Getting ‘403 Forbidden’ trying to start a new post
Getting ‘403 Forbidden’ trying to start a new post
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595Heaven

Original Poster:

3,083 posts

100 months

Wednesday 26th October 2022
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As per thread title, repeatedly seeing a ‘403 Forbidden’ message when trying to post a new topic in Speed, Plod & the Law forum…

I seem to be able to reply to threads ok.

I tried logging out and back in again on my iPad but issue remains.

Any clues?

jeremyc

26,908 posts

306 months

Wednesday 26th October 2022
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It is a known issue: see previous thread here

It is caused by the content of your reply triggering PH's firewall rules.

Try editing your response and previewing until you get no error.

595Heaven

Original Poster:

3,083 posts

100 months

Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Thanks - got to admit I didn’t search that far back!

It was quite a lengthy post, and I did try to create the message with just the title and a space in the body (can’t post an empty message) but even this failed.

I’d never seen this issue before. I even searched my inbox to see if I’d been banned!

595Heaven

Original Poster:

3,083 posts

100 months

Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Managed to post the first few paragraphs but then getting the 403 error if I edit to add the rest of it. I was able to add an explanation at the top as to why only half a message though. Weird…

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I tried to add the text of the message here but I get the same 403 error!

595Heaven

Original Poster:

3,083 posts

100 months

Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Tried on my PC and got exactly the same result. Managed to eventually post the message in multiple parts. It seems the text below was the part causing the issue:

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Now it is dark, I always wear bright / reflective clothing (jacket / hat) and use my trusty ‘Lil Larry’ light when vehicles are approaching. This has a broad light it put rather than a focussed torch style beam, and you can select either white light or flashing red.

If a vehicle is approaching from the front, I’ll use the white beam, and if vehicles are passing from behind, the red one. I usually point it towards me rather than at the traffic so there is no danger of dazzling them.This has a broad light it put rather than a focussed torch style beam, and you can select either white light or flashing red.

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This was originally a single paragraph. After trial and error, making it into two paragraphs allowed me to post.