Expect it back up sooner than you think.
The Spam was a minor issue but our major issue was the hosting company that seemed to be billing for hosting whenever they felt like it. We are in the process of moving the domain to a new host. In addition to this move we are going to move to a more "standard" forum software and retire the system I had written.
At first the Ashpit isn't going to look the same but over time we'll get it back to the way it was.
Expect something to be online within the next few days.