Forum reply not showing – gone to spam?

[Mark Gavin]

Hi,

I recently posted a reply to this post https://britastro.org/forums/topic/monte-umbe-eclipse#post-643385 however it’s not showing up, although the information line above the thread does correctly show that I posted to it:

This topic has 5 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 12 hours, 25 minutes ago by Mark Gavin.

I suspect it’s been silently held for moderation or gone to spam, possibly as I’m quite new to the forum and I also had my VPN active at the time of posting.
I had earlier been able to make a reply in the same thread successfully, however I don’t remember if my VPN was on that time.

I couldn’t find any info on how to contact the moderation/admin directly so am posting in here – hopefully this post will show up 🙂

Thanks

[Callum Potter]

Hello Mark,

yes, your reply was marked as spam by the spam-blocker. Why is a mystery to me. Most usually it is because of multiple quick edits, or multiple dodgy web links – but neither applies here.

Anyway, I have approved it just now.

If you (or anyone) needs to get in touch with the web team just use the contact form: Contact the web team

Best
Callum

[Mark Gavin]

Hi Callum,
Many thanks for sorting that.

It’s most likely because I was connected to a VPN at the time, and that particular IP address had ended up in a list of bad/spammy IPs.
If it happens again I’ll ensure I switch IP address or turn the VPN off before requesting help.

Many thanks for the link to the contact form.

Cheers,
Mark

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