problem with spamhaus.org

[veryunderstated]

I was wondering if we could turn off the stupid filter list from spamhaus.org as it's not meant to be used for things like gaming servers. It's an email spammer list and isn't appropriate for a MineCraft server. I've been having problems with it for the last two days as I'm staying in a hotel for the next few weeks and have to use public Wi-Fi. I can't get my IP changed. I don't even understand why this filter list is being used since MCBans is good enough I thought.

[DesignTrice]

You can get your IP off the list.

[Ryuuga]

I'm not completely clear on the details but multiple users had problems with this site. It seems that you can unblock yourself on the site though. I'm currently unaware whether or not we're purposely using this filter as a means against spam bots or not.

[Jackster21]

Nobody has provided me with any actual information about this as of yet.

Is this when you connect to the server?
Can you give me a screenshot of what it says/does when you try to join?

I think i may know the cause, just need this information so I can look into it.

[Ryuuga]

have heard of 3 occurances of this as of yet jack don't have any SS of it though but it happens when they try to connect to the server. I believe sparkleunidog was one of them who had trouble with it.

[SparkleUnidog]

No, I haven't had trouble with it. I believe it was chuchu that had the trouble :3

[lordgandalf]

Hmmz searched on the netz about this.
It seems some ip`s are blocked by spamhaus.
Im unsure if its a minecraftside,bukkitside or providerside thingy.

But a fix is to get youre ip at whatsmyip.org copy youre ip its 4 numbers seperated with dots.
then goto http://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/ and paste youre ip in the first box and hit the lookup button.
click on the PBL link to get youre ip unblocked then click on the button saying Remove ip from spamhaus pbl
check the box on the end of the page to get unblock.
but only do this if youre sure the reason they blocked you for isnt valid
then you should get unblocked from the list and you should be able to get on in the near future

EDIT: seems minecraft is checking youre ip if it is on a blocklistmore info: http://www.emmz.com/threads/ip-banne...-org-xbl.1490/

[Jackster21]

Yup, done a few searches myself and it seems like its a new Minecraft feature to try and combat spammers who keep attacking servers

If you follow the steps provided by Gandalf above, you should get yourself back online as soon as you can!

[veryunderstated]

the problem is that the IPs keep getting put back on because one of the other people staying in this hotel has a spambot virus or malware on their computer. I unblock an IP and just a few hours it's back on.

[DesignTrice]

That´s the major problem of spamhaus.org!