# IP banned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 4, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323 "2010-03-04T19:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ascrivey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ascrivey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ascrivey)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/1 "2010-03-04T19:47:34Z")

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Hi. I’ve been a reader of the SDMB for many years. Recently I’ve noticed that at home my IP address is banned. I’ve e-mailed the suggested address twice in the last month asking for help, but I’ve gotten no response. Can you help me?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/2 "2010-03-04T19:49:15Z")

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Obviously a descendant of General John Sedgwick.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/3 "2010-03-04T19:56:58Z")

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Sorry for the trouble. Do you know what your home IP address is? If so, please send it to my email address. [(If you don’t know the address, you can use this site to find out once you go home.)](http://cqcounter.com/whois/my_ip_address.php) Odds are someone in your area was spamming us or being a pain in the ass.

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**Author:** ![ascrivey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ascrivey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ascrivey)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/4 "2010-03-04T20:03:38Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Sorry for the trouble. Do you know what your home IP address is? If so, please send it to my email address. [(If you don’t know the address, you can use this site to find out once you go home.)](http://cqcounter.com/whois/my_ip_address.php) Odds are someone in your area was spamming us or being a pain in the ass.

Thank you Marley. I will do that when I get home tonight!

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/5 "2010-03-04T20:04:50Z")

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Great. Make sure you write it down first if you can’t access the board from your home.

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**Author:** ![ascrivey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ascrivey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ascrivey)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ip-banned/531323/6 "2010-03-04T20:05:13Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Obviously a descendant of General John Sedgwick.

I admit, I had to look that up. It did make me laugh though!