DNS and Registrar

[Peter Coghlan]

Seth Morabito wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, at 2:07 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
> > [...] so my response is to filter out anything to do with Linode from
> > here.
>
> This is something of a touchy subject for me because I have been a Linode
> customer for over a decade, and have always been extraordinarily happy with
> their service.
>

It's going to get interesting for me too because the DNS registrar that is
looking after my domain name seems to be using them too and I am now having
difficulty reaching their website since I started filtering Linode.  This
is all going to come to a crunch when it is time to renew my domain name
registration in November.  I have tried to alert the registrar to the issues
I am having with Linode but I have received no response from them.  I only
changed to the current registrar last year after the previous one kept sending
me spam and ignored my complaints about it...

>
> THAT SAID: I had to stop running my own mail server about two years ago,
> after the failure rate of delivery became too high. Part of that was
> because of Google, but I'm sure another good part was due to Linode IP
> addresses ending up on blacklists.
>

Speaking of which, I have noticed a correlation between a provider's use of
Google email infrastructure instead of their own email infrastructure to
accepts or reply to abuse reports (such as Linode does for example) and
said provider's attempts to avoid the consequences of dubious practices on
their part.

>
> It has been a very long time since I looked at the competition, but I'm
> very open to switching. Do you (or anyone else for that matter) have
> providers you would recommend?
>

Sorry, I don't have any ideas.  I expect the market is completely different
where you are to where I am, nearly a third of the world away.

>
> -Seth
> -- 
>   Seth Morabito
>   Poulsbo, WA
>   web at loomcom.com
>

Regards,
Peter Coghlan.