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I don't agree, but it is true that some aggressive DNS RBL may include Digital Ocean, for example, just because [1].

The point is not that much that there are such blocking lists, the point is why admins use them. Surely that's blocking a good chunk of spam, but also legit sites.

1: "As you should know now: It is not you, it is your complete provider which got [redacted] listed."



DO regularly shows up on RBLs, even "less aggressive" ones, because it's regularly a source of spam. Same with Hetzner.




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