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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I beg to differ though. Ok, sometimes it could be more 'polite' to contact the author of the website. But the problem is quite often that it isn't that easy to contact them (if they react at all, and if they even have a 'contact' form). And to check each site each time for a contact form (and checking if you got the correct contact) is time consuming I suppose.

Contacting the host seems normal to me, and not "wrong". What the host does with the email is another thing. If your host decides to preventive close your site, you should complain to them. Although it is their perfect right to do so without even noticing you. Most hosts don't allow illegal content and if you still put illegal contact on your site they have every right to close it down.

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I disagree.  When studying law, you are taught that you shouldn't just go to court, you should try to contact the person first and to have mediation if that doesn't work before proceeding.  This is to lower costs and to not ruin any relationships.

If they don't want to spend 2 seconds on the site to find a contact form then they could have used the forum, or even just the WHOIS information (which should be kept up to date and accurate anyway).

I understand that having links at all is bad, and they realised that hence not posting them themselves.

It doesn't take much effort to send a reminder about these things to people before getting them offside.  I personally have been a supporter of Microsoft and Messenger in particular (even though they could be better for what resources they have) but this is something that I think thy should relise is not accepted by people.

If it continued after a warning to abs then I can understand themgoing to dreamhost, just not as a first step.

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Just out of curiosity, if I were to have links on my site, do you think the letter would come to me as I have the dedicated server in my name, or my provider?  Where do you think they draw the line?