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I cannot ever recall seeing a more misleading and manipulative posting attempting to garner undeserved sympathy by falsely trying to associate one's case with b
by whortleberry 15y ago
I cannot ever recall seeing a more misleading and manipulative posting attempting to garner undeserved sympathy by falsely trying to associate one's case with bad legislation. This has nothing to do with SOPA, it is not remotely related to anything SOPA, and at worst, these kinds of false analogies only serve to weaken the case against the very real harm that SOPA will do.
Spamhaus are not the villains here. First of all, you make the absurd complaint that Spamhaus "blacklisted" your domain. That is a lie. Spamhaus runs an SMTP blacklist of ip addresses that some other SMTP providers use, not all. There is no way for Spamhaus to blacklist anyone's domain.
So what actually happened? Spamhaus detected a spammer website hosted on your company's ip addresses, and they did the responsible thing. They reported the spam website to the ISP hosting it.
As for your claim that Bluehost shut off the DNS, why aren't you ringing up Bluehost to demand that they restore it? You might find that a better use of your time than making these absurd allegations and trying to win sympathy by making comparisons to SOPA where none exist.
- elliottcarlson 15y agoUnsure why you are being down voted - think you are 100% right.
- Gigablah 15y agoThe point here is the removal of due process. His DNS was shut off by Bluehost without any warning -- in this case there was actually abuse, but what if it were a false positive?
- whortleberry 15y agoSo why is he going around abusing Spamhaus, accusing them of "nuking" his domain? His DNS provider acted stupidly, so let him go and attack them. And stop making will accusations and idiotic comparisons to SOPA. And it's worth bearing in mind that all DNS providers, along with all hosting providers, are private companies who can cut you off for any reason, from non-payment of bills to the owner of the company disliking your politics. Talking of "due process" in the matter of private contracts between private individuals is misleading and wrong.