Temporary Suspension of Access to NCBI Site Due to Potential Misuse

Access Denied Notification from NCBI Site

Dear Recipient,

We are writing to inform you that your access to the National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI website at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov has been temporarily susped due to possible misuse or abuse. This notice is not indicative of a cybersecurity issue like malware infection or malicious attacks but could be attributed to activities such as running scripts excessively, which may disrupt other users' accessibility.

The purpose of this notification serves both to inform you about the situation and to guide on how to optimize your interaction with our platform in the future, ensuring that your work does not hinder others. It's crucial to understand how effectively to use E-utilities, such as those described in the NCBI book titled E-Utilities: Querying and Retrieving Biomedical Data, to maximize efficiency without compromising the stability of our service.

To address this issue and restore your access promptly:

1. Contact Your System Administrator: Have them reach out directly to our technical support team at [email protected] for assistance in resolving potential software conflicts or configuration issues that might be affecting your usage patterns.

2. Review NCBI Guidelines: Familiarize yourself with best practices and on our website, specifically concerning the responsible use of E-utilities and other API services to ensure they are used efficiently without causing disruptions.

3. Optimize Your Usage Patterns: Consider integrating rate limiting mechanisms in your scripts or workflows that match or exceed our server capacity thresholds during peak usage times, thus preventing overload scenarios.

4. Consider Alternatives: If feasible, adjust your workflow to utilize alternative resources and tools avlable within the NCBI ecosystem to distribute your workload more evenly throughout the day when potential server spikes occur.

By addressing these points, you can help ensure a smooth continuation of your research activities while respecting the shared resources managed by NCBI. We value your contributions to the scientific community and look forward to welcoming you back on our platform soon once we confirm that necessary adjustments have been made.

Should you require any further assistance or clarification in this matter, please do not hesitate to reach out directly through the eml above. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in addressing this issue promptly for mutual benefit.

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