Author Topic: My Hosting Company Has Suspended My Blog! (Read 2395 times)

Lisa · « **on:** June 02, 2008, 03:09:37 PM »

I just got an email saying that my hosting company has suspended my blog, The Urban Grind for a T.O.S. violation. The customer service rep said that someone was spamming people from my account. I have no idea how it happened. And now he left me on hold!

underthesun · « **Reply #1 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:14:20 PM »

Weird things happen lately ...

By the way:
JTF, do you have to log the ip-numbers?
If the host is not 100% reliable, this is not good.
Obama is not an easy prey. Those guys have influence.

Lisa · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:16:06 PM »

I'm not sure I understand your question.

Normally I can see the IP addresses of commenters from my Wordpress control panel. However, I can no longer access it.

Vito · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:26:01 PM »

Spammers shut down the site? Doesn't the website have security of some sort?

underthesun · « **Reply #4 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:33:18 PM »

Quote from: Lisa on June 02, 2008, 03:16:06 PM

I'm not sure I understand your question.

In the jtf forum there is a tag "logged" on each message.
I think this means that the ip-address of the poster will be stored together with the message "indefinitely".
If the host is not trustworthy or has to comply to legal measures, this can be use as a basis to get the identity of the poster.

Lisa · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:36:48 PM »

OK people, my site is back up.

Here's what happened. I had these two plugins installed on my server, that notify people when someone responds to their comments. And that post I mentioned yesterday has almost 500 comments. So apparently, some idiot thought that all the responses to his/her comments were spam, and had me reported for a T.O.S. violation. No doubt it was an Obama supporter.

Suffice it to say, I removed those plugins, and the site is back up, thank G-d.

briann · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:40:42 PM »

Lisa. This might have been a coordinated attack against your blog. Just 1 guy reporting spam will probably not shut down your account, even if he does it over and over again.

Katie · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2008, 03:51:20 PM »

ahhh that really sucks!! i hope you get it figured out

MasterWolf1 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2008, 04:06:27 PM »

is the hosting guide filled with incompitent that just singled you out

Rubystars · « **Reply #9 on:** June 02, 2008, 04:48:00 PM »

Quote from: Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim on June 02, 2008, 04:42:06 PM

Does your web hosting company have affirmative action problems?

It seems all companies have affirmative action problems.

Ulli · « **Reply #10 on:** June 02, 2008, 04:50:44 PM »

It is great, that the problem is fixed

mord · « **Reply #11 on:** June 02, 2008, 04:50:52 PM »

Just call a bank or the veterans adminstration they all are affirmitave action

Raede · « **Reply #12 on:** June 02, 2008, 05:02:04 PM »

Same thing happened to me on Blogspot. I ended up switching to typepad - they said my blog showed up as spam, but there's no way in hell that it could appear as that. And that was right after I posted an article about Obama lying through his teeth.....

דוד בן זאב אריה · « **Reply #13 on:** June 02, 2008, 06:09:00 PM »

what about blogspot??

Americanhero1 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 02, 2008, 06:12:33 PM »

Quote from: Bruicy Kibbutz on June 02, 2008, 06:01:13 PM

Quote from: underthesun on June 02, 2008, 03:14:20 PM
Weird things happen lately ...

By the way:
JTF, do you have to log the ip-numbers?
If the host is not 100% reliable, this is not good.
Obama is not an easy prey. Those guys have influence.
Ban this german already ......man jews are stupid...

Yo dude whats with name calling

Haim_Ben_Shimon_3JFB · « **Reply #15 on:** June 02, 2008, 06:29:42 PM »

Quote from: underthesun on June 02, 2008, 03:33:18 PM

Quote from: Lisa on June 02, 2008, 03:16:06 PM
I'm not sure I understand your question.

In the jtf forum there is a tag "logged" on each message.
I think this means that the ip-address of the poster will be stored together with the message "indefinitely".
If the host is not trustworthy or has to comply to legal measures, this can be use as a basis to get the identity of the poster.

well i clicked here is the message

Your IP address is shown only to you and moderators. Remember that this information is not identifying, and that most IPs change periodically.

You cannot see other members' IP addresses, and they cannot see yours.

Lisa · « **Reply #16 on:** June 02, 2008, 06:30:12 PM »

Quote

Lisa. This might have been a coordinated attack against your blog. Just 1 guy reporting spam will probably not shut down your account, even if he does it over and over again.

How would I find out if it's a coordinated attack? Do you think the hosting company would tell me how many people complained, or anything else about them? How would I find out otherwise?

Thanks.

Madeline · « **Reply #17 on:** June 02, 2008, 10:02:44 PM »

Lisa, I'm glad your blog was restored. But what is the name exactly? I want to read it and I find several bloggers using the name Urban Grind and they don't seem to be you.

Lisa · « **Reply #18 on:** June 02, 2008, 10:06:29 PM »

The Urban Grind

http://www.theurbangrind.net

Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks · « **Reply #19 on:** June 03, 2008, 01:06:17 AM »

I don't know if this was a "coordinated attack", but I doubt your blog would have been suspended if it were a pro-Obama blog.