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I keep getting the following:

+++You have been permanently banned from this board.

Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.

A ban has been issued on your IP address.+++

It was happening all last night and again, just now, when I'm away for more than a few minutes. When it happens I have to close all tabs related to the forum and try again, when I'll invariably have to sign in, and then, all the new posts have disappeared.

It's them not you. You need to re-register.

It's them not you. You need to re-register.

That's not going to help.

The admin of this site needs to change the Cloudflare configuration.

I've got that as well, and I'm a NEW MEMBER!

I have, as you can see, been able to Log on and post responses though.

This has happened to me multiple times as well. Tried sending message to the Board Administrator as instructed. That was rejected as well.

Then tried clear PN cookies to no avail.

Then restarted my computer and was able to log in.

Whoever is the Board Administrator should be seriously embarrassed. This has been happening off-and-on for several months now. Rick should try to find someone who actually knows what they are doing.

Are you using a VPN? When this site first got Cloudflare I couldn't sign in. The only way around it was to use a VPN. The problem with that was that some people who were permanently banned must have been using the same VPN, so I would get a 'permanently banned' message if my VPN happened to be using the same country as they were when they were banned.

accelafine wrote: ↑Fri Nov 28, 2025 7:44 pm Are you using a VPN? When this site first got Cloudflare I couldn't sign in. The only way around it was to use a VPN. The problem with that was that some people who were permanently banned must have been using the same VPN, so I would get a 'permanently banned' message if my VPN happened to be using the same country as they were when they were banned.

I don't use a VPN. Maybe I should consider it.

Maia wrote: ↑Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:02 pm

My hair takes after my mother. I do not need a permanent if I let my hair grow, it curls on its own. So, I use to have naturally curly blond hair, if I let it grow, but, natural blonds do not get gray hair, the shit just turns white.

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 29, 2025 7:14 pm

Maia wrote: ↑Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:02 pm

My hair takes after my mother. I do not need a permanent if I let my hair grow, it curls on its own. So, I use to have naturally curly blond hair, if I let it grow, but, natural blonds do not get gray hair, the shit just turns white.

Right, ok, thanks for sharing.

And back on topic, I was wondering if the forum was ever going to come back. Let's hope it's fixed, now.

Maia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:23 am

Phil8659 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 29, 2025 7:14 pm

Maia wrote: ↑Fri Nov 28, 2025 8:02 pm

My hair takes after my mother. I do not need a permanent if I let my hair grow, it curls on its own. So, I use to have naturally curly blond hair, if I let it grow, but, natural blonds do not get gray hair, the shit just turns white.

Right, ok, thanks for sharing.

And back on topic, I was wondering if the forum was ever going to come back. Let's hope it's fixed, now.

Well, the fix only takes about 2 min, so I ended up emailing them, then it was fixed. I do not think they even noticed it was down.

I spoke too soon. I've just had the permanently banned notice again.

Maia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 10:35 am I spoke too soon. I've just had the permanently banned notice again.

That is a different issue. The outage was the fault of the forum admin.
When is the last time you deleted your saved cookies on your puter?

It seems to be worse, if anything. I've had the same notice at least half a dozen times since my last post. Each time, I have to sign in again, and all the new posts have disappeared, so I miss them. All I can do is check my own threads.

It's obviously not too much of a problem because people are on here.

Probably best not to complain about it because when someone tries to 'fix' it the site goes down.