Wordpress sitemap -- 403 forbiden error from Google

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    Hello, could anyone help me? I got a 403 forbidden error from google webmaster tools when I tried to submit my sitemap generated by "XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.0.3.1" plugin for my Wordpress blog site.

    The error messages as below:

    But I can open my sitemap.xml file, and it looks normal.

    Any help will be much appreciated.
     
    jim.sheng, Apr 22, 2008 IP
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    wd_2k6 Peon

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    I couldn't tell you from just that info exactly what's going on.. but double check everything is in place.
    Check the sitemap url you have given and sitemap info to Google Webmaste Tools.
    Then try to access yoursite.com/sitemap.xml also and see that it is clearly accessible.
    Also check this document for any errors and against G guidelines as it suggests.
     
    wd_2k6, Apr 22, 2008 IP
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    The sitemap has been accepted by google without 403 error this time, I don't know what I did to fix this problem, I jsut resubmited, and do it again and again.

    But there is another problem, the error message prompted there was a problems while notifying google:
    Could anyboday help me again? thanks.
     
    jim.sheng, Apr 23, 2008 IP