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 …
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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…
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…
A friend warned me of a scenario that could have the potential to freak people out, if misunderstood. It looks like this: This person is using Spamhaus to filter inbound mail. Th…
Steve Freegard, Sr. Product Owner Abusix Intelligence recently shared his thoughts on how ESPs can better position themselves with regard to blocking list (DNSBL) issues. He reco…
Anti-spam group Spamhaus, publishers of various widely-used blocking lists (including the SBL), has recently updated their blocking list lookup tool. Previously this was "Bl…
The Cisco-owned Spamcop.net spam reporting and blocking list service ran into a bit of trouble this weekend as their "spamcop.net" domain name was allowed to expire. …
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 …
If you need simple DNSBL blocking list (or blacklist) tracking, here's a couple of services that both seem to work well: Debouncer and RBL Tracker . Both are free if monitor…
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…
Speaking of Spamhaus, this just popped up in my RSS feed reader. It looks like Spamhaus is going to take a harder stance against users who query their lists via open or public D…
Looks like the anti-spam blacklist at dnsbl.cyberlogic.net has listed the entire world. More info can be found here .
Over on the Word to the Wise blog, Laura Atkins explains what happened with that spate of short-term MegaRBL DNSBL listings you may have noticed last week.
Andrej writes, "Hello, I would like to ask you to remove my IP address from APEWS.org blocklist. Thank you very much." Andrej, thanks for reaching out. I wish I could o…
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 …
SpamTips.org, a website devoted to SpamAssassin Tips ( SpamAssassin being the wildly popular open-source spam filter) recently posted a wonderful DNSBL Safety Report , showing hi…
Marcel Lohmann, one of the admins behind the NiX Spam DNSBL , reached out to me to ask me if I would review this DNSBL. I haven't published any new blacklist reviews in a cou…
Today, Return Path posted a short but very helpful set of guidelines that one should keep in mind when operating a DNSBL anti-spam blacklist . It's a must read.
Steve Atkins from Word to the Wise explains why it's so important to make sure you're querying a blacklist correctly. Get it wrong, you end up blocking no spam at all, …
