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  1. Status of bl.emailbasura.org: DEAD

    The DNSBL Email Basura is no more. Email Basura ("Trash" in Spanish) appears to have been online since at least 2004, according to...

  2. Status of combined.rbl.msrbl.net: FIXED

    If you use any of the MSRBL DNSBLs, take note: For the second time since 2017, the domain msrbl.net has expired and its name servers are res...

  3. Status of exitnodes.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de: DEAD

    As reported by Word to the Wise , the DNSBL at exitnodes.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de seems to have gone extinct. Like has happened with other list...

  4. Status of dnsbl.cyberlogic.net: BROKEN

    As reported on the mailop mailing list on Friday May 25, 2018, the blocking list at dnsbl.cyberlogic.net now contains a "wildcard...

  5. New blocklist: SPFBL

    Leonardo from SPFBL shared the following information with me and I thought it would be useful to share it here with folks. He writes:  We ...

  6. Status of bad.psky.me: QUESTIONABLE

    Noted and respected spam filterer Spamhaus is indicating that they believe the the Protected Sky (bad.psky.me) blocklist is "fraudulent...

  7. Status of anonwhois.org: DEAD

    I first blogged about the ANONWHOIS blocking list  back in 2010 . It was very useful to identify domains were ownership information was cloa...

  8. 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...

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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...

  11. 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 ...

  12. 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...

  13. Status of truncate.gbudb.net: ALIVE

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

  14. 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...

  15. 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 ...

  16. 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 ...

  17. 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 ...

  18. 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 ...

  19. 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...

  20. 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...

  21. 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...

  22. 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...

  23. 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...

  24. 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...

  25. 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 ...