Anyone know what's going on?

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ZaraD
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Location: Staffordshire, UK

Anyone know what's going on?

Post by ZaraD »

Hi all

Earlier tonight I tried to login in and I was told I was permanently banned :shock: , then waited a while and I'm back on?

I'm confused , what's going on? This is the second time this has happened it happened earlier in the year.
JudyN
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Re: Anyone know what's going on?

Post by JudyN »

This is just a guess - in the past, IP addresses associated with spammers were banned, but the trouble is that IP addresses are dynamic, so you could have been coming via a banned address. Then when you tried later, you were assigned a different IP address which hadn't been banned, so were able to get in.

If it happens again, I think if you type 'IP address' into yout url bar, it will tell me what IP address you're using. When you get back in, if you PM it to me (I'm not sure if there's security concerns about posting it on a public forum) I can see if it's banned, and might be able to unban it. Not that I've ever tried... :wink:
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ZaraD
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Re: Anyone know what's going on?

Post by ZaraD »

Thanks Judy iv PM you :D
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