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0 pointsberkes4y ago0 comments

...or for choosing the wrong VPS provider. Op talks about Digital Ocean. But, just like Linode or EC2, their IP blocks are inevitably on some undisclosed blocklist that livemail, yahoo, gmail randomly use.

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mattl4y ago· 3 in thread

Digital Ocean sends so much bad traffic in the form of bots trying to run cars numbers we’ve had their entire AS blocked for several years.

InvaderFizz4y ago

> bots trying to run cars numbers

I'm having trouble parsing this. Are you talking about VINs?

tylersmith4y ago

My best guess is it was a typo for (credit/debit) card numbers.

mattl4y ago

Yep sorry. Autocorrect.

filmgirlcw4y ago

I was going to say, IP blocks for DO make it one of the last places I would use for serving mail I actually wanted to be deliverable.

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