Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

[minuteman62-64]

I sometimes use the marineengine.com site to supplement what I can find on here for engine-specific issues. I know some of you guys do also since I see your posts.

Last couple of days I noticed that site has been kind of squirrelly - my posts didn't show up or were missing after initially showing up. Trouble typing text in posts. Today I logged on and got the message:
You have been banned for the following reason: No reason was specified
Date the ban will be lifted: Never

Anybody have this experience? No apparent way to contact the site moderator without being able to log on. I reviewed the forum rules and haven't violated any of them (at least not as I can determine).

Seems like kind of an imperialist way to run a site. And I've purchased stuff from them. Oh well, I get most of my info here.

 

[avenger79]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

they may have been hacked. one of the other sites I use had some issues recently.

 

[Summer Fun]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

If you tell RetardoMarine that he's wrong or stupid about something,

He'll whine and cry to the Mods and have you banned.


Did you do that ?.

 

[Don S]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

If you tell RetardoMarine that he's wrong or stupid about something, He'll whine and cry to the Mods and have you banned.

 

[Bronlonius]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

they may have been hacked. one of the other sites I use had some issues recently.

More likely that the OP's account on that forum got hacked, someone posted a bunch of spam from it, and the moderators deleted said spam and banned the account. That seems like the most logical explanation. Whatever the hackers/spammers did to get it banned has already been deleted.

 

[minuteman62-64]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

More likely that the OP's account on that forum got hacked, someone posted a bunch of spam from it, and the moderators deleted said spam and banned the account. That seems like the most logical explanation. Whatever the hackers/spammers did to get it banned has already been deleted.

Hmm. That could be - might explain why for a day or so my posts didn't show up.

Any ideas on how to get back in the good graces of the moderators - when there is no apparent way to contact said moderators?

I guess I could start over with a new ID and e-mail address.

 

[Summer Fun]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

when there is no apparent way to contact said moderators?

Just use their contact us and the Administrator will get your email.

Its on the bottom of the main forum page.

 

[Bronlonius]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

It's worth a try. They probably blocked the IP address that the spam was posted from (if what I think might have happened is how it went down), but hopefully not yours, which should be logged with all of your non-spam posts. I'd just start a new account, and contact the moderators, see why they banned your account, and they will probably be able to restore your post count, etc. once they realize you are just a normal person and not a spam-bot.

 

[minuteman62-64]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

Just use their contact us and the Administrator will get your email.

Its on the bottom of the main forum page.

Bingo! Did so and got this response this a.m.:

I apologize for the problem. Recently we had a flood of spam messages and I think your account accidentally got banned while we were trying to clean up. I’m sure it was a mistake.

The good news is that you access is now restored, you should be able to log in again. The bad news is that your previous posts have been lost. Again, I apologize. We appreciate your participation in the forums and hope you will continue on.

Thanks for getting in touch. Please feel free to reply by email, or call us at (800) 209-9624 if you need any further assistance.

I'll check today to see if I am truly back on the site.

 

[minuteman62-64]

Re: Banned? Anybody Been Banned?

Hey, it worked. I'm baaaaack!

Thanks, guys.