John R Pierce wrote:
On 01/09/12 1:13 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Let's go through this again - we did it months ago. My site is hosted by hostmonster, which also operates as bluehost. They are a*large* provider, with hundreds of thousands of domains, and the email from all of them go through their (few) email servers. Therefore, when 100 or so of them running WinBlows get their hosts infected, and they send out spam, and the hosting provider hasn't caught them yet, hundreds of thousands of the rest of us get hit with the same block.
Thats a BS excuse. gmail has MILLIONS more users than bluehost, yet doesn't seem to ever be used to relay spam. Why? they are proactive rather than reactive. Bluehost is a cutrate provider who only reacts when forced, or this wouldn't keep recurring over and over again.
Ok, fine. Find me a hosting provider with similar rates - I don't have a commercial site - and then get my money refunded that I've prepaid, and the move of my stuff.
And I resent you suggesting that I chose them without doing due dilligence, without getting a recommendations for hosting providers from friends, some of whom have been online a *very* long time.
I should jump every time a provider falls behind? And no, I will NOT go to gmail - when I use pop-3 and delete, I want it *GONE* forever off the server.
mark