XPost: alt.windows7.general, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: schugo@schugo.de   
      
   On 24.12.2025 17:26, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > On 2025/12/24 16:14:42, pothead wrote:   
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   >> He can also explore this site and see if anything surfaces.   
   >>   
   >> https://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Interesting. First, I got the "checking you are human" type words from   
   > Cloudflare, then it let me through to the site.   
   >   
   > The "Check Your IP Address. Your IP address has been auto-filled in the   
   > box below. Click the "blacklist check" next to it and you'll then see   
   > checkmarks on the list." Well, an IP address was indeed filled in   
   > (though in faint grey!), but next to it it says CHECK IP ADDRESS rather   
   > than "blacklist check"; a fairly minor matter, but doesn't fill one with   
   > confidence if a site doesn't know what its own buttons have on them!   
   >   
   > Anyway, I clicked it, and got the following (in the list of blacklists   
   > below it):   
   >   
   > green tick "IP Not Listed (Good!)" - all of them   
   > red ! "IP Listed (Bad!) - none of them   
   > blue ? "Blacklist Timeout Error" - none of them   
   > black ? "Blacklist Offline" - none of them   
   >   
   > so, if I understand it right: all the blacklists it checks are working   
   > and responded in time, and none of them listed my IP.   
      
   That's only spam related blacklists. CF blacklists are not public.   
      
   "...if you’re being blocked from accessing certain Cloudflare protected   
   websites is because their owners have chosen to block you. Likely not *you* in   
   particular, but they have certain rules to apply blocks to certain requests   
   under certain conditions in which your requests are falling into."   
      
   ciao..   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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