'Bad referer'

[The Towse]

Tried to enter the competition of the month, but after completing all the sections and the password, I got an error stating 'Bad referrer'

Any ideas as to why this was?

And as you can only enter the competition once, has my entry been received, or can I try again?

Thanks

[Rooster]

Tried to enter the competition of the month, but after completing all the sections and the password, I got an error stating 'Bad referrer'

Any ideas as to why this was?

And as you can only enter the competition once, has my entry been received, or can I try again?

Thanks

Try it again and if it kicks you out it has probably gone through, post back your findings and it can be taken from there.
I was kicked out of Irish Times site for ages this morning with the same error so it may be some sort f net problem

[The Towse]

Thanks for the prompt response.
I tried againg and same thing happened.
The first time I left a space between the two words in the password, the second time no space left, but same result.
Hopefully I won't be disqualified by submitting 2 entries!

[Rooster]

No wont be disqualified will get fermain to contact you by pm to sort out.
It is working as I entered to try it when I read your post.
Getting the 2 words wrong will not bring up that error just another chance to try will appear, if you think you cannot read the captcha writing hit the little refresh circle/arrow and get a different set of words as many times as you need to read it, it's only there to stop the spam merchants trying to sell stuff.

[fermain]

towse, your entry has not yet been received. Not sure why the error occurs, it seems that about 1 in 100 emailed forms throw this up. Please try again.

[The Towse]

Tried again, again, again, and then again some more times!
Even tried a reboot
And the audio password (but couldn't really hear them!)
But still no joy.

[Setanta]

It is spelt 'bad referee'

[cables]

Was not going to enter but did so to aid the 'test'.

All went fine and I got the acknowledgement screen.

[fermain]

Tried again, again, again, and then again some more times!
Even tried a reboot
And the audio password (but couldn't really hear them!)
But still no joy.

Are you accessing the site in the normal web browser/PC/Mac way?

[The Towse]

Thanks for your continued help.
Yep, through Internet Explorer.
Never encountered this problem before.

[The Towse]

Must be a problem with my laptop.
Logged on from my PC and successfully entered.
After all that, just hope I win!