[tor-talk] anyone created an acct on GMX using Tor?

Joe Btfsplk joebtfsplk at gmx.com
Tue Jul 31 22:50:42 UTC 2012


On 7/31/2012 3:45 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
> Has anyone successfully created a GMX email acct using Tor?  It won't 
> work for me - just get " Sorry, cannot process registration at this 
> time."
> At lst, it wouldn't let me copy / paste PW twice - 2nd box showed diff 
> # of asterisks & gave PWs don't match error.  That session timed out 
> on me.
>
> I set my exit nodes to use US exits & GMX seems to recognize I'm in 
> the U.S. (which I am).
> Cleared all cookies & cache, created new Tor identity & got new IP 
> address.  Went back & tried again & typed simple PW that met minimum 
> criteria.
>
> Still the "cannot process registration..."  No explanation why. If it 
> was because I mis typed the captcha, it didn't say so.
>
> If it's worked for others (& maybe they could shed some light), I'll 
> just wait & try much later.  Thanks.
>
Sent GMX support a request about registration issues.  Got auto response 
that included this (which explains problem registering w/ Tor):
> *Registration Issues*
>
> If you receive an error message during registration stating that "Your 
> registration could not be processed at the moment. Please try again 
> later. If the error persists, please contact us.", it is possible that 
> your IP address has been blacklisted.
> This usually happens when the system notices that several accounts 
> have been created from a certain IP or IP address range (such as in an 
> office or organization which just uses one public IP for the whole 
> network).
>
> You would help us further investigating your case by sending us /your 
> IP address (go to www.whatismyipaddress.com for more information/
Now, I changed the IP address before trying to register again, after it 
failed.  But my guess is, so many people try registering w/ Tor & there 
are only so many exit nodes / IP addresses, that after a while, the same 
IP address must get used repeatedly.

I suppose I could keep changing IP address & trying - ad infinitum - 
seems like a LONG, unsure process.  Any suggestions?



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