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#1 2006-10-18 15:00:41
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Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
Hi
I have just upgraded i the new version 4.0.4 yesterday.
I can’t write comments in my blog. I get this error:
your_ip_is_blacklisted_by sbl.spamhaus.org
Though my IP address is not blacklisted. I have even tried ssh’in to the webserver and tried posting from localhost. I get the same message. And of course localhost should not be blacklisted :)
Do you have any idea how to solve this?
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
When you’re logged in using SSH, try the following (assuming your IPnr is 1.2.3.4):
host 1.0.0.127.sbl.spamhaus.org
host 4.3.2.1.sbl.spamhaus.org
What does that give as a result?
What PHP version are you using?
Are you using a Windows, Linux or BSD webhost? (or something even more exotic)
Last edited by ruud (2006-10-18 16:54:09)
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#3 2006-10-18 17:04:56
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
(~) host 250.103.91.83.sbl.spamhaus.org ; host 1.0.0.127.sbl.spamhaus.org
250.103.91.83.sbl.spamhaus.org does not exist, try again
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#4 2006-10-18 17:06:02
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
And I am using PHP Version 5.1.4-Debian-0.1~sarge1 (Debian GNU/Linux).
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
If you put the following in a new PHP file on your website, what does your browser show when you open the page? It should say: bool(false)
<?php var_dump(gethostbynamel('1.0.0.127.sbl.spamhaus.org')); ?>
PS. Debian Sarge with PHP5.1.4? Is that a backport or did you compile it yourself?
Last edited by ruud (2006-10-18 17:27:33)
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
Perhaps a temporary workaround until the real cause of this problem is found… try sbl.spamhaus.org:2 as the spam blacklist in the advanced preferences.
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#7 2006-10-18 17:53:18
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
<?php var_dump(gethostbynamel('1.0.0.127.sbl.spamhaus.org')); ?> gives:
array(1) { [0]=> string(14) "83.221.155.180" }
PHP5.1.4 is a backport. I use this source:
deb http://people.debian.org/~dexter php5.1 sarge
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#8 2006-10-18 17:54:49
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
So I should add :2 to the blacklist-field. What does that?
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
And if you do <?php var_dump(gethostbynamel('250.103.91.83.sbl.spamhaus.org')); ?>, does that give the same result?
Is 83.221.155.180 the IPnr of the server where your website is hosted?
I’ve just tested with php5-cli (Debian Etch) and that one gives the correct results.
Adding :2 checks if the blacklist returns 127.0.0.2 as an answer. It’s more explicit than just checking if an answer is returned at all.
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#10 2006-10-18 17:59:03
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
Added the line to my php test file. It now gives:
array(1) { [0]=> string(14) "83.221.155.180" } array(1) { [0]=> string(14) "83.221.155.180" }
The IP address of the webserver is 83.221.155.180 and 83.221.155.181. This particular virtual host uses 83.221.155.180.
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
It’s funny that you mention this, I tried posting a comment to the textpattern blog this morning and it told me that I was a spammer. perhaps this is something that requires a deeper look.
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Re: Textpattern says that my IP is blacklisted even though it is not
True… I’m installing the same PHP package 5.1.4 so I can try reproducing it.
php5.1-cli and php5-cgi give the correct result (same package as used tdn, the topic starter), but I’m using them from the command line to avoid having to reconfigure Apache.
tdn: can you try executing that test PHP file from the command line in an SSH session:
php5.1-cgi testfile.php
Last edited by ruud (2006-10-18 18:20:15)
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