Hi James, Thanx a lot James for your reply. I don't know why the problem occurred, but finally after a few hours I can now access the sugar irc. Maybe its due to the blessings of all the sugar mailing list users, lolz ... :)
Regards, sumit. On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:20 PM, James Cameron<qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 04:46:38PM +0530, sumit singh wrote: >> I am trying to connect to the sugar irc but getting this error- Your >> reported hostname is banned: You have a host listed in the DroneBL. >> For more information, visit dronebl.org/lookup_branded.do? >> >> Any ideas about how can this be dealt with? > > It has nothing to do with Sugar. The channel is hosted on a free > service, FreeNode, which has some conditions of use, and these restrict > where connections can be made from. > > You will need to resolve the issue causing you to be listed in dronebl > before you can connect to freenode. > > You should determine why your IP address is listed. > > If you are purchasing IP service from a company, you could ask them for > advice, but the situation is usually caused by someone else who used > your IP before you doing something particularly evil. > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel