AOL begins blocking "spammy" domains today.. - GoFuckYourself.com

chupacabra · 03-21-2004, 06:54 PM

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any upset about this? while i don't deal in promoting sites at all, i could see this affecting sales/signups across the board for many sites who's domains are now unreachable from AOL's network.

alternately, this could be used as weapon by the unscrupulous sites, a new kind of "joe jobbing" to hurt competition...

DeanCapture · 03-21-2004, 07:11 PM

It's a good thing - spammers suck

chupacabra · 03-21-2004, 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by DeanCapture
It's a good thing - spammers suck

couldn't agree more, my only concern was that some might start sending spam w/ the intent to get their competition on the "block" list to hurt their business..

DeanCapture · 03-21-2004, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by chupacabra

couldn't agree more, my only concern was that some might start sending spam w/ the intent to get their competition on the "block" list to hurt their business..

Hmmm - that's a bad thing?

I say block all them fuckers

TheMob · 03-21-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by DeanCapture

Hmmm - that's a bad thing?

I say block all them fuckers

So you're cool with me using your domain to spam and AOL blocking YOU?

DeanCapture · 03-21-2004, 07:47 PM

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Originally posted by TheMob?

So you're cool with me using your domain to spam and AOL blocking YOU?

Rorschach · 03-21-2004, 08:03 PM

I don't think you quite get it Dean... they're talking about spammers spamming honest webmasters' sites to said honest webmasters' sites blocked by AOL... meaning no more juicy AOL traffic at all for said honest webmaster... which would suck ass.

Basic_man · 03-21-2004, 08:17 PM

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Originally posted by DeanCapture
It's a good thing - spammers suck

And you promote EpicCash? What's wrong with you!

chupacabra · 03-21-2004, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by Rorschach
I don't think you quite get it Dean... they're talking about spammers spamming honest webmasters' sites to said honest webmasters' sites blocked by AOL... meaning no more juicy AOL traffic at all for said honest webmaster... which would suck ass.

yes, actually a quite dangerous happening..

Mr.Fiction · 03-21-2004, 09:17 PM

This is bad. Once major ISP's start blocking access to websites, then activists and governments will ask them to block more, and we are all at risk.

DeanCapture · 03-21-2004, 09:22 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
This is bad. Once major ISP's start blocking access to websites, then activists and governments will ask them to block more, and we are all at risk.

Well - it would seem to me that AOL would have to be damn careful not to block sites that their members wish access to. Otherwise, their members will get pissed and leave AOL.

I can't help but think that before AOL blocks anything - they will investigate where it came from first.

If it weren't for those punk-ass spammers - none of this would be an issue. You can thank them for fucking it up for everybody!

chupacabra · 03-21-2004, 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
This is bad. Once major ISP's start blocking access to websites, then activists and governments will ask them to block more, and we are all at risk.

from the sheer size of the numbers mentioned in that article it really sounds to me like they are using some sort of mechanized solution to pick the blocked domains, probably based on the return headers from the offending spam, forged or otherwise... i really find it hard to believe the drones over at AOL are hand-checking all these URL's..

03-21-2004, 06:54 PM	#1
chupacabra Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,626	AOL begins blocking "spammy" domains today.. Article any upset about this? while i don't deal in promoting sites at all, i could see this affecting sales/signups across the board for many sites who's domains are now unreachable from AOL's network. alternately, this could be used as weapon by the unscrupulous sites, a new kind of "joe jobbing" to hurt competition...

03-21-2004, 07:11 PM	#2
DeanCapture Haters & Trolls SUCK! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 9,275	It's a good thing - spammers suck __________________ Twitter: @DeanCapture Instagram: @TheDeanCapture DeanCapture "at" Gmail.com

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Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	This is bad. Once major ISP's start blocking access to websites, then activists and governments will ask them to block more, and we are all at risk. __________________ Don't be lazy, protect free speech: ACLU \| Free Speech Coalition \| EFF \| IMPA

03-21-2004, 08:03 PM	#7
Rorschach So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,579	I don't think you quite get it Dean... they're talking about spammers spamming honest webmasters' sites to said honest webmasters' sites blocked by AOL... meaning no more juicy AOL traffic at all for said honest webmaster... which would suck ass.