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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31159

Vogt
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Dear all

For the last few days, I have been unable to access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org and I was hoping you might be able to help.

I've tried to open the site with Firefox, but it tells me the connection had timed out. My iPad won't load the site either; Safari says the server didn't reply. Other members of my club had no problems.

Clearing my browser's cache and cookies didn't help.

One more point (and I'm not sure if it's important or not): I was recently made my club's vice president public relations and e-mails to the respective address are now forwarded to my private e-mail address. Could it be possible my new office has changed my user status, as it were, or otherwise caused my exclusion from access to the site?

I'm looking forward to a reply and your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further details.

(Club #0561, Area 1, Division C, District 59)

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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31171

Brian Away Administrator Posts: 11645 Thank you received: 3880	Someone from your ISP tried to hack our server and it blocked your ISP in defense. I have removed the block for now but it may happen again. Thank you, Brian McDonald DTM, PDD D61 FTH Lead Technical Support member Cataraqui Valley Toastmaster 9560
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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31202

Vogt Topic Author Offline New Member Posts: 5 Thank you received: 0	Thank you, Brian, for the prompt reply. Was that attempt to hack your server something done by someone who just happened to be using the same ISP as I do, or was this somehow linked to my own computer? In other words, is there something I need to worry about?
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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31203

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Most likely nothing directly connected with your computer. Some anti-spam software can take a rather general approach and block an entire ISP, especially if it's a smaller one. Brian should be able to clarify when he's next online.

VPE Ernst&Young Achieving Potential, club 1137486 (Auckland, NZ)
FreeToastHost Field Officer, District 112 (Northern New Zealand)

Spare yourself anxiety and Backup your site regularly.

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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31205

SteveTheTechie Offline FreeToastHost Developer Posts: 13529 Thank you received: 3831	You may want to consider a different ISP. Regards, Steve James, DTM FreeToastHost System Developer Officer Emeritus, Mindful Communicators (Club 1966, District 52) A President's Distinguished Club for each of the last 10 years. >>> Please put your club number in your forum profile. CLICK here to edit your profile.
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Cannot access hamburg.toastmastersclubs.org 10 years 4 months ago #31209

Brian Away Administrator Posts: 11645 Thank you received: 3880	Please read the original comment. Someone from your ISP tried to hack our server and it blocked your ISP in defense. Thank you, Brian McDonald DTM, PDD D61 FTH Lead Technical Support member Cataraqui Valley Toastmaster 9560
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