Forum Technical Problems?
 

I tried to get on earlier today and got a message something like "denied access to forum because of entry from blacklisted site" or something similar.
Then next time I came on no problem. Anyone had problems today or is it just me?

are you at your workplace? if so, you're probably behind a company firewall....

*also accurately renamed thread title, for your benefit Michael*

Where did you try to log in from?

Are you sure it didn't say backsliden? :toofunny

I was trying to get in from the same place I always do. My own PC at my house. The warning directed me to come to a certain site to resolve the issue. I was leary of clicking on it thinking maybe a hack job was waiting. It seemed strange. O well.

Can you provide more information? It's impossible to help in tech situations without more specifics...like what was the site it was directing you to? What was the exact message you received? Was it this board giving you that message?...what was blacklisted? Your ISP? Or perhaps the website you were on before coming to this one?

Could you have typed in the wrong domain name?

Sorry but I cant remember vividly. It was from V something. I am not hip to many tech things. I only reported it because I was concerned someone was trying to damage the forum in some way. I did not let it linger on my screen thinking maybe it was a virus set up of some kind.

Well if no one else had problems thats the end of it.

Maybe you typed in the wrong address OR your PC has already been compromised and is routing your web pages....

Is your virus scanner and spyware scanner recently updated with the latest sigs?

I did not type it in. I clicked on the link in my favorites. I remember the word "proxy" being in it.

Prax or BOOMM, did we ever nail this concern/question down?

Hmmm...maybe you're now a "Miserable User." In the words of one of my favorite posters: Go now and learneth what that meaneth. Or something like that. :grampa

The only technical problem that I've experienced here happened this morning. I was attempting to post in a thread and it was merged with another one (by another admin) at the time I hit the post reply button. Which ended up showing me a message saying that "This forum is not accepting any new posts" ----

that WASN'T funny Boom.... :D

Not enough information

No, this happened to me from my home pc today around 3:30 pm EDST. Here's the link: http://opm.tornevall.org/scan.php?

That's interesting. Do you ever use open proxies?

Someone using the same ISP you use- a very common one with many millions of users- has been spamming.

We added anti-spam features to the board for proxies.
if you are using a proxy, it will check the Real BlackList.

:nah

I'm afraid I don't know what that is, so I can't tell you yes or no. All I know is that I was here in the morning, when I tried to check back in before picking up my daughter at school it was blocked. I shut down my PC and when I came back later in the evening it was unblocked. :dunno

That is funny and yes I had to carefully read that word twice, 'cause I thought it was another hoax. :winkgrin

Now there's a shock!

Seriously, I hope someone can take the time to explain whether that is an authentic site and what we can do if we have that problem again. How do I learn whether I use a proxy and if I use one what should I do?

Anybody?

It is an authenic site and it is designed to slow the spammers who are posting very filthy postings here.

I will see if there is a way to enable the IP addresses you use.
If you know the IP address where you are blocked, please PM me.

:boomm