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Related: About this forumWhat's going on? Trying to post story
Trying to post a story in General Discussion and I keep getting a "403 Forbidden" every time. I haven't had any trouble posting up until this one, which is just a story from ABC today.
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What's going on? Trying to post story (Original Post)
Jilly_in_VA
Jun 2023
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That's happened to me numerous times, I found I've got to change the format
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2023
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Ocelot II
(122,458 posts)1. It's just a DU hiccup - try logging out and then log in again.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,417 posts)2. Let me see if I can post the link at least.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,417 posts)3. Well, that worked.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,417 posts)4. I tried logging out and logging back in
Still can't post it in General Discussion. I guess they don't like my story.
Rhiannon12866
(226,926 posts)5. That's happened to me numerous times, I found I've got to change the format
For example, when I've posted a description, it allowed me to post when I eliminated the date of the story from the end.
Yonnie3
(18,295 posts)6. I've had that sort of experience as well when I've pasted in a title.
I typed the same title in manually and it worked. I suspect that some character strings may be a worry for site protection at the firewall. I didn't fiddle around to narrow my suspicions to anything specific.