It's likely the same reason the message marking is not working properly and we occasionally and randomly receive Cnet 404s...the servers are overstressed from housing so many Cnet 'services.' If that is the cause then look for it to be resolved during the next forum upgrade, scheduled for next month.
John
Every now and then, while tiptoeing thru the Forums, I have trouble getting a new page to load unless I hit the "renew" button several times. It just hangs. Why is this? Doesn't seem to be TOD related or day related. Very annoying!!

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