinking, if I'd only signed a deal to include a viagra advert in all those e-mails I could be loaded now!

(not really of course, it only sent O(20000) e-mails(!), which is nothing compared to a genuine spamming campaign, and of course repeating the recipients makes it much less effective!)

Does anyone want any viagra, by the way?

[Amhazair]

Once I manage to regain the magical lands where sex is a reallity instead of a myth I'll remember your offer. For now I'm not in any urgent need of Viagra though, thanks.

Edit: Obviously this is just a joke and any possible similarity to any real life person, activity, or lack thereoff is purely coïncidential.

[Loren]

Still a little glitch:

Game: Mongoose
Turn number 37
Next turn due: 10:41 GMT on Thursday October 11th

Caelum 2h file received
Abysia 2h file received
R'lyeh 2h file received
Marignon 2h file received
Ulm Waiting for 2h file
Arcoscephale 2h file received
Pangaea 2h file received

Last updated at 00:45 GMT on Thursday October 11th.
Current time: 00:42 GMT



Does it have some magic ability to update in the future???