The maintainers of the "NixSPAM" blocklist (with a DNSBL zone of ix.dnsbl.manitu.net) have decided to shut down. As of January 16, 2025, their website at nixspam.net states that, &qu…
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LashBack's unsubscribe blacklist (" UBL "), as described by its publisher "is a unique, real-time blacklist of IP addresses which have sent email to addresses …
Two anti-spam blocking lists appear to have died or malfunctioned recently. Users on the Mailop mailing list are reporting that Webiron (all.rbl.webiron.net) blocklist appears t…
Another anti-spam blacklist has ceased to exist. For more on the now-defunct Email Basura blacklist, head over to DNSBL Resource .
I just replied to an email from a guy who thinks I'm blocking his mail. I'm not, because I don't run a blacklist or a spam filter, and haven't done so for years. …
Multiple folks reached out to me overnight to let me know that the SpamCannibal DNSBL has blown up, that they have effectively "listed the world," resulting in mail ad…
Looks like the anti-spam blacklist at dnsbl.cyberlogic.net has listed the entire world. More info can be found here .
Spam filtering still happens, but are blacklists where its at? Yet another one dies today , making for 25+ reports of DNSBL death since 2007 logged over on my sister site, DNSBL …
Mickey writes, "I'm being blocked by AHBL. I own a tax and accounting firm. We send out two newsletters per year to our existing clients using an ESP. We give our client…
It seems as though my website over at DNSBL.com has turned into a graveyard for dead DNSBLs. Over the past few years, I've observed more than a dozen blacklists go missing, …
One-time Yahoo administrator Derek Balling has announced that the RFC Ignorant blocking list is being shut down . This blocking list had existed since at least late 2001 . Its …
Mangesh writes, "Can you verify and help me out to remove my exchange server at IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX from blacklist.spambag.org? You can email me on same email address…
J.D. Falk expresses some legitimate concern about zombie blacklists over on the ReturnPath blog . Blackholes.us resurrected from the dead, and looking for delicious brains to sna…
If you're a SpamAssassin user, I recommend you swing over to my DNSBL Resource site and read about the dead bl.open-whois.org blacklist -- it's used by default in up-to…
Over on DNSBL Resource, I posted a quick rant and link to the DNSBL best practice draft document . This BCP ought to be required reading for any current or future blacklist opera…
I see a very strange thing today (August 30th). APEWS, an "anonymous" anti-spam blacklist (whose listing policies are very broad and of questionable accuracy ) has take…
