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Old 13-August-2006, 11:30 AM
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I just tried to post over on the BA's Blog site, but I got a nifty little message saying that I'd been flagged as a spammer(?). What's up with this? I only spam I've ever had anything to do with is the kind you fry up with eggs!
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It's either another bug in this release or you're on a dynamic IP address, and a spammer on your network tried to attack the system.

In the second case, the solution is to shut down your machine (not just reboot) and start it up again so that your IP resets itself to something different.
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only spam I've ever had anything to do with is the kind you fry up with eggs!
You fry spam with eggs? Ugh, I think that's a bannable offense right there
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...In the second case, the solution is to shut down your machine (not just reboot) and start it up again so that your IP resets itself to something different.
Nope, I have a static IP (direct cable link).


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You fry spam with eggs? Ugh, I think that's a bannable offense right there
Hey, that's yummy stuff there! However, I rarely eat it anymore...it's loaded with bad fats and salt...not good for anyone (but still yummy!).
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I will not eat fried eggs & spam, I do not like them Sam I am!
But would you eat them with a dog, or over on the BA's Blog?

I would, I could, I really should...but posting there I can not do. "Spam I Am" is just not true!
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But would you eat them with a dog, or over on the BA's Blog?

I would, I could, I really should...but posting there I can not do. "Spam I Am" is just not true!
I should not eat them with a dog, I should not eat them reading a blog.

I should not eat them, its not my fault, the doc says no, to fats and salt.

I should not eat the spam and eggs, it can cause clots in heart and legs.
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Oh BA Plait, please hear her plight
She cannot post on your blog tonight.
It really shocks me to the core
This dreadful predicament of N C More!
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In the second case, the solution is to shut down your machine (not just reboot) and start it up again so that your IP resets itself to something different.
Shutting down isn't necessary. All that does is leave you disconnected a little longer so, hopefully, the last IP you had got reassigned to someone else in the mean time.

There is another, far easier way to accomplish the same thing in Windows XP:

1) Click [START] then [RUN] and type "CMD" in the dialog box. Click [OK]
2) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" (without quotes)
3) Wait some reasonable amount of time
4) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without quotes)
5) Close the CMD window

This will get you a new IP address, assuming one is available and you are on DHCP. It won't harm anything if you're not. No rebooting required.
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Shutting down isn't necessary. All that does is leave you disconnected a little longer so, hopefully, the last IP you had got reassigned to someone else in the mean time.

There is another, far easier way to accomplish the same thing in Windows XP:

1) Click [START] then [RUN] and type "CMD" in the dialog box. Click [OK]
2) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /release" (without quotes)
3) Wait some reasonable amount of time
4) At the prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without quotes)
5) Close the CMD window

This will get you a new IP address, assuming one is available and you are on DHCP. It won't harm anything if you're not. No rebooting required.
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Phil's blog is protected by a (really nifty) anti-spam plugin made for the Wordpress platform. For the most part it's very good at distinguishing between legitimate comments and spam attempts, but once in a while visitors may be the victims of friendly fire depending on the settings and blacklist logs.

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I just tried to post over on the BA's Blog site, but I got a nifty little message saying that I'd been flagged as a spammer(?). What's up with this? I only spam I've ever had anything to do with is the kind you fry up with eggs!
I've had the same problem too. It doesn't always happen, but it is frusterating when it does.
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I just tried to post over on the BA's Blog site, but I got a nifty little message saying that I'd been flagged as a spammer(?). What's up with this? I only spam I've ever had anything to do with is the kind you fry up with eggs!
I am surprised!! You have always seemed such a level sort. How could you do such a thing!!

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I just got flagged as a spammer, too, and I won't touch the stuff. (My mom kept it in her emergency supplies, and we pointed out to her that she was pretty much condemning us to starve to death after a major earthquake.)
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I just tried to post over on the BA's Blog site, but I got a nifty little message saying that I'd been flagged as a spammer(?). What's up with this? I only spam I've ever had anything to do with is the kind you fry up with eggs!
I got a similar message earlier. It said the post might be reviewed by the blogger, but I should contact them by email too. Same message?
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That's the one I got, anyway. (And I hadn't even complained that Phil has a wrong "its" in there somewhere!)
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It said the post might be reviewed by the blogger, but I should contact them by email too. Same message?
I tried to post again today, and got the same message. However, I notice that my previous post has shown up in the comments at about the time position that I posted it--so the BA must have reviewed it, and allowed it to post. Unfortunately, its message was lost, in the shuffle. My post today only repeats what I said before, more or less, but now it's in response to today's blog.
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My post yesterday did not