Dedicated IP address which is listed in spam block lists

[thisisit3]

I recently ordered a dedicated IP address from sales and i was promptly assigned one (5 to be specific, since the come in packs of 5).

Unfortunately, the whole net block of this IP address was previously given to a spammer, which is listed in some famous block lists.

Here is what they had to say about the subject after i emailed them:

You are an innocent party that has been included in a wider listing policy
because your provider is happy to host spammer(s) that have spammed a SORBS spamtrap or admin. If you are part of a wider netblock that is blocked you are not required to pay the SORBS 'fine' as the entry was not generated because of your actions,however your netblock will not be removed until your upstream removes the spammers. They will then need to contact SORBS themselves to inform us of these changes. There is nothing you can do yourself to have this listing changed or removed from SORBS.

FYI : Looking at your providers track record the chances of them
providing you a clean IP address are very slim , I would be asking them
for a refund as they have sold you damaged goods.

I know the above sounds a bit harsh, but i don't want to open silly support tickets asking for... i don't know what i should ask for really.

Any suggestions?

[mattsiegman]

Jag doesn't allow spammers, I believe SORBS has been referred to several times on the boards as a group of extortionists. That said, I don't really know what to tell you :-/

[the_ancient]

SORBS like 99.9% of these "blacklists" or nothing more than extortion rackets, they are WORSE than the spammers themselves, and anyone using these list should have their computers severely attacked and destroyed..


F'um

[JPC-NickO]

Hi thisisit3,

Could you please provide the IP addresses via PM and I'll take a look and see what I can do.

[CPUBUM]

You are 100% on your BLOCK ISSUE. I have had this three times due to large number of spammers from JAG, they block the entire segment. THis happened with AT&T, COMCAST, EARTHLINK and NOW GoDaddy (SecureServer.Net). I as able to get all my GoDaddy to unblock my address.

See here: Landis Holding IP Sement being BLOCKED as Spammers

[Gwaihir]

CPUBUM, this is an old thread. The recent topic on SORBS is here:
Jag netblock blacklisted by SORBS