One more thing (Blocked for forum spam)

[Michelle V]

I'm posting this from work and I don't like to do that.

When I tried from the Samsung Droid it gave me a warning that I was blocked for forum spam. Never seen that before and I know I never spammed the forum. Any idea what is going on?

[annie]

> When I tried from the Samsung Droid it gave me a warning that I was blocked
> for forum spam. Never seen that before and I know I never spammed the
> forum. Any idea what is going on?

I'm posting this to both the Pinkfest and DLV forums.

We participate in two cooperative repositories (blacklists) of IP addresses of known forum spammers. We also run what is known as a "honeypot" to attract spammers, identify them and block them. What many don't know is that we receive between 10 and 30 registration attempts from known forum spammers each day!

If this happens to you on a smart phone, the first thing to try is to reboot the phone. It will most likely pick up a new address which is not blocked.

If it persists (from any system you or anyone else uses) let me know about it. I can look at why your IP was blocked, as the evidence is recorded, and if it does not look like a valid forum spammer, I can unblock it.