Title: Pingback
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Pingback

 *  Resolved [sniperclops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sniperclops/)
 * (@sniperclops)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-2/)
 * I just got a pingback which I have never heard of before. WordPress sent me an
   email which shows the following…
 * New pingback on your post #14 “New Computer Case”
    Website: Canuckster » Blog
   Archive » New Case Fans (IP: 66.11.182.5 , penguin.canuckster.org) URL : [http://canuckster.org/?p=19](http://canuckster.org/?p=19)
   Excerpt: […] […] just bought 3 new case fans for my new case. They are Power 
   Up 80mm 1800 RPM fans. They do a pretty good job cooling my case and are very[…][…]
 * You can see all pingbacks on this post here:
    [http://canuckster.org/?p=14#comments](http://canuckster.org/?p=14#comments)
 * Delete it: [http://canuckster.org/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c=3](http://canuckster.org/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c=3)
   
   Spam it: [http://canuckster.org/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c=3](http://canuckster.org/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c=3)
 * What is a pingback and what do I do? Delete it? ok, I found a post describing
   what a pingback is, but it seems I pingbacked my own post, does that make sense?
   Do I need to enable icmp packets?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-2/#post-592194)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Pingbacks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Pingbacks)
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-2/#post-592195)
 * 🙂 dont’ delete it – it was “caused” by your link in post #19 to your own post#
   14. In other words: you auto-pinged yourself 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [sniperclops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sniperclops/)
 * (@sniperclops)
 * [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-2/#post-592196)
 * ok, thanks for the quick reply 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [sniperclops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sniperclops/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-2/#post-592196)
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