zen.spamhaus.org: do not use!

One of the recent recommendations from Six Apart was to switch from the Blitzed anti-spam service to Spamhaus (zen.spamhaus.org) to reduce blog spam.

Now, since I've been using CCode, I've only had two pieces of blog spam and that was created by humans, not robots. But I did like I was asked.

Big mistake. I've had about seven pieces of legitimate feedback trashed by Spamhaus, and since I've not been in the habit of checking my junk comments folder of late, they've languished there for weeks at a time.

Since I've disabled zen.spamhaus.org, I've not been inundated by spam and I've had no legit comments trashed, so I'd advise you all to remove it from your spam settings ASAP.

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I am wondering the same as my email address is being flagged

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