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Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, O...
This doesn't sound right. Since when does Spamhaus police site content? I'm pretty sure they primarily go after folks sending out spam email, not after websites containing spammy pages.
elliottcarlson
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They also go after places that enable spammers - such as when they blocked Google Docs [1]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spamhaus-We-Blocked-Google-Do...
whortleberry
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They added Google Doc ip addresses to their RBL, so that SMTP traffic from those IPs would be blocked by those who chose to run Spamhaus' blacklist.
Vivtek
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They do list spamvertised domains. It is incredibly irresponsible to yank a domain on that basis alone. Bluehost is at fault here.
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