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    Default Trouble Accessing a Particular Website

    I am trying to login to graysonline but keep getting error 404 messages.

    I have tried spoofing the user agent (UA) with Firefox UA - same.

    Tried with a Chrome UA - same.

    I have contacted their help desk and all he can suggest is clear cache, cookies, browsing history - a later email suggested Chrome hence my spoof mentioned above.

    Any ideas?

    PS. Installing another browser is not an option.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Are you using a secure connection?

    Https?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    Are you using a secure connection?

    Https?
    Yes.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Works here ~ debian 10 with firefox 78.10.0esr

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    Is there any way of finding out exactly what the login requirements are - I don't mean email address / password.

    The reason for this question is that I have , probably, thousands of addresses in my host file to stop as may ads as possible - could one of these be causing the problem?

    To answer my own question I could go back to the vanilla hosts file and try again.
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    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guiseppe View Post
    ... I have , probably, thousands of addresses in my host file to stop as may ads as possible - could one of these be causing the problem?
    Yes, some sites will not give access to pages if an ad blocker is used.

    I have experienced this.

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    That was not the problem - not sure which hair to pull now!!

    @wotnot, grasping at straws - would you post your user agent for me please?

    EDIT: I should state that I have no trouble negotiating around the site - I just cannot login.
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    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guiseppe View Post

    @wotnot, grasping at straws - would you post your user agent for me please?

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    No issues with grays here FF/Linux
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

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    no hassles here , win7 chrome log in no issues

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    They aren't using Cloudflare front-end screening access by any chance?

    I've had issues logging onto a website lately due to Cloudflare issues.

    Another possibility... are you using a VPN?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtv View Post
    They aren't using Cloudflare front-end screening access by any chance?

    I've had issues logging onto a website lately due to Cloudflare issues.

    Another possibility... are you using a VPN?
    How can I tell?

    No.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Try allowing all cookies

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    Try allowing all cookies
    Do that - for current session only.

    I am more than somewhat confused.

    FF on the tablet - works.

    Brave on the tablet - works.

    Next step wotnot's UA. EDIT: Doesn't work.
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    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Wrong password/user?

    Check keyboard settings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hoe View Post
    Wrong password/user?
    Believe it or not both the email address and password are completed by grays!!

    I have no idea what to try next.
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Just FTR they do hook to cloudflare ;


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    Quote Originally Posted by wotnot View Post
    Just FTR they do hook to cloudflare ;

    Anything I can do to get around that?
    If Australia is a democracy why, then, is voting compulsory?

    "What has changed between the arrival of the First Fleet and today?"
    "Wearing leg irons is now not required."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guiseppe View Post
    Anything I can do to get around that?
    Not really, I think the important thing to take away from that image, is that's ublock running, and even so with adblocker on linux using an {ahem} unsupported browser, I can login to my grays account, and navigate the site fine sans the ads I never see...it just works (tm)

    You could try going to the grays website, and instead of trying to login, click on the 'I forgot my password' link, and see if their system generates an email to you containing a reset password link...if that works as expected, it should propagate the new credential pair into the spaghetti.

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    Have you tried manually entering the password and user?

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