Why "You are not authorised to read this forum"

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Why "You are not authorised to read this forum"

Postby firehousefourfiveone » Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:48 am

A google search directed me to a Newsbin forum post that read "You are not authorised to read this forum". I was logged in to the forum at the time. Can you explain this for me?
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Re: Why "You are not authorised to read this forum"

Postby dexter » Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:26 am

Send the link and I'll take a look. Could be whatever link google indexed has a sid that was invalidated or something. If it contains a sid in the url, remove it and see if the link work.

The other possibility is that it is linking to a forum topic we removed years ago. Send me the link and I'll have a better answer. You can either DM me or send it to ts at newsbin.com
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