By jfro on

I've got a problem with Drupal returning a "Service unavailable" message when folks try to submit content. The messages appear on a blank page with only the "Service unavailable" message... Here some more details:

1. The admin user can create content without any problem...
2. The access control settings are set to allow users to create specific content types.
3. I've set up test users and they can create the content, but a long time passes after "submit" or "preview" is processed. It always brings up the "Service unavailable" message once submit or preview are hit.

Any ideas about why this is happening?

Thanks!

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

Comments

varunvnair’s picture

varunvnair commented

The Akismet anti-spam module has the ability to throw a 503 (Service Unavailable) or 403 (Forbidden) HTTP error if it detects that the poster as spambot. If you have the Akismet module installed and enabled then you might want to check out the Anti-spambot options of your Akisment module.

jfro’s picture

jfro commented

That was exactly the problem!! I changed the Akisment Anti-spambot settings and had no problems after that.

My new questions is: Why would it think I was sending content from a spambot? I was using the same machine and IP address for both the admin and test accounts....

Thanks for the solving this Drupal mystery!!!

rgnyldz’s picture

rgnyldz commented

got the same problem sometimes, after posting a story or preview it ... but I've no akismet anti-spam module installed...