Banned IP address?

Snerticus · #1 Jul 5, '09, 7:14 pm

As I was posting to a forum thread and hit the "submit" button, I got a message that said the administrator banned my IP address. It gave the option of contacting the administrator but when I tried, it gave me the page that said the administrator banned my IP address.

I had to reboot the computer and hope my router changed the IP address, which it evidently did, as I'm posting here now.

Anyone have any ideas why this happened?

Admin? I sent in an email through the main Catholic.com page as well.

Thanks and God Bless,
Snert

**pnewton** · #2 Jul 5, '09, 7:15 pm

I just had the stangest thing. I tried to sign on it showed I was banned. I thought for a moment that my IP had gotten confused with a nasty spammer who was posting bad images. Now it is working again. I know I reported the poster and in my haste I contacted the only admistrator online, even though it was another forum. Surely in an extreme case this is allowed. Right?

Or was this misunderstanding a bug?

catherinette · #3 Jul 5, '09, 7:16 pm

I think there was some kind of glitch, because I just got the same message, but I waited 10 minutes, and then the forum worked again.

Image of God · #4 Jul 5, '09, 7:17 pm

I don't know if this is a bug or not, but I logged out for a few hours and then tried to get back on. But I couldn't. There was a message that said that my IP Address had been banned. So I sent a message to the Forum Admin and only after it did was I able to get on the forums. I really thought I was banned.

Snerticus · #5 Jul 5, '09, 7:17 pm

Nope, it just happened to me too. I was responding to a thread when it popped up and said I was banned. I couldn't even contact an admin. So I had to reboot.

Snert

**Forum Admin** · #6 Jul 5, '09, 7:17 pm

Error in handling some IPs bannings.
Fixed and should not occur again.

My apologies for any inconvenience or concern.

**whatevergirl** · #7 Jul 5, '09, 7:17 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by pnewton

I just had the stangest thing. I tried to sign on it showed I was banned. I thought for a moment that my IP had gotten confused with a nasty spammer who was posting bad images. Now it is working again. I know I reported the poster and in my haste I contacted the only admistrator online, even though it was another forum. Surely in an extreme case this is allowed. Right?

Or was this misunderstanding a bug?

Oh my gosh, I just got the same thing! I sent a note to the admin, but looks like everything is ok now. It must be a glitch, I would think.

Tracy24 · #8 Jul 5, '09, 7:18 pm

I just got the same thing as well. I rebooted and am back on now but boy was I in a panic trying to figure out what I had done wrong!

**Jennifer G.** · #9 Jul 5, '09, 7:20 pm

Me too. Must've been a lot of shooting from that spam attack thread.

There is a vbulletin feature which can delete and ban a whole thread. I suspect that's what happened, although I didn't post in the thread... unless someone accidently deleted/IP banned the reported post thread... which has happened in another forum I moderate...

Snerticus · #10 Jul 5, '09, 7:20 pm

I think it had something to do with a person who seems to me to have created multiple accounts here on the forums and had written very vulgar things. There were pages of responses that replied in kind. I knew that we didn't have that many people here who would respond like that so I figured the same person just responded to his own posts.

Perhaps they did something or the admin just banned everyone while they worked on the problem?

Snert

Pug · #11 Jul 5, '09, 7:20 pm

Me too! But here I am back again. I already sent a message to the administrator, though, so I can't take it back, even though it appears to be fixed now.

I partly burnt my dinner I was so astonished.