First of all, as one of those who has occasionally been running a site ad, I must extend my thanks for keeping the system working to the extent that it does.
Secondly, a request for clarification. When you say the following:
The Amethyst Dragon wrote...
Sadly, it looks like the system doesn't let me actually run new ads. I just tried to start one for the Mercenary Wars module, and it's not showing up in circulation. I was able to restart a few older ones, but it looks like new ones aren't going to work.
Do you mean that it is not just the regular Vault submission process that is broken, but that even emailed to you as you request in your first post it still cannot be made to work? If so, does that mean it is pointless to submit any new ads, by whatever methods? If one simply wants an ad restarted does it really matter what method is used (or, really, in that case, is it strictly necessary to submit anything at all)?