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This is a bit of a tangent, the whole concept of "domain reputation" can be infuriating. For example, my blog has been marked as suspicious by spamhaus.org: htt
by dynm 1y ago
This is a bit of a tangent, the whole concept of "domain reputation" can be infuriating. For example, my blog has been marked as suspicious by spamhaus.org: https://check.spamhaus.org/results?query=dynomight.net https://check.spamhaus.org/results?query=dynomight.net
As a result, some ISPs apparently block the domain. Why is it listed? I have no idea. There are no ads, there is no user content, and I've never sent any email from the domain. I've tried contacting spamhaus, but they instantly closed the ticket with a nonsensical response to "contact my IT department" and then blocked further communication. (Oddly enough, my personal blog does not have an IT department.)
Just like it's slowly become quasi-impossible for an individual to host their own email, I fear the same may happen with independent websites.
- MoreQARespect 1y agoFrom reading that my guess would be that the IP of your host gotten from your hosting provider had some spammy history before you started hosting your blog on it. Either that or your DNS provider hosts a lot of spam.
- dynm 1y agoHmmm, I use https://njal.la/ https://njal.la/ for DNS. Could spamhaus really just auto-mark every njalla user as suspicious?
- MoreQARespect 1y agoYeah, possibly. Privacy related services are often used by spammers.
- jeroenhd 1y ago> As a result, some ISPs apparently block the domain This is the infuriating part. I get that someone buying cheap hosting may end up with an IP address that used to send spam, but spam lists are not reliable indicators of website security. Overzealous security products are a blight on the internet. I'd be less annoyed at them if they weren't so trivial to bypass as a hacker with access to a stolen credit card.