Blacklisted IP

[nibbles2]

Yesterday, I tried to leave feedback for somebody and I got a message saying my IP had been blacklisted and I couldn't post. I was still able to send pms though. There was a link which I clicked on and that said to wait an hour or two. I did and it's worked fine since. I thought it was my stupid computer but another poster has just posted that they had the same problem happen to them.

[begonia9508]

Don't worry! it's happened to me for approximately one week ago!
I mailed through the Roswell Fanatics at yahoo and the day after I could update again!

EVE

[Angel]

If you get a message saying you've been blacklisted...it's not because we've banned you. What it means is that your IP has been reported to a global spam reporting organization. If you get this message, you need to contact your internet service provider and let them know they've been reported for spamming and are being blacklisted.

There is nothing we can do about your ISP being blacklisted for spamming.

[CrashandBurn8321]

Just so those of you that have Qwest know, they won't do anything. At all. They keep telling me there is nothing that they can do, because they have nothing to do with spamhaus. The only way that they will do anything, is if the "company is unwilling to assist you or remove the IP address from their list". Even though both here, and over at spamhaus, you are told to contact your ISP (if you don't understand what to do on the site).

I DON'T SPEAK COMPUTER GEEK here people. And I don't really feel like learning it.

[begonia9508]

The same for me and I made a Norton total control to see if I was spammed and spammed back: O!

Eve

[April]

Yeah, this totally happened to me and freaked me out, but after about two hours, I was able to post normally again.

I took my computer into Geek Squad at Best Buy (I was panicked!) and they told me that I might have been blacklisted because the site thought I was a robot. I mean, I do type fast and move around pretty fast on this site. But a robot? You caught me. I'm a robot.

Oh, how ridiculous. I'm writing that one down.



-April

[Angel]

It's not us that's blocking anyone. This site isn't thinking you're a bot, it's Spamhaus that has your IP listed.

Just want to clear that up. If there were something I could do about this, believe me I would.

[April]

I've only had this happen once. All has been well for me lately.

[Angel]

Good deal! If you're lucky, your ISP assigns you a different IP everytime you get online so maybe it won't be a problem most of the time.