On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Blocking entire IP ranges is not a responsible way to blacklist, since it can 
> - an inevitably does - affect legitimate users.  It's simply lazy, a 
> ham-fisted scorched-earth way to solve a problem that requires more surgical 
> methods.
> 
> In fact, it seems On-Rev.com may be a very good example of how this gets out 
> of hand so easily, since AFAIK their servers aren't on GoDaddy at all, but on 
> SoftLayer:
> 
> <http://on-rev.com/hosting/our-data-center/>
> 
> And even if some accounts were host by GoDaddy, unless those specific servers 
> are used for illegal activity there's no excuse for any responsible 
> blacklisting service to block them.


In the case of secureserver.net, the blacklists don't block on the IP in this 
case, but on the domain.  That's why you don't have issues with your OnRev 
site, but only with mail sent FROM the site.  The idea is to cause enough pain 
for GoDaddy to get something done.  I don't like it or agree with it, but I can 
see the logic…

As for GoDaddy otherwise, we've had a very successful run with them for over 5 
years since we moved to the VPS structure.  It's great to be in complete 
control of our server with none of the maintenance headaches.  We even run a 
BRU Server client on the VPS and backup everything as part of our normal, daily 
corporate backups.

Tim


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