by BuddhaNature » January 11th, 2018, 6:08 am
This is just an occasional glitch with the website. I got the same ban yesterday and I wasn't using a VPN connection just the address supplied by my ISP. When the ban page shows up there are clear instructions on how to (potentially) by-pass it. The instructions will be something like:
You have been banned from this board until May 30th, 2018, 10:00 pm.
If you believe this is an error, please try closing your browser and clearing your cache.
If you still have an issue, and believe it's an error, put the word "anything" in the Search Boards text box and click on GO. Click on any result and then click on Board Index. The problem should go away.
A ban has been issued on your IP address.
(The "Search Boards" box is on one of the blue coloured panels at the right-hand side of the mozillaZine forum webpage - you can still see it when you get this ban message.) So you really need to suggest to your friend that he reads the message on the ban page carefully and follows the instructions there.
All the above said, sometimes I use a VPN with a Russian server address. If I remain using the VPN and step through the instructions I still don't get into the forum. So obviously my Russian VPN is a suspect as far as mozillaZine is concerned - fair enough. So if your friend is using a VPN the issue might lie there. This topic was also discussed in this thread a little while ago:
You Have Been Banned Forum Message
This forum is really good it would a pity if your friend passed on it just because of an occasional glitch that is easy to get round.
This is just an occasional glitch with the website. I got the same ban yesterday and I wasn't using a VPN connection just the address supplied by my ISP. When the ban page shows up there are clear instructions on how to (potentially) by-pass it. The instructions will be something like:
[quote]You have been banned from this board until May 30th, 2018, 10:00 pm.
If you believe this is an error, please try closing your browser and clearing your cache.
If you still have an issue, and believe it's an error, put the word "anything" in the Search Boards text box and click on GO. Click on any result and then click on Board Index. The problem should go away.
A ban has been issued on your IP address. [/quote]
(The "Search Boards" box is on one of the blue coloured panels at the right-hand side of the mozillaZine forum webpage - you can still see it when you get this ban message.) So you really need to suggest to your friend that he reads the message on the ban page carefully and follows the instructions there.
All the above said, sometimes I use a VPN with a Russian server address. If I remain using the VPN and step through the instructions I still don't get into the forum. So obviously my Russian VPN is a suspect as far as mozillaZine is concerned - fair enough. So if your friend is using a VPN the issue might lie there. This topic was also discussed in this thread a little while ago: [url=http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3036555]You Have Been Banned Forum Message[/url]
This forum is really good it would a pity if your friend passed on it just because of an occasional glitch that is easy to get round.