I have attempted to set up my blog with several different clients (w.bloggar, BlogDesk, BlogJet, etc.) and they all work fine on my blog on wordpress.com and on my localhost server on my computer. However, they all refuse to retrieve the blog_id when I point them at stephenfox.us/wp/xmlrpc.php I get different error messages depending on the client. In summary the error code is 403 Forbidden. One even tells me that the server understands the request but refuses. Please throw me a rope.