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Author:  Manny [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:39 am ]
Post subject:  Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

The last week or so a handful of users have experienced IP Blocking by Spamhaus and not allowing posting here. It's a Spamhaus problem and some folks have told me their problem disappeared after a short while to after a day. If you are experiencing persistent issues with Spamhaus, PM me and there may be a workaround.

Thanks, Manny

"Be yourself; everybody else is already taken."
- Oscar Wilde

Author:  Manny [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Got a few PM's on existing issues.
All with issues re: Spamhaus/IP blocking, try posting now; I just tweaked something.

Author:  stickyfingers [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Testing Jupiter to Manny, can you see me?

Author:  stickyfingers [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Mission accomplished. Thanks Manny , I coming in for a landing,

Author:  Manny [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

stickyfingers wrote:
Mission accomplished. Thanks Manny , I coming in for a landing,

Glad to see my bypass is working. A temporary solution until I figure out what happened with Spamhaus and it's integration with this site.

A little behind the scenes, I have an every morning routine with coffee dealing with spam accounts and their registrations. I'm typically deleting about 5-10 new accounts a day, and at times during a surge, around 20-30 a day. New user registration is via Admin approval due to this; I've gotten pretty good at spotting fake email addy's. Every now and then I'll turn off new user registration in efforts to thwart the overseas cheap labor spammers and their cold/warm list of sites to register onto.

I've been pruning users for quite a few years (10+ years); I can comfortably say, definitely over 85%, more closer to 95%, of the user accounts on this site are valid users and not spam accounts.

Author:  DavidWS [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Manny wrote:
If you are experiencing persistent issues with Spamhaus, PM me and there may be a workaround.

I've had this on a couple of occasions & as you say it's "just gone away" after a while.
Last time I posted on this connection I got 'hit', so this is a test to see if it's "just gone" again?

If this post isn't blocked & you get to see it, are you saying above that PM to you will still work even if posts to the forum are blocked?

Thanks for your work in combating the parasites.

Author:  Manny [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

DavidWS wrote:
Manny wrote:
If you are experiencing persistent issues with Spamhaus, PM me and there may be a workaround.

I've had this on a couple of occasions & as you say it's "just gone away" after a while.
Last time I posted on this connection I got 'hit', so this is a test to see if it's "just gone" again?

If this post isn't blocked & you get to see it, are you saying above that PM to you will still work even if posts to the forum are blocked?

Thanks for your work in combating the parasites.

Excellent point. Yes, I have received PM's from folks who had their IP blocked when attempting to post.

'Parasites' made me think of another quote from Oscar Wilde, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

Author:  DavidWS [ Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Manny wrote:
Yes, I have received PM's from folks who had their IP blocked when attempting to post.

That's good to know. Thanks for the confirmation.

Author:  kaikurosawa [ Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue

Thank you for this Manny!

also thanks to David and Greg for directing me to this thread♪

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