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highplainsdem

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4. I did, but that still didn't help and I got the error message again. Then I finally tried copying the long

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:33 PM

20 hrs ago

post I didn't want to rewrite, which I'd saved, into a new message, paragraph by paragraph, checking to see if it would preview after each paragraph, and it previewed just fine till I got to one short paragraph near the end. I decided it wasn't essential, deleted it, and was able to copy the rest of the message and post it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221166196

One of the weirdest glitches I've run into here.

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I'm getting 403 Forbidden error messages with both board posts and email. [View all] highplainsdem 21 hrs ago OP

It posted. SheltieLover 21 hrs ago #1

I just tried posting a reply here, with the text of the message I tried to post in GD, and got the 403 error response. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #3

Try cleaning your browser cache LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #2

I did, but that still didn't help and I got the error message again. Then I finally tried copying the long highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #4

I just did more checking of that short paragraph I had to omit, and it seems even weirder now. The highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #5

I did a Google search and got this explanation LuvLoogie 20 hrs ago #6

Thanks! But why would the placement just before or one space before that particular word highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #7

I got some yesterday, but not today and I was using quotation marks. surfered 18 hrs ago #8

Was anything you were trying to post completely blocked? highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #9

Yes. 403 message. Couldn't post surfered 14 hrs ago #10