[KW802]

Originally Posted by gibigbig

sorry for not explaining this is my above post, it can slow down a site because the call to home functions like this:


Page request ---> [call to home for permission] ---> [if ok, print page] if not [ print error ]

since the print process depends on the response from the third party server, if it is congested, the site will stall. I hope this explains my point better.

are the vbulletins servers up for this?

As you stated in your first post it is only in the ACP that the dial home is done, not when somebody is actually visiting your forums. In other words, if you visit your ACP once a day then there will be only one dial home done a day. If you visit once a month then only one dial home per month will be done. Normal page requests (eg: browsing your forums) does not create a dial home request.