Title: Questionable alerts
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Questionable alerts

 *  [JAyenGreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayengreen/)
 * (@jayengreen)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questionable-alerts/)
 * I received 3 alert emails last night, stating that the user had attempted to 
   login over 20 times, each message referring to a different (nonexistent) user
   name. The messages said that the user’s IP had been blocked from signing in and
   password recovery.
 * 1. The IP given is the IP of the server on which the site resides
 * 2. In looking at the WF info afterwards, there are no IP addresses listed as 
   being blocked under any category (though I don’t see a tab for Password Recovery).
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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questionable-alerts/#post-6109532)
 * Try taking a look at the setting that adjusts how Wordfence determines IP addresses.
   Try a different setting and see if that helps.
 * [http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#How_does_Wordfence_get_IPs](http://docs.wordfence.com/en/Wordfence_options#How_does_Wordfence_get_IPs)
 * -Brian

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