Reasons Why Your IP Address Have Poor Reputation

There are a number of reasons to why your IP address may have been listed by Barracuda and other listing directories as having a poor reputation.

The reasons includes:

• The email server at your IP address contains a virus and has been sending out spam
• The email server at your IP address may be configured incorrectly
• The PC at your IP address may be infected with a virus or botnet software program
• Someone in the organization at your IP address may have a PC infected with a virus or botnet program
• Your IP address may be a dynamic IP address which was previously utilized by a known spammer
• The marketing department of a company at your IP address may be sending out bulk emails that do not comply with the CAN-SPAM Act.
• Your IP address may have a insecure wireless network attached to it which could allow unknown users to use it’s network connection to send out bulk emails.
• In some rare cases, your recipients’ Barracuda and other directories Spam Firewall may be misconfigured