-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I was able to access my account as of a couple of days ago. Some tor nodes are in spam DBs, but only a few of them (as far as I know at least). Wikipedia has blocked tor nodes for close to a year now, as does some other sites. For this reason, I think it would be useful to make directory files compressed AND crypted, if possible/viable. Just my two rapidly devaluing Federal Reserve cents, though 8-).
~Andrew PS- What country are you in? Based on your writing, I assume you are from a country where English is not the primary language. - --- Frivolous lawsuits. Unlawful government seizures. What's YOUR defense? Protect your assets, keep what you earn, and generate more income at the same time! Visit http://www.mpassetprotection.com/ today. On 04/26/2007 10:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Since 24 hours, e-gold has decided to block all TOR nodes, and not > only. In fact they check 3 "spam databases" and if the user's IP is > in one of them, e-gold just declines any operation, people cannot > even login into their accounts. > > There are a few things here: > > It is the first time I see a website blocking IP that appear in > SPAM databases! Spam is, as far as I know, an EMAIL problem, so why > would a domain block surfing from these IP? > > About TOR particularly, I feel very strange that all exit nodes > would be listed in spam databases, as most of them (if not all) > don't accept sending mail requests. That is why I rather believe > that e-gold in fact fetches the TOR exit nodes list, and directly > block their IP addresses. > > A friend, connecting from his home in Germany without TOR, without > any proxy, cannot enter his account as his IP address (a dynamic > one from a dialup provider) was listed 2 months ago for spam!!! > > A few people are already complaining that they cannot get into > their accounts, and so their money seems to be lost! E-gold was > already known to block accounts without any warning and > explanations, recently blocked accounts of all Iranian people and > KEPT their funds, now they automatize the scam process! > > E-gold seems to be the next (or TODAY'S) major scam of the > internet! > > F44 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGMZ5igwZR2XMkZmQRAxlXAKCnit6gRE7oB+QTtFRchkgKinO3gACfaPyb ZiFla75KBwYwBM1OqbE2Tz4= =PbLO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
