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[EyeLikeBandwidth]

Hopefully this is the right section..
This is really weird.
I am running on a VPS system, and I have some auction software and I run Vbulletin as well..

When someone trys to do a Private MEssage via Vbulletin using anything with the @ in it.. Like an e-mail address. And hit submit, it says " /private.php access is denied.

But it also does it when I post news in the auction site. Which leads me to believe their is something screwed up with one of the server settings.. But I dont know what? Any help would be GREAT!

[rapta]

It sounds like something is messed up with the php/apache configuration.

[Steven]

got mod_security?

[EyeLikeBandwidth]

Goes to show you how new I am to this stuff Steven, i'm not sure what mod_security is..

I've seen the term mentioned before, but what / how do I check for that?

[firestarter]

As anyone posts with the @ symbol in the forum ..check the /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log at that very momments and see the error message that you get on the log.

It will help you to catch the issue with it.

[flashwebhost]

It should be mod_security, check audit_log in /usr/local/apache/logs folder.

[pvnsut]

mod_security is blocking the post. Check /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log for exact rule which is blocking the post.