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Title: Blocked ip address
Post by: Lord Argyl of Lochdubh on May 21, 2018, 12:25:18 AM
A few days ago I could get on this site no problem but now my ip address seems to be blocked and can't access the site except on work computer or cell phone data plan. Has this happened to anyone else ?
Title: Re: Blocked ip address
Post by: Lord Argyl of Lochdubh on May 22, 2018, 02:37:54 AM
update..... I am now back on the site, had to change ip address but heck it worked
Title: Re: Blocked ip address
Post by: Merlin the Elder on May 22, 2018, 05:39:06 AM
As a former [other] forum administrator, the fight to keep spammers at bay would be a full time job, with LOTS of overtime, if not for a few tools made available to us. One of the tools automatically blocks IP addresses that have been reported as spammers. If the computer you had trouble on uses DHCP to assign the IP, it's possible that someone on the same server has been being an arse.
Title: Re: Blocked ip address
Post by: Lord Argyl of Lochdubh on May 23, 2018, 01:14:45 AM
Yeah I figured it must be something like you said. I keep things pg
And do my best not to be an arse !!!