"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 4 May 2005 at 16:35, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> The Passive Spam Block List is unique in that you can remove your IP >> address from the list yourself, no questions asked (I just did it for >> you). But it will be added back as soon as it emits spam again, which >> will be in a few hours if you really do have a virus. > >I have a fixed IP address and it's not spam blocked nor has it ever generated >spam yet I can't send email to your address or view your web pages. I couldn't >using my previous ISP either. It's a pity that your domain seems to be off >limits to so many users?
I've explained this before: Some users in Australia can't access my web site because my host was subject to a DOS attack from some Australian IP space. When my admin contacted those responsible for the netblock from which the attack came and asked them to do something about it they basically told him to fsck off. So that block of IP space has been blocked at the border routers: No email, no HTTP connections - no avenue through which another DOS attack could conceivably come. Presumably you are in that IP space. I'll ask my host if he can unblock this space - as I understand it, Australia has recently passed some laws (that actually have teeth) against this sort of thing. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
