Blacklisted! A cautionary tale

[WarBot]

Id go and get some paid hosting for your paysite and free site submitting domain. That would solve any future problems right? Quite a few people here use colo-cation and I use phatservers. I have zero chance this could happen to me since I dont have a domain on the same ip Im on but damn... thats some bad luck. Hope you get everything straightened out. Its hard enough breaking into this business without things like that happening. Good luck to you. Sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders and you will do well despite your shaky start.

Cheers
WB

[MrYum]

Wow...that's some tale!

I did read it, but am not sure...is WarBot right? Is your domain hosted on the same IP you use for net access?

I'm on cable here...and my ip is indeed static. Unless, I actually shut down all equipment and force a new connection. At that point, sometimes my ip will be re-assigned.

But, from what you describe...their logic makes no sense

Think I'm going to hold off on any other comments until I know if WarBot is correct in his reading...

And Zio...thanks very much for posting this

Given the number of domains I'm seeing recently on that list, it'll be good to have a solid understanding of WHY this is happening.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by WarBot

Id go and get some paid hosting for your paysite and free site submitting domain. That would solve any future problems right?

I think you are way off base. He has paid hosting and hasn't indicated that he's using software which submits from his server's IP.

Zio - contact your host and inform them that the IP you are on is blacklisted by SORBS and see if they can handle the issue for you. Also, if I use the this link, with your domain in it, http://whois.domaintools.com/toxsite.com it shows that your server's IP is blacklisted. But if I got to http://whois.domaintools.com and then enter your domain, it says Blacklist Status: Clear - weird, eh? Unless you are sending an inordinate amount of emails, I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with you or your activities. That IP may have been banned before you even started hosting on that server. (It happened to me with Spamhaus and the host got it fixed for me.)

Also, I don't see how being on that blacklist would affect whether or not link lists accept your sites. Your server's IP being blacklisted for SPAM has nothing to do with your free sites.

[Zio]

Thanks for reading...

Useless Warrior is right on the money!

I do have paid hosting and I work from home. My server's IP is not the one I have at home, yet both IPs are blacklisted... But Useless Warrior also brings up something that left me kinda pissed... I tried the domaintools.com thing and got the results you mentioned... I'm even more confused but I'll contact my hosting to be sure. Thanks a lot man!

Looking forward to MrYum's take on the issue.

Hey Kitty_Kate! Glad to hear from someone stranded on the same boot I'm in. There is no other way about it: Telecom Italia Sucks!!! I'll be changing ISP in a few days and hope the problem will go away with them. No need to post the SORBS message unless you need it, in that case just let me know and I'll put it up. Thanks for the offer.

Thanks for joining the discussion WarBot!

Health to all,

Zio

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I think you are way off base. He has paid hosting and hasn't indicated that he's using software which submits from his server's IP.

Zio - contact your host and inform them that the IP you are on is blacklisted by SORBS and see if they can handle the issue for you. Also, if I use the this link, with your domain in it, http://whois.domaintools.com/toxsite.com it shows that your server's IP is blacklisted. But if I got to http://whois.domaintools.com and then enter your domain, it says Blacklist Status: Clear - weird, eh? Unless you are sending an inordinate amount of emails, I'm not convinced that it has anything to do with you or your activities. That IP may have been banned before you even started hosting on that server. (It happened to me with Spamhaus and the host got it fixed for me.)

Also, I don't see how being on that blacklist would affect whether or not link lists accept your sites. Your server's IP being blacklisted for SPAM has nothing to do with your free sites.

Thanks UW...that does shed some light on the issue

A banned IP from the host explains a lot of things.

Maybe I'm the only one not listing sites on the spam blacklist...which was why I wanted to get some clarity as to what's going on. Originally, when I started seeing this...my thought was if they're on the spam blacklist...I want nothing to do with them. Also, there's the whole bad neighborhood thing with google...don't want to take any chances.

Zio, really sorry to put you through the wringer man. I'd suspect UW is right on the mark and simply getting your host to change the IP will fix you up

[WarBot]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I think you are way off base. He has paid hosting and hasn't indicated that he's using software which submits from his server's IP.

I never said he was using software to submit anything? But oops anyways. I guess I misunderstood his original post and thought his surfing ip was the same as his domains ip. Which could happen if you host your own domains or if your isp hosts them I suppose. Anyways, glad everything is clear now good luck with it zio.