Hotpop: Down for anybody else? - Page 2

gunnarj · 27 Jul 2006, 03:14 AM

My biggest complaint with Hotpop is the spam!
Everyone complains about Hotmail spam; well I have an amazing amount of spam to two out of three free Hotpop accounts - one gets none, and two get inundated. No spam control for free accounts, so I use them just for testing

gj

**CyberSmurf** · 29 Jul 2006, 01:32 PM

In the wee hours of the 25th I received my very first "Delivery has been delayed" message for test e-mail sent to HotPOP, due to my ISP SMTP being unable to connect with the HotPOP server for over 24 hours.

After that all test e-mail, including the one in question, was delivered in a timely fashion.

jlnt · 29 Jul 2006, 02:25 PM

Any email service is going to receive spam, I use to think that hotmail was selling out the account names to spammers, but now I know that the spammers just have robots that guess all the account names, and then they send spoof emails to everyone of the email accounts guessed some are denied and some are accepted depending on whether the account exist or is a bogus one. One way to keep from getting spam is by not posting your email address anywhere on the web. My email j,l,@j,l,mail always receives spam, but that is because I can't set the filters high or else people won't get their emails then I get a guzzillion support emails hehe.

Jeremy

Quote:

Originally posted by gunnarj
My biggest complaint with Hotpop is the spam!
Everyone complains about Hotmail spam; well I have an amazing amount of spam to two out of three free Hotpop accounts - one gets none, and two get inundated. No spam control for free accounts, so I use them just for testing

gj

PSY0NIC · 7 Aug 2006, 10:08 PM

Can anyone get to the www.hotpop.com webpage? Every time I've gone over the last few days all I get is a blank page.

**CyberSmurf** · 8 Aug 2006, 02:19 AM

I can't view the website either, but POP is working and messages are being delivered.

jdtaylor · 8 Aug 2006, 09:23 PM

I can't either I think they may be having another one of their downtime periods.

RANGER · 11 Aug 2006, 03:23 AM

This one has gotten me thinking and thinking and thinking...

HotPOP.com is down
BonBon.net is down
ToughGuy.net is down
Gamebox.net is down
Phreaker.net is down
SexMagnet.com is down
PunkAss.com is down

All 7 domains... Yet... You can ping and/or tracert ALL their POP and SMTP servers (for each domain) and ALL mail on ALL 7 domains is being delivered.

No explanations from them, not even from the webmaster.

Domain Name: HOTPOP.COM
Registrar: TUCOWS INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com
Name Server: NS1.JERKY.NET
Name Server: NS6.JERKY.NET
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 16-may-2006
Creation Date: 08-may-1998
Expiration Date: 07-may-2007

Registrant:
HotPOP LLC
PO BOX 508
Newton, MA 02460
US

Domain name: HOTPOP.COM

Administrative Contact:
Master, Host hostmaster-92533@alias.HotPOP.com
PO BOX 508
Newton, MA 02460
US
+1.5187131719
Technical Contact:
Master, Host hostmaster-92533@alias.HotPOP.com
PO BOX 508
Newton, MA 02460
US
+1.5187131719

Registration Service Provider:
Domain Direct
1-866-337-8633
http://www.domaindirect.com/supportform.html
This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords,
DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions.

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 16-May-2006.
Record expires on 07-May-2007.
Record created on 08-May-1998.

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.JERKY.NET 38.113.2.100
NS6.JERKY.NET 199.166.26.101

OrgName: Performance Systems International Inc.
OrgID: PSI
Address: 1015 31st St NW
City: Washington
StateProv: DC
PostalCode: 20007
Country: US

NetRange: 38.112.0.0 - 38.119.255.255
CIDR: 38.112.0.0/13
NetName: COGENT-NB-0002
NetHandle: NET-38-112-0-0-1
Parent: NET-38-0-0-0-1
NetType: Reallocated
NameServer: AUTH1.DNS.COGENTCO.COM
NameServer: AUTH2.DNS.COGENTCO.COM
Comment: ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.cogentco.com:4321/
RegDate: 2003-08-20
Updated: 2004-03-11

OrgAbuseHandle: COGEN-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Cogent Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@cogentco.com

OrgNOCHandle: ZC108-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Cogent Communications
OrgNOCPhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgNOCEmail: noc@cogentco.com

OrgTechHandle: IPALL-ARIN
OrgTechName: IP Allocation
OrgTechPhone: +1-877-875-4311
OrgTechEmail: ipalloc@cogentco.com

name class type data time to live
hotpop.com IN NS ns1.jerky.net 43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN NS ns6.jerky.net 43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5
exchange: mx1.hotpop.com
43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5
exchange: mx2.hotpop.com
43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5
exchange: mx3.hotpop.com
43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5
exchange: mx4.hotpop.com
43200s (12:00:00)
hotpop.com IN SOA server: ns1.jerky.net
email: hostmaster.jerky.net
serial: 1140487265
refresh: 3600
retry: 900
expire: 3600000
minimum ttl: 43200
2560s (00:42:40)
hotpop.com IN A 38.113.3.122 43200s (12:00:00)
122.3.113.38.in-addr.arpa IN PTR hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00)
122.3.113.38.in-addr.arpa IN PTR gamebox.net 43200s (12:00:00)

Does anyone else find all this strange or is it just me???

Flaal · 11 Aug 2006, 10:57 PM

Hotpop has been down a lot in the last year, but I don't recall it being this long before. They were down for a bit near the end of July, then up for a day or so. The last mail I received through them was July 29th, 13 days ago. Nothing delivered since and a dead website. We know it's not a domain registration problem this time. Anyone have a clue what the real problem is?

**CyberSmurf** · 12 Aug 2006, 12:04 AM

We can only speculate.
I notice that https://hotpop.com returns a "403 Forbidden" message.

Possibly nobody at their end has even noticed that the web page is down.
Possibly they are doing maintenance and deliberately took the page down so that nobody can sign up or change their settings.

jdtaylor · 12 Aug 2006, 02:03 AM

As well as https://www.hotpop.com seems to take a long time to think about things then ask about a security certficate and then comes up with a forbiden page again.

jdtaylor · 12 Aug 2006, 02:05 AM

It makes you wonder if they have gone bust suddenly and not even had the time to put a notice up.

RANGER · 12 Aug 2006, 04:28 AM

Yep, it does, doesn't it?

jdtaylor · 12 Aug 2006, 07:55 PM

Still down today, I would recommend people just give up on them now, as they might have suffered a major spam attack taking tem down, but there is also the other option they have been forced to close down suddenly due to lack of cash.

drew · 13 Aug 2006, 03:41 AM

my hotpop works just now but I would not trust hotpop in future.
Too many reports from people having delays and trouble whenusing them.

And my account is full of spam too. so I feel bad about them.

jdtaylor · 14 Aug 2006, 02:20 AM

I still can't get at the main site, but I have tried to get an aemail through to the server admin at the hosting end, and hopefully as soon as they recieve it they should look into this as it could be an issue with one of their servers and try and sort it out.

7 Aug 2006, 10:08 PM	#19
PSY0NIC Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1	Website Down? Can anyone get to the www.hotpop.com webpage? Every time I've gone over the last few days all I get is a blank page.

11 Aug 2006, 03:23 AM	#22
RANGER Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Almada, Portugal Posts: 11	HotPOP.com system This one has gotten me thinking and thinking and thinking... HotPOP.com is down BonBon.net is down ToughGuy.net is down Gamebox.net is down Phreaker.net is down SexMagnet.com is down PunkAss.com is down All 7 domains... Yet... You can ping and/or tracert ALL their POP and SMTP servers (for each domain) and ALL mail on ALL 7 domains is being delivered. No explanations from them, not even from the webmaster. Domain Name: HOTPOP.COM Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net Referral URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com Name Server: NS1.JERKY.NET Name Server: NS6.JERKY.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 16-may-2006 Creation Date: 08-may-1998 Expiration Date: 07-may-2007 Registrant: HotPOP LLC PO BOX 508 Newton, MA 02460 US Domain name: HOTPOP.COM Administrative Contact: Master, Host hostmaster-92533@alias.HotPOP.com PO BOX 508 Newton, MA 02460 US +1.5187131719 Technical Contact: Master, Host hostmaster-92533@alias.HotPOP.com PO BOX 508 Newton, MA 02460 US +1.5187131719 Registration Service Provider: Domain Direct 1-866-337-8633 http://www.domaindirect.com/supportform.html This company may be contacted for domain login/passwords, DNS/Nameserver changes, and general domain support questions. Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC. Record last updated on 16-May-2006. Record expires on 07-May-2007. Record created on 08-May-1998. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.JERKY.NET 38.113.2.100 NS6.JERKY.NET 199.166.26.101 OrgName: Performance Systems International Inc. OrgID: PSI Address: 1015 31st St NW City: Washington StateProv: DC PostalCode: 20007 Country: US NetRange: 38.112.0.0 - 38.119.255.255 CIDR: 38.112.0.0/13 NetName: COGENT-NB-0002 NetHandle: NET-38-112-0-0-1 Parent: NET-38-0-0-0-1 NetType: Reallocated NameServer: AUTH1.DNS.COGENTCO.COM NameServer: AUTH2.DNS.COGENTCO.COM Comment: ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.cogentco.com:4321/ RegDate: 2003-08-20 Updated: 2004-03-11 OrgAbuseHandle: COGEN-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Cogent Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-877-875-4311 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@cogentco.com OrgNOCHandle: ZC108-ARIN OrgNOCName: Cogent Communications OrgNOCPhone: +1-877-875-4311 OrgNOCEmail: noc@cogentco.com OrgTechHandle: IPALL-ARIN OrgTechName: IP Allocation OrgTechPhone: +1-877-875-4311 OrgTechEmail: ipalloc@cogentco.com name class type data time to live hotpop.com IN NS ns1.jerky.net 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN NS ns6.jerky.net 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5 exchange: mx1.hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5 exchange: mx2.hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5 exchange: mx3.hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN MX preference: 5 exchange: mx4.hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00) hotpop.com IN SOA server: ns1.jerky.net email: hostmaster.jerky.net serial: 1140487265 refresh: 3600 retry: 900 expire: 3600000 minimum ttl: 43200 2560s (00:42:40) hotpop.com IN A 38.113.3.122 43200s (12:00:00) 122.3.113.38.in-addr.arpa IN PTR hotpop.com 43200s (12:00:00) 122.3.113.38.in-addr.arpa IN PTR gamebox.net 43200s (12:00:00) Does anyone else find all this strange or is it just me???

11 Aug 2006, 10:57 PM	#23
Flaal Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4	Longer than normal Hotpop has been down a lot in the last year, but I don't recall it being this long before. They were down for a bit near the end of July, then up for a day or so. The last mail I received through them was July 29th, 13 days ago. Nothing delivered since and a dead website. We know it's not a domain registration problem this time. Anyone have a clue what the real problem is?

13 Aug 2006, 03:41 AM	#29
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	my hotpop works just now but I would not trust hotpop in future. Too many reports from people having delays and trouble whenusing them. And my account is full of spam too. so I feel bad about them. Last edited by drew : 13 Aug 2006 at 03:46 AM.

27 Jul 2006, 03:14 AM	#16
gunnarj Essential Contributor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Northeast, US Posts: 433	My biggest complaint with Hotpop is the spam! Everyone complains about Hotmail spam; well I have an amazing amount of spam to two out of three free Hotpop accounts - one gets none, and two get inundated. No spam control for free accounts, so I use them just for testing gj

29 Jul 2006, 01:32 PM	#17
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	In the wee hours of the 25th I received my very first "Delivery has been delayed" message for test e-mail sent to HotPOP, due to my ISP SMTP being unable to connect with the HotPOP server for over 24 hours. After that all test e-mail, including the one in question, was delivered in a timely fashion.

8 Aug 2006, 02:19 AM	#20
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	I can't view the website either, but POP is working and messages are being delivered.

8 Aug 2006, 09:23 PM	#21
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	I can't either I think they may be having another one of their downtime periods.

12 Aug 2006, 12:04 AM	#24
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,011	We can only speculate. I notice that https://hotpop.com returns a "403 Forbidden" message. Possibly nobody at their end has even noticed that the web page is down. Possibly they are doing maintenance and deliberately took the page down so that nobody can sign up or change their settings.

12 Aug 2006, 02:03 AM	#25
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	As well as https://www.hotpop.com seems to take a long time to think about things then ask about a security certficate and then comes up with a forbiden page again.

12 Aug 2006, 02:05 AM	#26
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	It makes you wonder if they have gone bust suddenly and not even had the time to put a notice up.

12 Aug 2006, 04:28 AM	#27
RANGER Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Almada, Portugal Posts: 11	Yep, it does, doesn't it?

12 Aug 2006, 07:55 PM	#28
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	Still down today, I would recommend people just give up on them now, as they might have suffered a major spam attack taking tem down, but there is also the other option they have been forced to close down suddenly due to lack of cash.

14 Aug 2006, 02:20 AM	#30
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	I still can't get at the main site, but I have tried to get an aemail through to the server admin at the hosting end, and hopefully as soon as they recieve it they should look into this as it could be an issue with one of their servers and try and sort it out.