Re: Re: blocking access to website?

>   yes, i'm having this exact same issue. Works through though work
> (although there are intermitted failures) but fails coming from home.
>
> I'm with Be broadband. any ideas how my isp's are affected?
>
> I'll raise it with them to find out if they are actually proxying
>
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> --- In ydn-delicious@... <ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Toby Elliott <telliott@...> wrote:
> >
> > This is a more standard response, and occurs when someone is abusing
> > the system. It likely means your ISP is proxying traffic and someone
> > else is hammering us. You should let your isp know so that they can
> > look into it.
> >
> > This is why your work one is fine - it's in a separate ip space.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Toby
> >
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Kenn Melvin wrote:
> >
> > > FWIW, I get this regularly...
> > >
> > > Sorry, Unable to process request at this time -- error 999.
> > >
> > > The rest of the message hints that it may be traffic from other users
> > > on my ISP (uk/bt) - or virus (no indication of that watching ethernet
> > > traffic) and not using open wireless network.
> > >
> > > If it's any use...
> > >
> > > - It seems to happen most often in the morning...
> > > - Seems correlated with Firefox fetching the RSS popular feed in the
> > > background (e.g. when switching on in the morning)
> > > - Only happens when clicking on the "saved by x other people" links,
> > > i.e. I can still post, look at and update my own bookmarks, just not
> > > the social aspects of who else is interested in the same things
> > > - I've tried being less 'aggressive' with my use, moving all my feeds
> > > (bar the popular one) to google-reader, exploring much less than i
> > > used to, but sometimes even looking at it seems enough to get the
> > > message
> > > - If I use a proxy (e.g. at work) I can 'exercise' the system
> > > thoroughly (clicking on every link possible as fast as possible, just
> > > to see) and not get temporarily blocked, so it's kind of confusing
> > > that a single pull of the rss feed should be enough to get blocked at
> > > home (and only on the social side of the system, the "saved-by" links)
> > >
> > > It's no showstopper, but losing the social aspects of social
> > > bookmarking is a bit of a bummer ;)
> > >
> > > ...k
> > >
> > > --- In ydn-delicious@... <ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Toby Elliott <telliott@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > We're scratching our heads on this one too. It only seems to affect
> > > > certain IPs in the UK and our network people swear it isn't a
> > > problem
> > > > at this end. Most likely explanation is some sort of bad routing,
> > > but
> > > > we're as much in the dark as you are about this one.
> > > >
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