Hi folks.

I'm wondering... is no one else using it or did I miss that someone already raised the same question...

Since days I get a

"""
403(Forbidden)

You have tried to access a restricted or unavailable resource, or attempted to circumvent server security.

Error details:

You're banned!

"""

from https://forum.dlang.org/. Please fix it either or remove the site and all references (like in "learn") to it...

Thanks

On Sunday, 29 April 2018 at 10:45:56 UTC, notna wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I'm wondering... is no one else using it or did I miss that someone already raised the same question...
>
> Since days I get a
>
> """
> 403(Forbidden)
>
> You have tried to access a restricted or unavailable resource, or attempted to circumvent server security.
>
> Error details:
>
> You're banned!
>
> """

This message usually means that you're visiting the site from an IP that was previously used to post spam. This can happen if your ISP allocates dynamic IPs (and another ISP customer's machine sent spam), you are using a proxy or VPN (which are frequently used by spammers to post spam), or your machine or a machine on your network was infected by malware and used to post spam.

If you think your machines are clean and not being used to send spam, send me your IP address by email to notna@thecybershadow.net and I'll get it removed.

On 4/29/18 8:58 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 April 2018 at 10:45:56 UTC, notna wrote:
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> I'm wondering... is no one else using it or did I miss that someone already raised the same question...
>>
>> Since days I get a
>>
>> """
>> 403(Forbidden)
>>
>> You have tried to access a restricted or unavailable resource, or attempted to circumvent server security.
>>
>> Error details:
>>
>> You're banned!
>>
>> """
> 
> This message usually means that you're visiting the site from an IP that was previously used to post spam. This can happen if your ISP allocates dynamic IPs (and another ISP customer's machine sent spam), you are using a proxy or VPN (which are frequently used by spammers to post spam), or your machine or a machine on your network was infected by malware and used to post spam.
> 
> If you think your machines are clean and not being used to send spam, send me your IP address by email to notna@thecybershadow.net and I'll get it removed.
> 

In the newsgroups, there was a post in March on "ost to pst convertes", which looks like it could have been flagged with spam (it no longer appears on the forum), with two "ad-like" responses, and a third is from notna, which looks more like a real response, even though it just has a URL in it. His history of posts that I've seen have been legitimate.

-Steve

On Sunday, 29 April 2018 at 13:14:35 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> In the newsgroups, there was a post in March on "ost to pst convertes", which looks like it could have been flagged with spam (it no longer appears on the forum), with two "ad-like" responses, and a third is from notna, which looks more like a real response, even though it just has a URL in it. His history of posts that I've seen have been legitimate.

Yes, that's exactly it. It was a post in an off-topic thread with nothing but a link to a commercial product, so in fact it is indistinguishable from spam. It is also very similar to the common setup where someone posts an off-topic but otherwise unspammy question (generally seeking advice or a product recommendation), and is followed-up by actual spam. It was flagged by someone too, which is how it got deleted. All facts considered it's a bit hard to call this a false positive :)

notna: You are now unbanned, but I suggest to avoid doing this again.

On Sunday, 29 April 2018 at 14:13:01 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 April 2018 at 13:14:35 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> In the newsgroups, there was a post in March on "ost to pst convertes", which looks like it could have been flagged with spam (it no longer appears on the forum), with two "ad-like" responses, and a third is from notna, which looks more like a real response, even though it just has a URL in it. His history of posts that I've seen have been legitimate.
>
> Yes, that's exactly it. It was a post in an off-topic thread with nothing but a link to a commercial product, so in fact it is indistinguishable from spam. It is also very similar to the common setup where someone posts an off-topic but otherwise unspammy question (generally seeking advice or a product recommendation), and is followed-up by actual spam. It was flagged by someone too, which is how it got deleted. All facts considered it's a bit hard to call this a false positive :)
>
> notna: You are now unbanned, but I suggest to avoid doing this again.

Hi all.

Ok, understood, will not post "URLs only" in the future ;)

What is still strange 2 me... the forum was reachable for days after my mentioned post... AND I was banned then from home and also from our company networks, even after removing the cookies...

Nevertheless, let's say, the "banning" works pretty well, once someone decided to do it, but a little hint whom to contact to get un-banned in case of mis-banning would be helpful ;)

Thanks again