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What you should know about Spamming

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

 

Spamming is flooding the Internet by sending unsolicited bulk messages by using electronic mails system. Most common recognized form of SPAM is Email (Electronic Mail) SPAM. Other counterparts of Email SPAM are Forum SPAM, Instant Messaging SPAM, Newsgroup SPAM & Mobile Phone SPAM, to name a few.

 

Email Spam, known as Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), junk mail, or Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), is the practice of sending unwanted email messages, frequently with commercial content, in large quantities to an indiscriminate set of recipients.

 

Email SPAM is the most widely used form of spamming over Internet. The reason behind this practice is that Email Spamming is that it is economically applicable; as the advertiser bears no cost, apart from handling management of mailing lists. Also there is no catch hold of the one, who is practicing Email Spamming, mostly.

 

The threatening part of Email Spamming is that spamming is done through Networks, which are associated with Viruses, Worm or Malware infected computer servers. This practice also allows the spammer to access the computer remotely for malicious purposes.

 

All in all, it’s best to stay away from SPAM in whatever way one can. One must also regularly check one’s IPs to ensure they’re not listed in any of the SPAM blacklists. To do so you may use the Spam Block List Checker at Siteopsys and take appropriate action, if need be.

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Domain Host Checker

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

 

There are several instances when one would like to check the IP address of a particular domain or a set of domains. When the requirement is of finding the IP addresses of multiple domains, using the standard available domain check tools which allow you to check only one URL at a time can be very bugging.

 

The Domain Host Checker at SiteOpSys allows you to check IP addresses for upto 100 domains simultaneously and with fast results. For more than 6 URLs, it even saves the results in a CSV file for later review – I really love this option of being able to review the results later. Moreover, the tool also tells you the country, from where the website is hosted.

 

Checking the IP addresses of several domains helps you to save a lot of time. This can be very useful for the System Administrators as it can be for other users. The ability to be able to check the hosting country is also useful for SEO analysts while they evaluate a single or a set of websites.

 

I recommend you all give it a try and share your views on it. I am sure you all would love it!

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Reverse IP Lookup

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

 

There can be instances when a system admin needs to check the other domains hosted on the same server as that of a particular domain for the purpose of link building, shared hosting, domain parking, etc. One needs a good tool to be able to find this out.

 

The Reverse IP Lookup easily finds the other domain hosted on the same IP address as that of the entered domain. Alternatively, one can use it to find the domain names hosted on the entered IP address. So both domain names and IP address can be entered for a lookup and, up to 100 at a time.

 

Nowadays, domain parking is quite common. A domain name is generally purchased and kept for later development. With the help of reverse IP lookup, one can find out who else is parked on the same server.

 

For other purposes like link building, this tool can help you avoid inter-linking between the domains hosted on the same IP address. Phishing/scam sites are also hosted in groups. One can also use the tool to find other phishing/scam sites from the same IP address.

 

I am sure admins would find this tool useful as others would, to do a reverse lookup from IP address to domain name or; a domain name to other domains on the same address. Whatever you want to check, the results are fast and accurate. Use and share your experiences.

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Spam Block List Checker

Friday, February 19th, 2010

 

As a system admin, one needs to know if the any of the servers being administered is listed as spam in the anti-spam databases. Especially for a mail server, one needs to ensure it is not listed as spam anywhere. Checking if the IP address is listed as spam on any of the anti-spam databases or DNSBL filters is an extensive exercise.

 

To help you with this, the Spam Block List Checker checks the IP addresses of the entered URLs in the anti-spam databases and DNSBL filers to confirm that the server is not blocked anywhere. In case any URL is being listed in one of the spam databases, the admin can take appropriate measures to sort the issue.

 

Checking for Spam can also be useful for the purpose of checking links. Clean links are the links which are going to be beneficial for the website. Links from any URL listed as Spam will not deliver much advantage. On the contrary, it may not be good for the website. Thus one can check all the links for spam through this tool.

 

Check your website and links for spam frequently and keep their IPs clean.

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