# Who the heck do you email about IP bans?

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**Created:** [June 19, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-do-you-email-about-ip-bans/251160 "2004-06-19T03:56:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-do-you-email-about-ip-bans/251160/1 "2004-06-19T03:56:45Z")

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In short, my boyfriend, who reads threads I show him occasionally, doesn’t really lurk, and has posted exactly once ever (as **Lovable\_Misanthrope** ) has just discovered that his IP’s been banned for some reason. (I’ve read and posted from his house, I think, but not in months.) He uses Canadian ISP Cyberus Online, Inc. which has IPs from 209.195.64.0 - 209.195.127.255. His current IP is in the 209.195.116.xxx range.

So… uh… what’s the deal? Is there someone he can contact? I presume there was some kind of persistent offender using that ISP, but is there some kind of, I don’t know, ritual human sacrifice he could perform?

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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:** [June 19, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-do-you-email-about-ip-bans/251160/2 "2004-06-19T04:03:49Z")

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You’ve come to the right place. Lemme see.

In future, emails to me – or any other administrator – are preferred.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-heck-do-you-email-about-ip-bans/251160/3 "2004-06-19T04:09:50Z")

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Oh good! And I thought it might be you, but this isn’t exactly a topic I’ve really run into much.