November 1, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Hivelocity (hivelocity.net) said last week that it has recently terminated over 35 customers due to violations of its acceptable use policy regarding spam.
According to Hivelocity, it identified the offending customers through the help of anti-spam organizations Spamhaus (spamhaus.org) and Spews (spews.org). The two organizations identify spammers through consumer reporting, email traps and extensive databases. The company said it plans to continue working with the organizations to ensure its network does not house any spammers.
“It is our duty as a hosting provider to do our part in stopping the ever-growing problem of spam. Unfortunately, people don’t divulge they are spammers when you take their order. Without the help of Spamhaus we may never have known these customers were breaking the rules,” says Steven Eschweiler, general manager of Hivelocity. “We have recently instructed each of our sales reps to research the history of every new customer. We correlate their domains and previous IP’s against ROKSO and other spam lists before we turn the server over to them. If they have a track record of Spam, we will do our best to catch them before they ever get a server online.”
