The earlier part of this evening, when i tried to log on I was advised baldly that I was banned. I was gratified to see that you were at last applying some quality control to the membership, but sadly it seems not.
LMAO. And about time, I say! ;D ;)
Aww shoot, what did you do this time? ;D
Quote from: Budhorse4 on June 02, 2012, 12:06:05 AM
Aww shoot, what did you do this time? ;D
It's all very Kafkaesque. I have no idea. Tank moves in mysterious ways.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on June 02, 2012, 12:06:05 AM
Aww shoot, what did you do this time? ;D
Sort of redundant to ask that of a lawyer, isn't it?
:P
Maybe. ;)
Do you use some sort of proxy IP? I got banned on Chrome because I was using one to watch NatGeo films, Tank mentioned that there's an automatic banning for some IPs.
The joy of the internet. ER you have accessed the site on a number of different IP addresses. This may be because you have accessed the site from different locations and/or your ISP has dynamic IP addresses. What has happened is that through no fault of your own one of those IPs has previously been associated with a spammer and has been banned. There is nothing that can be done about this unless you log the IP number you are using when you can't get in. Then we can have a look at that IP and if the ban isn't triggered often we can clear the ban.
As a general point if you see the message 'Known Spammer', 'Spammer', or no reason is given for banning you can bet you're not at fault and the ban is through external circumstances as described above.
Members that do get banned generally get a context specific message.
If any member can't gain access the forum do the following.
1) Don't panic
2) Note the ban message if there is one
3) Note the IP address you are attempting to access the forum from using http://www.whatismyip.com/ or equivalent
4) Send an email to tankathaf@gmail.com and admin@happyatheistforum.com with the IP and ban message
Any questions?
No questions, just that tankathaf made me giggle for some reason.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on June 02, 2012, 05:06:39 AM
No questions, just that tankathaf made me giggle for some reason.
It sounds like a bad sneeze :D
Quote from: Dobermonster on June 02, 2012, 02:09:21 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on June 02, 2012, 12:06:05 AM
Aww shoot, what did you do this time? ;D
Sort of redundant to ask that of a lawyer, isn't it?
:P
Cruel but irrefutable.
Quote from: Tank on June 02, 2012, 04:54:53 AM
The joy of the internet. ER you have accessed the site on a number of different IP addresses. This may be because you have accessed the site from different locations and/or your ISP has dynamic IP addresses. What has happened is that through no fault of your own one of those IPs has previously been associated with a spammer and has been banned. There is nothing that can be done about this unless you log the IP number you are using when you can't get in. Then we can have a look at that IP and if the ban isn't triggered often we can clear the ban.
As a general point if you see the message 'Known Spammer', 'Spammer', or no reason is given for banning you can bet you're not at fault and the ban is through external circumstances as described above.
Members that do get banned generally get a context specific message.
If any member can't gain access the forum do the following.
1) Don't panic
2) Note the ban message if there is one
3) Note the IP address you are attempting to access the forum from using http://www.whatismyip.com/ or equivalent
4) Send an email to tankathaf@gmail and (admin address which I need to find) with the IP and ban message
Any questions?
That's a relief. I was worried in case you were upset that I'd slept with your wife.
Quote from: En_Route on June 02, 2012, 10:54:55 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 02, 2012, 04:54:53 AM
The joy of the internet. ER you have accessed the site on a number of different IP addresses. This may be because you have accessed the site from different locations and/or your ISP has dynamic IP addresses. What has happened is that through no fault of your own one of those IPs has previously been associated with a spammer and has been banned. There is nothing that can be done about this unless you log the IP number you are using when you can't get in. Then we can have a look at that IP and if the ban isn't triggered often we can clear the ban.
As a general point if you see the message 'Known Spammer', 'Spammer', or no reason is given for banning you can bet you're not at fault and the ban is through external circumstances as described above.
Members that do get banned generally get a context specific message.
If any member can't gain access the forum do the following.
1) Don't panic
2) Note the ban message if there is one
3) Note the IP address you are attempting to access the forum from using http://www.whatismyip.com/ or equivalent
4) Send an email to tankathaf@gmail and (admin address which I need to find) with the IP and ban message
Any questions?
That's a relief. I was worried in case you were upset that I'd slept with your wife.
Not that I have of course, but she tells me you are the jealous type.
:D
Quote from: Tank on June 02, 2012, 04:54:53 AM
(admin address which I need to find)
If you are talking about me, admin@happyatheistforum.com or really just any word @happyatheistforum.com works...it's a catchall account.
Tank is fair and wise :)
Quote from: En_Route on June 02, 2012, 10:54:55 AM
That's a relief. I was worried in case you were upset that I'd slept with your wife.
*giggle*
That's wrong, I shouldn't laugh
*more giggling*
Quote from: En_Route on June 02, 2012, 10:54:55 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 02, 2012, 04:54:53 AM
The joy of the internet. ER you have accessed the site on a number of different IP addresses. This may be because you have accessed the site from different locations and/or your ISP has dynamic IP addresses. What has happened is that through no fault of your own one of those IPs has previously been associated with a spammer and has been banned. There is nothing that can be done about this unless you log the IP number you are using when you can't get in. Then we can have a look at that IP and if the ban isn't triggered often we can clear the ban.
As a general point if you see the message 'Known Spammer', 'Spammer', or no reason is given for banning you can bet you're not at fault and the ban is through external circumstances as described above.
Members that do get banned generally get a context specific message.
If any member can't gain access the forum do the following.
1) Don't panic
2) Note the ban message if there is one
3) Note the IP address you are attempting to access the forum from using http://www.whatismyip.com/ or equivalent
4) Send an email to tankathaf@gmail and (admin address which I need to find) with the IP and ban message
Any questions?
That's a relief. I was worried in case you were upset that I'd slept with your wife.
You couldn't possibly have slept with my wife; she snores too loudly. :D
Quote from: Tank on June 03, 2012, 07:56:15 AM
Quote from: En_Route on June 02, 2012, 10:54:55 AM
Quote from: Tank on June 02, 2012, 04:54:53 AM
The joy of the internet. ER you have accessed the site on a number of different IP addresses. This may be because you have accessed the site from different locations and/or your ISP has dynamic IP addresses. What has happened is that through no fault of your own one of those IPs has previously been associated with a spammer and has been banned. There is nothing that can be done about this unless you log the IP number you are using when you can't get in. Then we can have a look at that IP and if the ban isn't triggered often we can clear the ban.
As a general point if you see the message 'Known Spammer', 'Spammer', or no reason is given for banning you can bet you're not at fault and the ban is through external circumstances as described above.
Members that do get banned generally get a context specific message.
If any member can't gain access the forum do the following.
1) Don't panic
2) Note the ban message if there is one
3) Note the IP address you are attempting to access the forum from using http://www.whatismyip.com/ or equivalent
4) Send an email to tankathaf@gmail and (admin address which I need to find) with the IP and ban message
Any questions?
That's a relief. I was worried in case you were upset that I'd slept with your wife.
You couldn't possibly have slept with my wife; she snores too loudly. :D
As long as you keep believing that, we'll all be happy.
When I try to access the site from my phone I get the following message "Sorry Ali, you are banned from using this forum! Spam server, please change your ISP to access this site." Well I never.
Are you using a 3G network, some sort of proxy or the like?
Yes, 3g. But it always worked before!
Not much we can do about this sort of thing I'm afraid a spammer has been associated with the IP you logged in on :(
I don't suppose yo know the IP address you came in on?
No, how can I tell?
They banned ya cuz yer right saucy ;D
http://www.whatismyip.com
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 19, 2012, 10:07:55 PM
They banned ya cuz yer right saucy ;D
Must be all the vagina talk.... I'm going to perform the Vagina Monologues on the front page of HAF in protest. ;D
Thanks Firebird! IP address found and forwarded to Tank
Quote from: aliWhen I try to access the site from my phone I get the following message "Sorry Ali, you are banned from using this forum! Spam server, please change your ISP to access this site." Well I never.
Obviously an Act of God.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 19, 2012, 10:07:55 PM
They banned ya cuz yer right saucy ;D
She is a cheeky little monkey.
I'm surprised she has lasted this long.
I always suspected, it's so obvious when you look back at it all.
It's too bad. Sort of miss her......
Quote from: technolud on June 20, 2012, 03:08:26 AM
It's too bad. Sort of miss her......
Me too. Who else is going to cheer us up with cute pictures of tiny pirates? :'(
Don't go, Ali! We need you.
Well the IP she sent me isn't banned so it must have been to do with the network she came in on. That is also indicative of the message she got that it was the service provider that was banned not the individual IP.
Some ISPs also operate with floating IPs, so the IP address of one connetion is not necessarilly the same as that of the next.
That said, 3G networks tend to end up in the banbin sometimes.
Haha Pudding, you aren't rid of me just yet. I may not be able to post from restaurants and stop lights anymore, which is tragic, but Tank hasn't yet banned me from my work or home computers. Yet.
Quote from: Asmodean on June 20, 2012, 02:53:39 PM
Some ISPs also operate with floating IPs, so the IP address of one connetion is not necessarilly the same as that of the next.
That said, 3G networks tend to end up in the banbin sometimes.
This could well be the problem except that the IP Ali has sent isn't banned. She'd getting caught because the connection is being routed through a banned ISP.
Quote from: Tank on June 20, 2012, 05:09:22 PM
This could well be the problem except that the IP Ali has sent isn't banned. She'd getting caught because the connection is being routed through a banned ISP.
I assume you mean the endpoint is the banned ISP, not one of the routes in the middle?
Sorry, my inner geek is curious :)
Quote from: Firebird on June 20, 2012, 05:57:09 PM
Quote from: Tank on June 20, 2012, 05:09:22 PM
This could well be the problem except that the IP Ali has sent isn't banned. She'd getting caught because the connection is being routed through a banned ISP.
I assume you mean the endpoint is the banned ISP, not one of the routes in the middle?
Sorry, my inner geek is curious :)
Can't tell. It isn't Ali's ISP so there is something happening after that which is the issue.
Did this issue ever resolve itself?
I can't tell. Now when I try to go to HAF on my phone, I am not getting a banned message, it just says that the server stopped responding. Tried several times with the same result. Can get to other pages just fine.