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increase duration between downloads on Pluralsight #11340

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pythonoma opened this issue Dec 2, 2016 · 2 comments
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increase duration between downloads on Pluralsight #11340

pythonoma opened this issue Dec 2, 2016 · 2 comments

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@pythonoma pythonoma commented Dec 2, 2016

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I received this message from Pluralsight
We have blocked your account because our security systems have flagged your Pluralsight account for an unusual amount activity. This does mean a high volume of requests that are in the realm of a request every 10-30 seconds for a prolonged period of time. Please note that this high volume of activity is in violation of our terms of service [https://www.pluralsight.com/terms].

If you're not aware of anything that could cause this high amount of activity, it's possible that your account may be compromised and you might want to consider changing your password. We will unblock your account when you acknowledge our terms of use by replying to this email and please let us know if you have any questions.

Kamron A.
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---Solution:
Increase duration between downloads > 30 seconds

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@pythonoma pythonoma commented Dec 2, 2016

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@yan12125 yan12125 commented Dec 2, 2016

You can specify --min-sleep-interval and --max-sleep-interval values to avoid account banning. There are some suggesstions in #6090

@yan12125 yan12125 closed this Dec 2, 2016
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