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Generally speaking, IP addresses are assigned dynamically. The one you get today may not be the one you had assigned to you last week, for example.
It is possible that a person may have been using an IP address and it & the user were tagged as a spammer. Later in time, you may be assigned a tagged IP address.
The site administrator may be the one to work with in determining exactly what is going on.
Some sites use a global service to look up tagged/dirty ip's, and prevent new accounts from being created by that specific ip address. Also globally stored are email addresses and User name(s) that have been associated with that ip. My opinion, is preventing new spammers from creating accounts is more effective than maintaining your own sites 'bad ip list'; given the dynamic assignment of ip addresses.
My experience in forum Administration, is if an account is discovered to being used to create spam posts, spam blog entries, spam PM's, then all of that accounts particulars gets reported, along with the evidence, to a global spam database. We don't allow any account to be created if it has been reported as that of a spammer in the last 3 months. Now, because IP's are dynamic, after 3 months, we'll give that ip a fresh chance.
For an existing account, that is limited in any fashion, or is suddenly rejected, the only path I know to take is to be in communication with the people operating/running/administering/moderating the site, and see if you can get things explained. Easier said than done, but not impossible. Look for the sites Contact us form, and try that.
It is possible that a person may have been using an IP address and it & the user were tagged as a spammer. Later in time, you may be assigned a tagged IP address.
The site administrator may be the one to work with in determining exactly what is going on.
Some sites use a global service to look up tagged/dirty ip's, and prevent new accounts from being created by that specific ip address. Also globally stored are email addresses and User name(s) that have been associated with that ip. My opinion, is preventing new spammers from creating accounts is more effective than maintaining your own sites 'bad ip list'; given the dynamic assignment of ip addresses.
My experience in forum Administration, is if an account is discovered to being used to create spam posts, spam blog entries, spam PM's, then all of that accounts particulars gets reported, along with the evidence, to a global spam database. We don't allow any account to be created if it has been reported as that of a spammer in the last 3 months. Now, because IP's are dynamic, after 3 months, we'll give that ip a fresh chance.
For an existing account, that is limited in any fashion, or is suddenly rejected, the only path I know to take is to be in communication with the people operating/running/administering/moderating the site, and see if you can get things explained. Easier said than done, but not impossible. Look for the sites Contact us form, and try that.
