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# ikeswoop

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [[Mailchimp List Subscribe Form] Error during connect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-during-connect/)
 *  [ikeswoop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikeswoop/)
 * (@ikeswoop)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-during-connect/page/2/#post-4676043)
 * I have received the following from our hosting company. Please help. Or can you
   recommend another an alternative..
    —————- Hi Ike,
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * I am sorry but their response does not say how mailchimp would be trying to connect.
   I would recommend checking with the mailchimp developers to see if their scripting
   makes use of http loopbacks. If it does, then this script cannot run on the shared
   hosting.
 * Our servers prevent scripts making HTTP (port 80) connections back to the same
   server that they’re running on, as policy.
 * This is done to prevent the possibility that mis-configured scripts could enter,
   essentially, an “infinite loop”, making call-backs to themselves. Such a situation
   is extremely detrimental to server performance, and would negatively impact other
   users also on this shared server.
 * Unfortunately we are not able to lift this block on a per-site or per-script 
   basis, so you will need to see if you are able to reconfigure the script (or 
   contact the script authors for assistance doing this), or use an alternative 
   script that doesn’t require HTTP requests to its own server.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Mailchimp List Subscribe Form] Error during connect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-during-connect/)
 *  [ikeswoop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ikeswoop/)
 * (@ikeswoop)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-during-connect/page/2/#post-4676037)
 * Hi there,
 * I am having the same problem. Mailchimp version 1.4.2. WP Version is 3.8.5.
 * This is a message from our host:
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * We do not block any connections to websites, so these should be available to 
   connect without any issues.
 * They should be able to login via oAuth without any issues as we do not block 
   any websites from our server. The only thing we block is loop back connections.
   Can you confirm with MailChimp if this plugin now uses loop back connections 
   at all?

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