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Ask HN: Whole class 'C' is on a “SpamRats” list – how to solve?
This is a Linode server. To quote: "Usually this means the whole range has the same issue of naming conventions or no reverse DNS AND that many IP's from this Class C have been used in Spam Attacks, Dictionary attacks or other forms of attacks, as detected by Mail Servers in the Data Collection Grid. You will NOT be able to use the removal form to remove your IP Addresses."
What should I do? the messages ou server sends are very simple, and not rated as spam by Google or SpamAssassin at my other hosting provider, but I suspect many of the messages are being bounced or dropped somewhere, because only about half of our recipients ever respond -- the sample includes personal friends only.
- veeti 12y agoAmazon SES is dirt cheap. Trying to send mail yourself is a waste of time and money.
- chatmasta 12y agoSince it's Linode, you can 1) spin a new server and hope for a different block, or 2) request a new IP. You don't own the IP block so unfortunately you cannot request removal [0], but Linode should be interested in doing this themselves. Have you opened a support ticket? And yeah, to quote other commenters, stop sending your own transactional email. [0] http://www.spamrats.com/removal.php http://www.spamrats.com/removal.php
- mkempe 12y agoYes I've opened a ticket. And I'm switching to an external service for the emails. Thanks.