# "The administrator has banned your IP address"...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 13, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349 "2014-05-13T14:07:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/1 "2014-05-13T14:07:23Z")

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This just happened a minute ago-I was idly browsing a thread, clicked on it-and got this message, with me logged out. I hit backspace, clicked on another thread, and I was back in like nothing had ever happened. Why would the board ban me for an instant like that? 😕

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/2 "2014-05-13T14:15:10Z")

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Warning shot?

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/3 "2014-05-13T14:22:37Z")

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Marley had an itchy trigger finger again?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/4 "2014-05-13T17:52:17Z")

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If you’re able to post you’re not IP blocked.

Sometimes your IP number changes from session to session.

If you see that message again, immediately open a tab and go to this site: [http://www.whatismyip.com/](http://www.whatismyip.com/)

Your current IP number will be displayed on the page.

Send that information to me in email and we’ll track it down. We usually IP block for spammers. We don’t want the spammers but we do want you.

[tubadiva@straightdope.com](mailto:tubadiva@straightdope.com)

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/5 "2014-05-14T13:09:17Z")

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It also gives that message a lot if you’re using a VPN service.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/6 "2014-05-14T13:32:37Z")

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Which sock were you using at the time?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-administrator-has-banned-your-ip-address/688349/7 "2014-05-14T17:29:30Z")

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Mr. Stinky?