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Update your bookmark if you can't access the site

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As security on the internet grows ever tighter, some browsers (e.g. Firefox) will refuse to access a web page that doesn't have a valid SSL certificate. This may include the forum, if you haven't updated your bookmarks and are still using http://... prefix for sites. You should see a little padlock icon at the start of the address bar in your browser. If the padlock is open with a red line through it, then the site is not secure.

Please ensure that you update your forum bookmark with the secure https://... prefix (with the extra 's'), that should cure the problem.
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Post by simonwheeler »

I can testify to this! https:// at start of url cures it.
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