Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue
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Manny
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 511 Location: SoCal
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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
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:39 am |
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Manny
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 511 Location: SoCal
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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.
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:49 am |
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stickyfingers
Multiple Donor
Joined: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:16 pm Posts: 767
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Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue
Testing Jupiter to Manny, can you see me?
_________________ Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. Miles Davis.
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:37 am |
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stickyfingers
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Joined: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:16 pm Posts: 767
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Re: Blocked IP/Spamhaus Issue
Mission accomplished. Thanks Manny , I coming in for a landing,
_________________ Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. Miles Davis.
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:39 am |
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Manny
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 511 Location: SoCal
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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.
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:25 am |
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DavidWS
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Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 am Posts: 1227 Location: North West Scotland
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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.
_________________ David More Stickists than you can shake a Stick™ at? (a list) Bamboo 12 #7472 Stickup 3a5+8d4+3a5 C2 F1 Bb0 D#1 G#1 C#2 F#2 B2 E3 A3 D4 G3 Bamboo 12 #5826 Custom Pasv Pickup F1 Bb0...D4 G3 C3 Graphite 10 2009 #5862 PASV4 9d4 + 2a5 F1 Bb0...D4
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:12 pm |
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Manny
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:57 pm Posts: 511 Location: SoCal
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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."
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 1:57 pm |
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DavidWS
Multiple Donor
Joined: Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:54 am Posts: 1227 Location: North West Scotland
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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.
_________________ David More Stickists than you can shake a Stick™ at? (a list) Bamboo 12 #7472 Stickup 3a5+8d4+3a5 C2 F1 Bb0 D#1 G#1 C#2 F#2 B2 E3 A3 D4 G3 Bamboo 12 #5826 Custom Pasv Pickup F1 Bb0...D4 G3 C3 Graphite 10 2009 #5862 PASV4 9d4 + 2a5 F1 Bb0...D4
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Sun Aug 07, 2022 2:17 pm |
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kaikurosawa
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Joined: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:18 pm Posts: 152 Location: Los Angeles
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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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Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:28 am |
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