corp network blocks postings

dc · June 15th, 2005, 5:55 pm

My corporate network, which blocks certain Internet pages based on content, blocks me from posting replies to threads on Wilmott.com from my office workstation. Perhaps there is something in the reply file that triggers the filter??? Has anyone else had this problem? DC

doreilly · June 15th, 2005, 6:02 pm

Are you reading via an RSS feed, as I have had problems replying when I am using my rss feed. But if I use my browser I have had no problem.

dc · June 16th, 2005, 7:48 am

I am using IE at my workstation...

DominicConnor · July 3rd, 2005, 10:21 am

Although it's trivial for a network to block a whole website, pinning down to individual functions is pretty hard.I suspect that the settings that are stopping you are in fact pop-up blockers in your browser. Do you have a Google/Yahoo/MS toolbar ?

dc · July 3rd, 2005, 5:42 pm

No, no special toolbars installed. It doesn't block the Wilmott site but blocks the web page retruned just after I hit "Reply to Topic" when replying to a thread - returning instead some warning page. It normally blocks web pages based on scanned content, like "shopping" for instance.

DominicConnor · August 4th, 2005, 11:14 am

I see your point, does indeed look like specific blocking.Given that wilmott.com has a lot of work content, can you get IT to unblock it ?

dc · August 4th, 2005, 6:16 pm

QuoteRe: Given that wilmott.com has a lot of work content, can you get IT to unblock it ?I'll ask! It might fly.

dc · September 7th, 2005, 8:52 am

As per your suggestion, I asked them to unblock wilmott.com. It seems to be working so...