Craigslist Was Working Fine, Then Suddenly My Ip Address Was Blocked

Craigslist has been working fine for like forever, when suddenly, it wouldn't, leaving me the following message: This IP has been automatically blocked. If you have questions, please email>

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on February 26th, 2018 5:32 PM

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Craigslist states:

Posts may be removed or omitted from index pages and search results by automated systems, CL staff, or community moderation -- for non-compliance with terms of use, site guidelines, and/or community norms.

It's possible of course that you may have violated Craigslist's terms of use; you may want to review them by following the link above. But Craigslist will impose its penalties simply on account of too many flags--and anybody can flag your post, for any or no reason.

You should be able to solve the issue with the use of a Web proxy, as offered free at http://www.zend2.com/. Fellow Help Owl volunteer smcclurken has additional suggestions here.

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