Blacklisted From Site I've Never Been On Before

techtitan · Jul 4, 2013

Title pretty much says it all. I tried registering at a gaming forum recently, and when finished I got this message:

Your IP 65.29.217.228 has been blocked because it is blacklisted. For details please see

An entry on the blaklist may have several reasons:
1. You are a well-known spammer.
2. Last time a well-known spammer was using the dynamic IP address which you got from your ISP

(Internet Service Provider).
3. Your ISP is well-known for a lot of spamming customers and is not fighting against spammers.
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Only thing is, I've never been on this site before. I'm in the process of trying to find an external email so I can get the admin to allow me to register, however, it got me a little worried.

I recently got a new router, which would have meant that my ISP would have supplied me with a completely new IP address once I connected it. If this is blacklisted here, am I in danger of using a IP address that has been abused in the past on this and other sites by trolls/hackers, possibly being banned on numerous other sites around the web? Should I considered trying to change it if I'm using quote/unquote "Damaged Goods" in the way of my current IP address they recently provided?

Thnx!

satrow · Jul 4, 2013

Reboot your router, clear the cookies from that site, try again

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Blacklisted From Site I've Never Been On Before

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