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  1. Status of bl.spamcannibal.org: DEAD

    Back in 2016, I used this page to report on a temporary system issue with the Spam Cannibal DNSBL. Today (May 30, 2018) I'm updating t...

  2. SURBL: Adding ABUSE sublist, deprecating SC & AB

    The domain blocking list SURBL announced today that it is deprecating the SC (Spamcop) and AB (AbuseButler) sublists , migrating their data ...

  3. Status of no-more-funn.moensted.dk: DEAD

    The "No More Funn" blocking list (DNSBL zone no-more-funn.moensted.dk) was run by a gentleman from Denmark using the alias dr. Jør...

  4. What is blacklist.zap?

    Here's a blast from the past: Remember blacklist.zap? There were various "blacklist.zap" lists and they were all indicative ...

  5. Status of dnsbl.burnt-tech.com: DEAD

    Uh-oh! On or about September 19th, the domain burnt-tech.com seems to have expired. Now when you visit the website, you are informed that th...

  6. Status of truncate.gbudb.net: ALIVE

    The " Truncate " DNSBL (zone truncate.gbudb.net) lists IPv4 addresses that have been observed transmitting "email containing ...

  7. Status of dul.ru: DEAD

    As noted by participants of the SDLU mailing list , the Russian Dial-up User List at the domain  dul.ru is no more. The Russian Dial-up U...

  8. Reminder: AHBL is Shutting Down

    As previously reported , the AHBL DNSBL has been shut down. Please note that the publisher of the AHBL DNSBL has indicated that she will ...

  9. Status of rbl.orbitrbl.com: DEAD

    Today, Mark E. Jeftovic of EasyDNS warned readers of the Mailop list that it is unwise to use the DNSBL "rbl.orbitrbl.com" due to ...

  10. Status of dnsbl.ahbl.org: SHUTTING DOWN

    On March 26, 2014, DNSBL administrator Brielle Bruns announced that the Abusive Hosts Blocking List DNSBL s are to be shut down. In email ...

  11. Status of dnsblchile.org: ALIVE

    DNSBL Chile , created in 2011, appears to be a Chilean homegrown effort to tackle spamblocking from a local perspective. As they explain on ...

  12. Status of APEWS: ????

    Long-standing ( though not very accurate ) blocking list APEWS seemed to be down for the count. Their website at www.apews.org has been dow...

  13. Status of spamtrap.trblspam.com: DEAD

    The DNSBL spamtrap.trblspam.com appears to have gone offline as of April 2, 2013. It appears to have been created in early 2011 by somebody...

  14. Status of dnsbl.njabl.org: DEAD

    It is with sadness that I report  on the closure of Jon Lewis's NJABL blocking list.  From the NJABL website : "March 1, 2013: NJAB...

  15. Status of bl.csma.biz: DEAD

    An entity called McFadden Associates had been publishing two different, spamtrap-driven DNSBL zones starting from October 2003. Almost ten y...

  16. Status of rfc-ignorant.org: SHUTTING DOWN

    One-time Yahoo administrator Derek Balling has announced that the RFC Ignorant blocking list is being shut down . This blocking list had exi...

  17. Status of blackholes.five-ten-sg.com: DEAD

    The "Fiveten" Blocklist (blackholes.five-ten-sg.com) was a combination anti-spam blocking list run by Carl Byington, publishing un...

  18. DNSWL.org Announces Changes

    Whitelist provider DNSWL.org announced changes to its operating model. Who is DNSWL.org? "Dnswl.org is the leading whitelist provider ...

  19. Spews.org Domain Expired

    Thanks for Joe Sniderman for the tip that the domain spews.org has expired and was grabbed up by somebody that appears to be a domain specu...

  20. Status of ybl.megacity.org: DEAD

    There once was a DNSBL called ybl.megacity.org . Exactly when it was created is lost to the mists of time, but I'm guessing it was somew...

  21. Beware: "Fake" Blocking list at nszones.com

    Spamhaus reports that they have "uncovered a fake spam filter company which was pirating and selling DNSBL data stolen from major ant...

  22. SURBL Announces New Experimental Blocking List

    Today, the team behind the SURBL domain blaclists announced a new, experimental blocking list: xs.surbl.org. As announced on the SURBL-An...

  23. Status of dnsbl.karmasphere.com: SHUTTING DOWN

    As messaged to the Karmasphere-Users and Karmasphere-Announce mailing lists, the Karmasphere Reputation Services data feeds are being retire...

  24. Status of rbl.cluecentral.net: DEAD

    The rbl.cluecentral.net DNSBLs were created in 2001 or 2002 by Sabri Berisha. The goal: To list " all known assigned IPv4 address spac...

  25. Status of blackholes.us: DEAD

    Created by Matthew Evans in 2002 , the goal of the blackholes.us site was "to create (yet more) DNS blocklists of spammers, spam suppor...