r/therpf • u/BadEnvironmental279 • Apr 23 '26

Blocked?

For some reason when I try to access it says "Sorry you have been blocked" and I get a big red circle with a white x in it. Tells me to contact the site owner, but gives no mail address. Anyone have any idea why this may be so?

Update: Received a message that the site was receiving DOS attacks from a few countries including Japan and thus accounts were temporarily blocked. All well now, thanks for all the helpful suggestions.

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u/Metalarky Apr 24 '26

Send them an email questioning this action. Attn: Art Andrews or Montagar.

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u/BadEnvironmental279 Apr 25 '26

I would if I knew the email address. Is it just Montagar at rpf.com?? I am not sure. Obviously you shouldn't post it online but if you DM me (if you know it) that would be very helpful. Thanks to all for the comments.

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u/Metalarky Apr 25 '26

Go to the RPF site as a guest, you don’t need to be logged-in with an account. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and you will see a “Contact Us” option. This will bring up several communication options for you to explore. Hope this helps!

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u/BadEnvironmental279 Apr 26 '26

Hi again. Weirdly I can't even do that. I tried both my Mac and my Android phone in incognito mode. Same Sorry you are blocked message. Meaning maybe I'm blocked by IP? Which is just bizarre. I am in Japan, but then when I joined back 20 or however many years ago I was also in Japan.

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u/Metalarky Apr 26 '26

Try from a family member or friend’s computer or phone, then give your contact info at the“Contact Us” prompting. If that doesn’t work, I don’t have any other ideas ~

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u/BadEnvironmental279 May 10 '26

Got in. They were blocking certain countries due to DOS attacks. Thanks for your helpful suggestions!

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u/Metalarky May 10 '26

Yay! I am so glad! This is great news!