Please help!! What mean blacklist status of a domain name in whois?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by zipdisk, Aug 5, 2006.

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    In July I just registered a domain. it was expried recently. Today, I have a look at whois.sc to see some informaiton on this domain. I got the following informaiton. I am a bit worried about "Blacklist Status" field. What doea that mean? Why a new registered domain was blacklisted? :confused: Please help!
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    Server Type: Apache 3
    (Spry.com also uses Apache)
    IP Address: 72.xxx.75.131
    IP Location: - xxx - xxx - xxxx Inc
    Response Code: 200
    Blacklist Status: Currently Listed (history)
    SSL Cert: No valid SSL on this Host
    Website Status: Active
    Reverse IP: 691 other sites hosted on this server
     
    zipdisk, Aug 5, 2006 IP
  2. mattmdesign

    mattmdesign Well-Known Member

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    I think that means that it was once used to send out spam.
     
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  3. zipdisk

    zipdisk Peon

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    Does that mean the server was spamming or this domain was used for spam before? So any idea to remove it from the blacklist? Thanks!
     
    zipdisk, Aug 5, 2006 IP