Question

[desertgirl]

Today, when I entered a contest (that was not a Ninja contest), it said my email was blacklisted. It was for iLounge and I never entered any contest for that website or any other "i" website places. I checked the Ninja sweeps and it wasn't listed there either. I used another email address and that went through fine. Has this happened to anyone else here?

[SweepstakesNinja]

HI,

1. Most likely it wasn't that you were 'blacklisted' -- rather, some sweepstakes/companies don't like "free" e-mail addresses, so they will "blacklist" free e-mail address like hotmail.com accounts, etc. (Simply because sometimes spammers really abuse entry forms, etc).
2.If you used a different e-mail, then that would support my theory. If you had actually been 'blacklisted', then you wouldn't be able to enter in "any" way shape or form, because it would be able to identify you.

Johnathan