On Wed, 30 Jun 2010, SnipURL Editor wrote:
Thanks for this David.
Here is what we have done.
Our system automatically checks every 10 minutes three RBLs -- SpamHaus, SpamCop, SURBL -- and deletes all snipped URLs that are found in RBLs. Automatically.
Secondly, even in cases where a URL may not have been put on an RBL yet, we allow a user submission form on *every* page of our site (it's in the running site footer) -- http://snipurl.com/site/reportspam and when a user submits an abused snipurl this way, the URL is immediately disabled. A note is sent to me, and I check how "spammy" the link was, and if it's egregious, I delete every URL from that user entirely. No questions asked.
Thirdly, people can write to "abuse@snipurl.com" (and many do). An automatic cronjob automatically checks for the URLs submitted this way and disables them as needed.
I feel this is proactive and stringent enough. Welcome any other thoughts.
Thanks Shashank SnipURL
Shashank, Glad to hear of your anti-abuse efforts. But back to my first question, what IP address of yours is being blocked? I didn't see anything obvious listed in SURBL.