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Does Spamhaus matter today?

Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: Still yes, and here's why. Spamhaus. If you're in the business of sending email, you've probably heard the name. Maybe not as much lately. But that doesn't mean you can ignore them. Right now, email senders are heads-down trying to get their SPF, DKIM, and DMARC right. Between new MAGY sender requirements, complaint rate thresholds, and prop…
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Spamhaus blocking queries from Digital Ocean Cloud servers

As part of their continuing efforts to lock down unrestricted public access to their reputation data, Spamhaus has announced that as of February 14, 2024, they'll be blocking DNSBL queries made via Digital Ocean's Cloud Server infrastructure. Read more about it here . T…

Spamhaus: The return of the ASN-DROP

Spamhaus just announced that they've "reinvigorated" the ASN-DROP list , now available in JSON format. The point of this whole thing is for network operators (think ISPs and similar) to just totally block off any potential connections with really bad networks that…

DELIVTERMS: Blocklist

Also called blocking lists, blocklists are lists of IP addresses and/or domain names that are used as data to feed into various email servers and spam filters. The implication is typically that by inclusion of a particular IP address or domain name on that blocklist, that the p…

A New DNSBL: DNSBL Chile

It's been a long time since I've noticed a new anti-spam blacklist (DNSBL) out in the wild. For more information, click on over to the DNSBL Chile article on DNSBL.com .