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Re: Wrongly Banned Member

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Originally Posted by chmorroni View Post
One of our team mentors was banned from CD indefinitely for no reason that we can see. The forum won't even let his computer access anything on the site. Is there some way that his account may be reinstated as allowed? This was a couple years ago, so he can't remember his user name, but is there at least a way his computer could be re-allowed?
Every page is blocked? Can you clear your cookies or use a different web browser and try again?

If the website is blocked in multiple browsers (in particular a different browser than what was previously used) then the ban is likely not tied to an account/email but to an IP address. We can and do manually ban IP addresses that are the source of prolific spam, particularly if they are from regions where FIRST does not have a strong presence.

In addition, there was a large scale spam attack a while back where they compromised legitimate accounts and started sending spam via PM to other users. If there was no post history that appeared valid, his account could have been banned for spam.

Also, using web proxies or similar may route traffic through IP address blocks that are notorious for spam. Make sure you are connected directly to the Internet (no proxies, no VPN, etc) and search Google for "what is my IP" - the top result directly from Google will be the IP address. Send an email to Brandon at webmaster at chief delphi dot com with this information, as well as the email account used to register the CD account..
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