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I Got banned too

Postby ColinB » Thu 05.12.2013, 21:09

Having been here since 2003 I suddenly could not logon.
The only thing I can think of is that my email address changed - About 10 years ago. Why this should suddenly reject my logon
is beyond me. Could I please be restored !
I have until now been known as Bolsom.
In hope.

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Re: I Got banned too

Postby GeoffSmith » Thu 05.12.2013, 23:30

Colin, I can assure you that you haven't been intentionally banned.

In the past we had problems when trying to blanket ban far eastern spammers but since the registration rules were changed, we haven't had a problem for over a year. The only other problem I can think of is that your pc protection programs have taken a dislike to LEC for some reason, so could you let us know what message you are getting please?
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Dave Eds » Fri 06.12.2013, 10:45

Geoff - dave A was having log in issues when I last saw him. Can that be looked at too?
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby HJ2 » Fri 06.12.2013, 11:15

HenriElan has the same problems!
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby GeoffSmith » Fri 06.12.2013, 11:24

Chris will need details of the error messages etc.
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby ColinB » Sun 08.12.2013, 21:28

Hi,
When I tried to logon I was returned to the logon screen. After a couple more attempts I was sent back again
and there was a message in red saying something like you have had too many attempts and there was a
distorted word to key in. After many attempts I gave up. I don't remember the exact messages because I
have been in and out of hospital twice in the last six weeks. ( not for senility I hasten to add)
Oh yes I also had to key in the initials of Colin Chapman

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Re: I Got banned too

Postby GeoffSmith » Sun 08.12.2013, 22:39

Thanks Colin, I've passed the info on.
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby ColinB » Tue 08.04.2014, 19:28

Hi

I still can't get in as Bolsom. Has the password been changed?.
I just tried and got the previous message ' Too many tries'
after one attempt. I am mildly frustrated.

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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Rambo » Tue 08.04.2014, 22:15

I too got locked out recently for no accountable reason (no more sarcastic digs at Dico or Smiffy than normal :lol: )

PS I never understood what the point was of keying in Colin Chapman's initials but it worked :shock:
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby lotos » Tue 08.04.2014, 22:22

Keeps out automated spam bot thingys. It's like a Captcha. It's a human detector :)
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Rambo » Wed 09.04.2014, 08:29

Aaaaahhh. I see now. I thought it was a piss take at first as I was trying to do it on April 1st (April Fool's day ;-) ) I kept typing in CC but it kept booting me out until a moderator sorted my problems out
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby HJ2 » Wed 09.04.2014, 10:30

I always forget the initials!
And do i use them with dots or not?
Capitalized?

So many questions for a simple Captcha... Why not use something like 4+3 = ?
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby steve matthews » Wed 09.04.2014, 14:10

I get booted out about once a year. At first I thought someone was playing a joke :wink:
For all that matter they still might be.

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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Scott J » Wed 09.04.2014, 17:22

I also had a lot of problems logging in 3 months back, not accepting password, captcha etc but all ok now.
Some people beat Rambo from A to B.
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Rambo » Thu 10.04.2014, 08:15

steve matthews wrote:I get booted out about once a year. At first I thought someone was playing a joke :wink:
For all that matter they still might be.

Steve


You never know what the kitty fiddlers up to with all this spare time he has :poke:
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Re: I Got banned too

Postby Enright » Thu 10.04.2014, 10:03

Rambo wrote:it kept booting me out until a moderator sorted my problems out

It takes more than a moderator to do that Mark! :lol:
Striking fear into the hearts of duplicate posts everywhere...! :P

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