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[Fels]

I've got a vB site which has a RSS Poster Bot (fetches RSS Feeds then posts them). However, for some strange reason, it stopped working. Theres no errors in the error_log and when I do a manual run, it just times out after a minute or so.

The only thing I can think of is that one of the RSS Feeds is down or one of the sites is blocking the server IP for some reason.

Other thoughts?

[eth1]

Try accessing the domain name of the site to see if it's online or not.

Also what function are you using to fetch the RSS feed ? Make sure the server isn't blocking the connection to the remote site due to a firewall. telnet on the site on port 80 and check the response.

telnet domain.tld 80

[owen xo]

See if the domain is live or not. Then check all connections and see if they have had recent updates to it etc.