Hi,

when I attempt to connect I get a "your banned from this forum" message which must be ip address related - because I get it even before I log in with my id.
When I circumvent the censors (I live in China) and use different ways and a different ip address I do not get the "banned" message and everything is cool.
I emailed to the admin and didn't get a reply. I don't see any reason to do more or less complicated things to get to this forum and participate, so I want the ban on my ip address lifted.
So who's in charge? How does someone ban me and then doesn't reply to my protests? I do not understand and I'd be glad to hear from an admin here just what is going on.

Best
Jurgen

you were unfortunately sharing an IP address range with quite a few spammers, so in order to try to cut down the spam, i just sent a blanket ban on that range. i'm sorry that it caught you too. it was certainly nothing personal against you.

hopefully it has been lifted now. if not, please email me hard.off@gmail.com

cheers, and sorry for the trouble. Matt

I understand your reasons now. I was running net barrier for a while and I had several attempts daily to rock my machine - all from northern China. As the ip address is dynamically is assigned you had no other choice.
If the spamming continues please let me know - as censorship is getting worse here I might permanently connect with other ip addresses in the future. Just 'warn' me before you pull the plug again.

Best wishes
Jurgen