Status of APEWS: AVAILABLE

Long-standing (though not very accurate) blacklist APEWS seemed to be down for the count. Their website at www.apews.org has been down for more than a week now, according to reader Steven, who contacted me a few days ago. I last visited the APEWS website a few weeks ago, just curious if it was still out there, and it was up back then.

The APEWS zone files are hosted by third-parties, and my tests show them as still responding. However, their information is likely to grow out of date, as they're probably unable to update the data, provided by APEWS, that fills those blacklist zones.

My recommendation to mail administrators is to stop using APEWS. But then again, was anybody using APEWS recently, anyway?

If you find yourself blacklisted by APEWS, here's what to do.

Update: APEWS is back up. They seem to have been down from approximately August 10th through August 22nd.