Due to a high level of abuse, all outbound links have been turned off until I can find a fix.
Along with about 100 hate mails tonight, my host is a littlle upset also.
If you are interested in the issue, here is some reading into the bad guys:
Ticket Number: 123456789 Ticket Type: Technical Support Server: N/A Status: CLOSED Opened By: Tech Support Summary: Spamvertised Site - 70.86.196.104 - http://www.vonage-forum.com - [123456789] Last Updated: 01/21/2007 03:00:41 Details: Dear Customer,
The Planet or its upstream providers has received a complaint related to a probable violation of the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). We are forwarding the report, requesting that you take appropriate measures to address the issue.
It is very important that you take action on this matter and respond to this ticket within the deadline specified. Failure to investigate, address the issue, and update this ticket with the root cause and actions taken to resolve the problem may result in service interruption. Consider this your only notification. If there is no productive reply, or if the abuse does not cease, Policy Enforcement will be forced to interrupt and/or terminate your service to protect the integrity of the network.
Please direct any questions regarding this specific issue directly in this ticket, or open a new ticket if you are unable to update this ticket due to being logged in on a different user account.
The domain in question is spam advertised, a violation of the AUP. The domain, its contents, DNS zone files, and HTTP services must be removed from this network by the deadline specified.
Please investigate, resolve the issue, and update this ticket with your actions, referencing the attached reports for details. Failure to perform these actions within 24 hours will result in service interruption. Thank you in advance for your time, efforts, and cooperation.
Regards, Brandi Abuse Team The Planet Creating a Better World for Your Business. -------------------------------------- (123456789-01/21/2007 02:49:20):We are aware of the problem and we have taken actions:
THE ISSUE: A spammer used our url redirect file http://www.vonage-forum.com/outgoing/out.php to make a url look as if it was on our site. This file was not used to send email. It was a simple url redirect file. The original purpose of this file was to prevent forum spamming of outbound links by making all outbound links go through this code, ie:, no link value.
Thank you for your prompt attention and response to this matter. The actions that you have taken are sufficient at this time.
Regards, Brandi Abuse Team The Planet Creating a Better World for Your Business.
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Last edited by dconnor on Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:36 am; edited 1 time in total
This problem has been fixed. Please let me know if you receive any errors with outbound links.
Thank you,
Dan
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