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15. April 2010, 17:17:07

tactilejones

Posts: 11

IMDB.com is blocking Opera Mini servers (at least in the U.S)

Since yesterday. The redirect page explains how to report if you think you've been wrongfully blocked, but my phone does not support large enough text fields to do this. Anyone with a PC care to help?

15. April 2010, 17:39:27

edwardpiercy

Posts: 132

Same problem. And pretty much incomprehensible.

Unfortunately I came here hoping somebody could tell me what is going on. So I can't be much help.

You know what would be ideal is if some kind soul at Opera Inc. would contact IMDB on behalf of the company and find out what is going on. Hope hope.

(PS I am able to access IMDB on my phone from the natice Blackberry browser. So it's not the phone itself.)

15. April 2010, 17:46:21

SAGRID

Posts: 2749

That's weird because works for me with US servers.
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15. April 2010, 19:40:37

tactilejones

Posts: 11

UPDATE: Works for me now! smile In the interim, I had typed server:reset into my adress bar and exited Opera Mini, then came back to it later. Don't know if this fixed it or if it just fixed itself.

15. April 2010, 20:03:21

edwardpiercy

Posts: 132

Thanks Jones. I just checked and I am able to access IMDB again.

You gotta wonder about strange things like that. Kind of metaphysical. p

19. April 2010, 22:17:31

tactilejones

Posts: 11

@edwardpiercy

Of course it's metaphysical. Computers are magic! wink

Or could be that some sites flag anonymous IP addresses, until someone realizes it's just the Opera Mini servers and unblocks them.

20. April 2010, 02:26:56

WebDweller

Posts: 126

Originally posted by tactilejones:

could be that some sites flag anonymous IP addresses

I recall one instance in which that was stated explicitly: I tried to sign up with Wikipedia to try one of their beta projects, and received the message that for security reasons, their policy was to block access by all proxy servers. They admitted that this might result in blocking innocent users, and apologized for that.

20. April 2010, 04:43:11

grawity

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Originally posted by tactilejones:

Or could be that some sites flag anonymous IP addresses, until someone realizes it's just the Opera Mini servers and unblocks them.


Anonymous IP addresses? Now that's something new.
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