Mysterious banning for spam has hit again...

Still banned - using VPN as a workaround.

Holding my breath this time. Been a victim too of this too often, but at least at this point I have some workarounds in my back pocket *smile*. It is a shock though, to be banned for no apparent reason. Especially if one has never been banned from a forum before.

Today i got the same ban, ip banned for spamming?

Namso wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:00 pm

Today i got the same ban, ip banned for spamming?

I haven't banned any IP addresses in a long, long time because of collateral damage.

I ban real spammers but only their account name.....I don't include the IP addresses.

I haven't heard back from Carolyn.

Think the ban got lifted, so no worries

Trying to combat spam by banning suspected source IP addresses is useless and mostly causes false positives. If that's what they're doing, they should stop immediately.

McSleepy

Amazingly, unbanned again.... for now.
Let's see if it lasts.

Some stuff was done by IT yesterday (don't ask me what because I wasn't told what) but I was told to tell you guys/gals that something was tried to see if it helped or not.

So those of you with the banning of IP address issues.....check again and report back success or no success.

Success for now at least. Worked fine yesterday evening, and I am in now with no VPN.
Thanks!