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Parodite wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:13 pm

Doc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:27 am

Parodite wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 10:07 pm Spamhaus bit cruel lately. I now use vpn and change ip to ease things up a bit. but I still need to post quickly or get blocked again no matter which ip.

What is the message you get when you use the VPN?

Just the normal..ip blocked because its blacklisted. You think the problem is with my ISP? Or also in phpBB?

IT is all of the above. Your ISP has put you on public block List. Spamhaus uses that list to determine who is not "supposed" to be sending email outside of their ISP. The hosting company for this forum has erroneously implemented Spamhaus to apply to this forum which Spamhaus states is not a proper use of its service and says if you have a problem talk to your ISP. The Big ISP's won't take you off because they use this to prevent people from using their home service rather than their much more expensive business service internet. The hosting company for this forum probably does not understand what it is doing or it is not a big enough problem.

Now since you are using a VPN it may be that you are getting an IP address through the VPN that was previously used by spammers. Thus "poisoning" that IP address. SO if you get a VPN IP that works consistently try to keep it.

80% of the time I want to post , can't
.

Setting my vpn to China is reliable.

Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:48 am 80% of the time I want to post , can't
.

Be honest HP. Your problem is you do not want to submit.

Doc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 8:05 pm

Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:48 am 80% of the time I want to post , can't
.

Be honest HP. Your problem is you do not want to submit.

that too

Even with my vpn and change the ip the options keep shrinking. I wonder if there is any alternative forum software that is able to circumvent spamhaus.

Parodite wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 4:15 pm Even with my vpn and change the ip the options keep shrinking. I wonder if there is any alternative forum software that is able to circumvent spamhaus.

If you can get your ISP to admit they put you on a Public Block List and remove you from it would fix your problem. But, short of hiring a lawyer, good luck with that.+

Doing an online search, one finds that numerous phpBB3 forums have encountered the "Spamhaus" blocking issue.

Unfortunately, the supposed solutions posted in reply have been, to-date,

1. useless; and/or

2. flawed from a security perspective.

However, I recently found a discussion of the issue and suggested solution that made sense.

I've now implemented it and tested it by posting a series of images to the BoW thread.

Was able to post an entire set without being blocked.

Please let me know if this change is working or not.

This is not a site hosting issue, nor it is a passive-aggressive attempt at censorship by some woke type there.
It's simply a problem with the phpBB3 forum hosting software.

"Spamhaus" is supposed to block spam emails, but as far as I can tell it has never effectively done so since the first days of the OTNOT forum - my email account has been inundated with spam and continues to be so.

Why "Spamhaus" suddenly started to block forum members posts remains a mystery.

Again, apologies for the inconvenience caused by this issue.

Second post..test

Thanks Typhoon taking the effort.

And a fourth..test.
Definately improvement, thanks!

If I may, I'll add my thanks to double as a test post. Testing...

I gotta test it out-- and again, add my thanks

Seem like the Spamhaus issue has gone away the last few days.

Doc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:37 am Seem like the Spamhaus issue has gone away the last few days.

true

Doc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:37 am Seem like the Spamhaus issue has gone away the last few days.

Yes, in the same way that the Tommy DeVito character had "gone away" in "Goodfellas".

Typhoon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:38 pm

Doc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:37 am Seem like the Spamhaus issue has gone away the last few days.

Yes, in the same way that the Tommy DeVito character had "gone away" in "Goodfellas".

“It was revenge for OTNOT, and a lot of other things. And there was nothing that we could do about it. Typhoon was a made man, and Spamhaus wasn’t. And we had to sit still and take it. It was among the Internet. It was real greaseball s**t. They even erased Spamhaus from the code, so his mother couldn’t give him an open coffin at the funeral.”

NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:06 am

Typhoon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:38 pm

Doc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 3:37 am Seem like the Spamhaus issue has gone away the last few days.

Yes, in the same way that the Tommy DeVito character had "gone away" in "Goodfellas".

“It was revenge for OTNOT, and a lot of other things. And there was nothing that we could do about it. Typhoon was a made man, and Spamhaus wasn’t. And we had to sit still and take it. It was among the Internet. It was real greaseball s**t. They even erased Spamhaus from the code, so his mother couldn’t give him an open coffin at the funeral.”

Like.

Did we put an end to embedded YouTube links or is it just my browser???......

wQJO1klSB9Q

Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:47 am Did we put an end to embedded YouTube links or is it just my browser???......

wQJO1klSB9Q

It has been happening on and off for quite a while. I have been putting the full Youtube link then the embedded link after just in case it does not work. IE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJO1klSB9Q
wQJO1klSB9Q

Hit quote and the url will pop up.

Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 3:31 am Hit quote and the url will pop up.

The video youtube ID comes up. I just figured it is better to put the full URL to the video along with the ID in [youtube][/youtube]

Same problem at this end since yesterday.

Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:47 am Did we put an end to embedded YouTube links or is it just my browser???......

wQJO1klSB9Q

It's not you . . . or your browser.

Something seems to has changed with the Youtube algorithm.

Will investigate.

YouTube does not embed properly unless it can identify you.

all you need todo is click F12 and read the error messages.

jquery.min.js?assets_version=55:2 Mixed Content: The page at 'https://www.onthenatureofthings.net/for ... start=2725' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure plugin resource 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cz7ZRp9TuIs'. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS.

the out of date scripts on this site are using the old unencrypted links which google no longer supports.