IP Blocklisted ?

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by melaniejk, Oct 14, 2005.

  1. #1
    Hi.
    I was just given a free site review and was told that:

    IP is blocklisted / not good


    Does anyone know what that means and why it is bad ?


    Thank you.
     
    melaniejk, Oct 14, 2005 IP
  2. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    Did you mean blacklisted or blocklisted? It will have to do with spam either way, I believe. If you run an open relay on your mail servers, spammers may have been using it to send out spam. ISPs may then block all mail from your server. Step one is to determine if you have an open relay.

    Good luck.

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, Oct 14, 2005 IP
  3. melaniejk

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    Actually, that's what I thought too.

    But, he wrote Blocklisted.

    And, he wrote:
    "One BlockList meta-search can be found at DNSstuff.
    If there are any BlockList entries, then complain to your ISP."
     
    melaniejk, Oct 14, 2005 IP
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    Thanks, Smyrl.
    I'll look into that.
     
    melaniejk, Oct 17, 2005 IP