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2004-05-27

GoDaddy security measures run amok

This morning I noticed that godaddy's website was not working due to an OCSP responder error. In attempting to understand the problem and help out godaddy/starfieldtech to fix the problem, I did some diagnosis and shot off an email to their support addresses. Unfortunately that did not work, because their SPAM filter bounced my email because it came from a block which SPAM originated from at some point in the past. Did I mention that I configure my mail server to use STARTTLS with certificate validation and have never sent a SPAM message in my entire life.

I don't think I'll be purchasing any certificates from godaddy any time soon -- sheesh!

Note: my mail server's IP address is 24.17.77.4 which is probably the shortest IP address I've had the pleasure of using/owning

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