Sounds good, TLS, PMs it is. Smileys and gifs will one day eliminate text, place your bets.
Fyi... Actually got a response from att.net's
attcustomercare@att.com email this morning on our blocklist issue, in less than 20 minutes. Was not expecting that. They've confirmed the IP has been delisted and to check in 24 hours.
Also will have to make a habit of keeping a local copy of our site. Good common sense.