On-rev server blocked by ISP

[J. Landman Gay]

Maybe they've wised up since I had the experience. It's far more 
sensible to block a single URL rather than an entire server.

On 10/18/16 2:04 PM, jbv wrote:
> It's even stranger this time. My client was using the same app
> in 3 different cities across the country and with 3 different IPs.
> At startup the app sends a request to the same url
>    http://mydomain.on-rev.com
> Apparently only that url was blocked by the ISP. I have another
> client with the same ISP using a different app in a different city
> with a different on-rev account (but on the same server) and it
> wasn't blocked...
>
>
> On Tue, October 18, 2016 8:41 pm, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>> On 10/18/16 7:13 AM, Matthias Rebbe wrote:
>>
>>> That´s really strange. I´ve never heard  about such blocking in
>>> general.
>>
>> I've had this happen. Sometimes if a domain on a shared hosting server
>> sends out spam or malware, the receiving ISP will block the entire server
>> rather than just the offending IP. It isn't fair but it happened to my
>> JaguarPC account some years ago. I was a peripheral victim through
>> no fault of my own.
>>
>> To get off the block list, the hosting service needs to contact the
>> blocking ISP and request removal. In general the user can't do that.
>>
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>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>
>>
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