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From your other post, I see that the .htaccess file was in error and I corrected it for bot traffic. I need to see the .htaccess files in order to detect anything. The one in the root and the one in the folder where smf is installed. I can still get to your root site so I am guessing that the issue is with the one in the smf folder. In the meantime ther is a backup .htaccess file in your folder that you can place back as the original. The backup files have the date/time appended to the end of the file name.

The "Gone" error message indicates that a bot blocking is in error and is blocking the user-agent of the browser. This comes from an incorrect entry in your spider table that was employed when you installed 3.5.00.

Replace your .htaccess file with the one that I have sent and you should be ok. I will look through your .htaccess file and see what entries that you need to remove.

Good Morning,

The .htaccess file that you have sent had no bot blocking in it. You may have two .htaccess files and one overrides the other. I have attached a good .htaccess file.

Ex. If SMF is installed in a folder (not the root) and you have an .htaccess file in the folder where you installed SMF, that .htaccess file takes precedent over the one in the root for most non system function. Version 3.5.00 addresses this and adds info to both .htaccess files.

GM just installed 3.5 and receive this error
Gone
The requested resource is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.

Good morning,
Were you able to determine what the issue is with the htaccess file?
I am show bots in the log that have already been Blacklisted

Thank you

.cz and .ru are not domains... a domain would be like r5mars.org not just the .org part.  You can block a series of IP's by using the format xxx.xxx. to block an entire country.
There is an anomaly with your .htaccess file that I am working on. It did not convert properly. I will generate a conversion program that will correct this.

Ok,
There are a bunch of Domains, Spiders and IPs that are in the BotBanish dropdown that do not seem to be blocked.
In domains I added .cz and .ru to block all searches from either country, but still get quire a few showing up in the log.

The Blacklisted IP's are in the section marked

# * * * * * BotBanish IP Start * * * * *
# * * * * * BotBanish IP End * * * * *

The Blacklisted BOTS are in the section marked

# * * * * * BotBanish BOT Start * * * * *
# * * * * * BotBanish BOT End * * * * *

Domains & URL's are not in the .htaccess file but in a database table.

Your .htaccess file is in an older format. The IP section is supposed to read

<Files *>
<RequireAll>
...
</RequireAll>
</Files>

It was supposed to have been converted. I will use your .htaccess file to find out why it hasn't been.
Mahalo,

See attached

Where are the Blacklisted items, Domains, Bots, etc?

Yes, It would be nice to see other forms of the .htaccess file than the ones that we test with.