Can you login to your server and do one of the following commands?
host 32.124.247.170.bl.spamcop.net
dig 32.124.247.170.bl.spamcop.net
This will do a dns lookup. If the commands timeout then your server is blocked from doing DNS queries. These are linux commands. If you are running windows run the following command.
nslookup 32.124.247.170.bl.spamcop.net
If those commands work you can get to spamcop. Then try one of these commands. Replace [phapikey] with your project honeypot api key.
host [phapikey].32.124.247.170.dnsbl.httpbl.org
dig [phapikey].32.124.247.170.dnsbl.httpbl.org
nslookup [phapikey].32.124.247.170.dnsbl.httpbl.org
If those commands work then you can get to project honeypot.
The plugin does this lookup on each page load to determine if an IP is on the Project Honeypot or Spamcop black lists. If those commands are timing out it will explain why your pages are timing out.
Doing these commands returns errors for any subdomains listed above. So httpbl.org works, but bl.httpbl.org does not. Any idea? This is strange behavior to me.
What error is being returned?
bl.httpbl.org isn’t valid. It’s dnsbl.httpbl.org.
