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Why is r20.rs6.net blocked? #285

Closed lightswitch05 closed 3 years ago

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

@lightswitch05 what can you tell me about r20.rs6.net ? I couldn't open a link yesterday because of it that didn't come from some random website.

Originally posted by @dnmTX in https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/284#issuecomment-857803192

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

The domain rs6.net is owned by Constant Contact. They are a marketing company, looks like they might specialize in email marketing. I believe this domain is specifically a link tracking domain. Here is someone else complaining that its blocked (by Peter Lowe's list) https://community.constantcontact.com/t5/Get-Help/r20-rs6-net-error/m-p/336137

The subdomain r20.rs6.net was automatically discovered and added to my list, since it is a sub-domain of a blocked root domain.

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

Sorry,i should've do that 👍

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

Constant Contact's website: https://www.constantcontact.com/

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

The link was actually part of email sent to me,from a trusted source and was linking to a pdf. I can send it to your email if you want to see it,but i'm not posting it here.It something that is more personal.

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

Feel free to whitelist it @dnmTX - we can leave this ticket open if you like and we can see if anyone else is having issues. rs6.net was added to the list Jun 30, 2020 - and this is the first complaint I've seen about it. Lets see if anyone else is having issues.

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

Sure,no problem. Let's leave it open for now and will go from there 👍

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

Dan @lightswitch05,as we agreed to send you a email about my JavaScript missfortunes. The thing is,no email of yours is listed here 🤔

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

Thanks @llacb47 - it must be listed somewhere!

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

Got it,thank you both 👍 Off to write email now 😄

dnmTX commented 3 years ago

@lightswitch05 just to show you. Even though the domain is blocked the iFrame is still there,sucking up additional memory:

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liamengland1 commented 3 years ago

what comment did you delete?

lightswitch05 commented 3 years ago

The one with my email address in it. I'm happy for people to email me, but I'd rather keep it at a minimum

liamengland1 commented 3 years ago

oh, sorry