A. There are several ways to avoid being blacklisted. Use a managed email service that provides your company with anti-virus scanning. IEInternet.com provide an excellent managed email service that provides anti-virus filtering as standard on all packages.

Also, maintain and update your anti-virus software. Some viruses are self-propagating infections that embed themselves into your system files - causing the virus to send out spam, without your knowledge, but that appears to come from your IP address.

Maintain your security features on your PC or Network Servers. Open Mail Relays have become a major cause for blacklisting. An Open Relay is used as a conduit to send spam through your connection by spammers who mask their identity and make it appear as if you are the originator of the message.

Finally, don't spam. It is considered a violation of Acceptable Use Policies and Guidelines to distribute unsolicited commercial email. Spamming is punishable by blacklisting and termination of services.

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