Host terminated acct for Spam Unfairly, I need a new host !

[cgchris99]

Please don't give me a lecture on Spam. I need a new host and here are the details.

I was trying to promote my website. I used a piece of software to scan
websites for email addresses for people who would be interested in my
website. I should have known I would get some email addresses that
would not be valid for my targeted audience. I quit using the scanning
software right after the first time and don't use scanning anymore.

My website is for informational purposes so not-for-profit clubs can
list their tournament information. I have been getting great praise
and thanks from these same clubs for providing this service. My
service makes these clubs money. I do not make any money by doing
this.

Yes, I am still contacting clubs that I have not contacted yet. I
lookup these sites individually and get their info@ email address to
send to. This is the only way for them to find out about my website.

However, the host was not pleased that I had sent out "spam". Now
they have deactivated my account and want $700 to reactivate it. No
discussion, No warning, No nothing. They will not talk to me via
telephone and email responses from them have been very terse. I have
emailed them asking many questions and have been nothing but polite
trying to get this issue resolved.

I have never sent my email message to the same person more than once.
I did put an unsubscribe on the email but since they are only going to
receive one message, this really doesn't matter. Again, I wasn't
selling anything, or advertising some get rich quick scheme, just
notifiying clubs that my service is available to them for free.

Here's what I need.

A host that will host me.
telephone support
MySql
PHP
Webmail capabilities
multiple email accounts
And of couse I need my site back up and running soon.
I had about 22000+ page views last month.

I believe bandwidth usage was about 200-500mb/month

I am not looking for super budget hosting . Just good reliable uptime
and good support at a reasonable price.

Thanks for any recommendations

[jmiller]

I have absolutely no sympathy for you whatsoever.
You sent out unsolicited emails, and that is spam, and your host had the right to suspend your account.

BTW you are posting in the wrong forum.

[guitarnerd]

You are a spammer that is incredibly WRONG! You will not find a host that will support you

I would reccomend people but I don't know that hosts would want to host you for that.

[cgchris99]

Lets look at it like this.

Lets say you are the president of a
Classic Car Club. And a new website appears with information about
listing Classic Car Shows all over the country. You received an EMAIL
that said you could list your all you Classic Car Shows on this
website for free and people all over the country could view it. Would
you find this email offensive spam or would you think, "maybe I should
list our car shows there, it doesn't cost me anything, maybe we would
have a bigger turn out?"

I have been contacted by numerous people I have "target" my email
message to. They are very greatfull for me creating this site for
them. The Complaints came because I was stupid enough to scan and got
emails that were not related to the topic.

I know you all will tell me I am wrong. But it seems the sentence is
the Electric Chair and the crime was removing the mattress tag from my
bed.

[conkermaniac]

Originally posted by cgchris99
Lets look at it like this.

Lets say you are the president of a
Classic Car Club. And a new website appears with information about
listing Classic Car Shows all over the country. You received an EMAIL
that said you could list your all you Classic Car Shows on this
website for free and people all over the country could view it. Would
you find this email offensive spam or would you think, "maybe I should
list our car shows there, it doesn't cost me anything, maybe we would
have a bigger turn out?"

I have been contacted by numerous people I have "target" my email
message to. They are very greatfull for me creating this site for
them. The Complaints came because I was stupid enough to scan and got
emails that were not related to the topic.

I know you all will tell me I am wrong. But it seems the sentence is
the Electric Chair and the crime was removing the mattress tag from my
bed.

But the problem here is that it's still spamming. You promoted your product unfairly by scanning e-mail addresses and sending unsolicited e-mail. Spam is unsolicited e-mail, period. It doesn't matter if it's targeted or not.

And the US is working on a bill, I believe, for spammers to face imprisonment.

If a host is willing to help you here, they'll accept you, but they probably will get a bad name because of it.

[guitarnerd]

Conkermaniac is very right...it is spam regardless and very very very few hosts will allow that.

[sonichost.net]

they have deactivated my account and want $700 to reactivate it

Sounds like a fair price.

[trenzterra]

Yes spamming is not right. Do you like those emails that come to you even if you have not subscribed to them?

[Jan]

Originally posted by cgchris99
Yes, I am still contacting clubs that I have not contacted yet. I
lookup these sites individually and get their info@ email address to send to. This is the only way for them to find out about my website.

That isn't the only way. If people were interested in your website, they would find it through search engines.

The only emails I don't report to spamcop are where someone has taken the time to go through my site in detail and actually writes to ME by name. Those that say I have seen your website, without any proof that they have, go to spamcop.

My suggestion to you is to go through the hosts listed in the WebHosting Offers forum and find one that suits your needs. Read the TOS to find out their views on unsolicited emails before you sign up though.

[BigScoots]

This thread is 9 years old my friends -_-

[TSO]

I'm new here but even that sounded like spam to me.
did this program pull all the emails that shared the server with you
or were hosted by the same company. That could cause some embaressment
for the host company I would think

Way to bump an old post.

[AboutWeb]

Sending spam will mark your site also as a spam site. You will be considered as a hacker/virus spreader and people won't visit your site.
You can also go to jail if someone complains about your spam mails.

[AJKservers]

Almost all hosts have very strict policy against email spam. I am sorry, but legal hosts will never support you for any illegal activity.

[~ServerPoint~]

If your web host get a lot of abuses you will always be banned on next web host. I recommend you tell your prospective web host about the problems you had with previous web host. I believe that will help for both sides.
Good luck.