Comments on: What to do if you are on an email blacklist http://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/ Design, marketing, graphics, internet, print, London Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Cubbonhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-83995 Rob Cubbon Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:50:07 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-83995 <strong>Andrew</strong>, it was something I knew absolutely nothing about until it happened to me! The problem was I am on a shared server and someone else on that server was obviously sending unsolicited/dodgy email. That got us on a blacklist and (horror) some of my emails didn't get through and bounced back to me. The most important thing to know is, if this ever happens to you, tell your host to route the mail through a different IP address until the problem is sorted out otherwise you may not be able to send mail to some clients for a month! If, however, you are on a dedicated server and don't indulge in spamming (which I'm sure you don't!) you will probably never have to worry about this. Have a great day, I'll be emailing you shortly! Andrew, it was something I knew absolutely nothing about until it happened to me! The problem was I am on a shared server and someone else on that server was obviously sending unsolicited/dodgy email. That got us on a blacklist and (horror) some of my emails didn’t get through and bounced back to me. The most important thing to know is, if this ever happens to you, tell your host to route the mail through a different IP address until the problem is sorted out otherwise you may not be able to send mail to some clients for a month!

If, however, you are on a dedicated server and don’t indulge in spamming (which I’m sure you don’t!) you will probably never have to worry about this.

Have a great day, I’ll be emailing you shortly!

]]> By: Andrew Kelsallhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-83993 Andrew Kelsall Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:15 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-83993 Hmmm, I must admit, I knew absolutely nothing about this problem. I think I'll look into it some more, thanks Rob... Hmmm, I must admit, I knew absolutely nothing about this problem. I think I’ll look into it some more, thanks Rob…

]]> By: Rob Cubbonhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-82018 Rob Cubbon Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:29 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-82018 Bad news: SORBS is back. Here is a quote from my host: <blockquote><p style="padding-top:10px;">Many of our client's are worried about SORBS listings. SORBS has actually been blocking a large portion of our datacenter for quite some time now for no other reason then that they refuse to deal with our requests for delisting. Many other network operators have had the exact same trouble with SORBS. Thus SORBS has gained a reputation for blocking many legitimate emails. Any email administrator who does not wish to block legitimate mail will not use SORBS. To illustrate how few email domains actually use SORBS, in my three years of dealing with blackistings, I can count on one hand how many bounced emails were actually the result of a SORBS block. We have seen cases where a server has been blocked by SORBS for years and never had a bounced email. In any case, we are always continuing to try to work with SORBS, but I doubt there will be a resolution anytime in the near future.</blockquote> I'm thinking about getting dedicated... Bad news: SORBS is back. Here is a quote from my host:

Many of our client’s are worried about SORBS listings. SORBS has actually been blocking a large portion of our datacenter for quite some time now for no other reason then that they refuse to deal with our requests for delisting. Many other network operators have had the exact same trouble with SORBS. Thus SORBS has gained a reputation for blocking many legitimate emails. Any email administrator who does not wish to block legitimate mail will not use SORBS.

To illustrate how few email domains actually use SORBS, in my three years of dealing with blackistings, I can count on one hand how many bounced emails were actually the result of a SORBS block. We have seen cases where a server has been blocked by SORBS for years and never had a bounced email.

In any case, we are always continuing to try to work with SORBS, but I doubt there will be a resolution anytime in the near future.

I’m thinking about getting dedicated…

]]> By: Business Web Designhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-78974 Business Web Design Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:05:14 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-78974 Thanks so much for the tip! That will be very useful .. thanks for sharing! Thanks so much for the tip! That will be very useful .. thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Rob Cubbonhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-77377 Rob Cubbon Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:14:02 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-77377 How do you know <strong>ahmad</strong> are you having problems sending mail? There's a link above where you can test the IP you're sending from. Best of luck! How do you know ahmad are you having problems sending mail? There’s a link above where you can test the IP you’re sending from. Best of luck!

]]> By: ahmadhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-77160 ahmad Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:21:00 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-77160 thanks for the great tip i think my site is on the blacklist :) thanks for the great tip
i think my site is on the blacklist :)

]]> By: Rob Cubbonhttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-75820 Rob Cubbon Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:27:29 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-75820 Yes, <strong>Costello</strong>, funnily enough, just after I wrote that article SORBS went bust! (Or cease to be - I'm not sure if charities go bust!) SORBS were one of the worse offenders at adding innocent parties to blacklists for spurious reasons and taking ages to de-list them. However, there are loads more like them. And this problem won't go away; it'll only get worse. As long as there's spam they'll be normal people like me getting caught up on the wrong side of a block! Another answer, of course, would be to get your own dedicated secure server - not cheap! Yes, Costello, funnily enough, just after I wrote that article SORBS went bust! (Or cease to be – I’m not sure if charities go bust!) SORBS were one of the worse offenders at adding innocent parties to blacklists for spurious reasons and taking ages to de-list them. However, there are loads more like them. And this problem won’t go away; it’ll only get worse. As long as there’s spam they’ll be normal people like me getting caught up on the wrong side of a block! Another answer, of course, would be to get your own dedicated secure server – not cheap!

]]> By: Costellohttp://robcubbon.com/what-to-do-if-you-are-on-an-email-blacklist/#comment-75280 Costello Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:02:21 +0000 http://robcubbon.com/?p=620#comment-75280 Nice tip to handle that monsters. Those email blocking servers are just crap and I always wanted to handle them in some sophisticated way. Nice tip to handle that monsters. Those email blocking servers are just crap and I always wanted to handle them in some sophisticated way.

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