2 check and link (de)listing policy
3 NOGO: delisting for money
4 check and link usage policy
5 check and link return codes
6 find newsfeed or mailinglist
12 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amispammer/+bug/835614
13 http://www.blalert.com/dnsbls
14 http://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-list.php
15 http://dnsbl.inps.de/index.cgi?lang=en&site=00002
16 http://www.sdsc.edu/~jeff/spam/cbc.html
17 http://moensted.dk/spam/
18 https://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check
19 https://multirbl.valli.org/
20 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/
21 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/monitored-blacklists/
22 https://www.blacklistmaster.com/
23 https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/sections/204468388-Blocklists
24 https://github.com/zbetcheckin/DNSBLs
25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_blacklists
26 https://www.impressionwise.com/kb/threats/rbl-advisories.html
28 http://dnsbl.aspnet.hu/
33 maybe? they have antispam but it’s all portugese? or spanish? no idea
41 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/shortlist.mailhosts.org
44 https://www.dnsbl.com/2007/02/status-of-opmblitzedorg-dead.html
45 referenced ML post is 404
46 blackholes.five-ten-sg.com
47 Offline as of 1/1/2013
48 https://whatismyipaddress.com/five-ten-sg
50 On 9/29/2020 the ROTHEN blacklist appears to have started to list the entire internet
51 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dynip.rothen.com
54 https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/329762-blacklist-removal
55 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amispammer/+bug/835614
56 website contains spam/crap
57 http://cart00ney.surriel.com/
64 https://www.dnsbl.com/2013/02/status-of-blcsmabiz-dead.html
66 website contains info about living in australia? called "AusBlog"
67 http://www.dnsbl.com/2009/04/status-of-dnsblnetau-dead.html
68 http://moensted.dk/spam/
70 https://moensted.dk/spam/
71 http://rbl.mw-internet.net/
73 2023: it is an asian(?) gambling(?) website
74 http://www.blackholes.us/
76 https://www.dnsbl.com/2009/10/status-of-blackholesus-dead.html
77 http://www.deadbeef.com/
79 spamsources.dnsbl.info
81 http://www.dnsbl.info/spamsources-dnsbl-defunct.php
83 domain dead, no other info
86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Just_Another_Bogus_List
88 website parked, no other info
89 https://www.transip.nl/
91 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/proxy.block.transip.nl
92 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/residential.block.transip.nl
93 pss.spambusters.org.ar
97 https://snark.net/ gives access denied
98 whois.rfc-ignorant.org
100 rfc-ignorant.org registered but no A/AAAA record
102 http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/RFC-Ignorant-org-blacklist-closes-down-1724814.html
103 https://www.dnsbl.com/2012/09/status-of-rfc-ignorantorg-shutting-down.html
104 will-spam-for-food.eu.org
107 https://rfc1149.net/blog/2012/01/22/who-did-resurrect-will-spam-for-food/
109 dead, seemingly written on http://proxybl.org/blog but that’s also dead
110 https://linuxreviews.org/Mail_Spam_Blacklists
111 https://community.sophos.com/utm-firewall/f/web-server-security/50273/dnsbl-proxybl-org-offline
113 timeout, also on the parent null.dk
116 seems dead, no info to be found
117 domain does not respond
118 http://msrbl.blogspot.ch/
119 http://msrbl.blogspot.com/ says "no updates" since 2010 but supposed to be reactivated
121 http://www.olsentech.net/
122 strange content on web
125 http://www.orbitrbl.com/
129 registered but no A/AAAA record
131 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB53783
135 http://anti-spam.org.cn/?locale=en_US
139 talkactive.net redirects twice to some hosting company
140 last listings in 2017
141 https://multirbl.valli.org/detail/rbl.talkactive.net.html
142 https://www.blacklistmaster.com/blacklists?view=details&blacklist=rbl.talkactive.net
144 no policies published
146 was a private list of an irc network
147 network was renamed idlechat.net in 2014
148 became a discord chat in 2022(?)
149 http://blakjak.net/RBL
150 external access disabled
151 2023: seems dead, website is a weird error
152 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.blakjak.net
153 This is a private list that we do not monitor as the maintainer has explicity announced that the list is for his personal use
154 http://cyberlogic.net/
156 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.cyberlogic.net
157 On or about 5/21/2018 the cyberlogic DNSBL ceased functioning properly.
158 https://www.dnsbl.com/2018/05/
159 As reported on the mailop mailing list on Friday May 25, 2018, the blocking list at dnsbl.cyberlogic.net now contains a "wildcard" DNS entry, effectively listing the entire internet
160 http://www.rbl.jp/allrbl-e.html
161 website asks for login or just errors
162 http://www.spamhauswhitelist.com/en/
163 looks like a parked domain with ads
164 http://stopspam.org/rblcheck/index.php
166 http://www.stopspam.org/rbl-info/
168 http://countries.nerd.dk/
169 unable to connect, also for nerd.dk
170 http://dul.ru/dul.en.html
172 http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/openresolvers.html
174 »The following text describes past open DNS resolver surveys and an associated DNS lookup service that has been long shut down«
175 http://www.sectoor.de/tor.php
177 http://anticaptcha.net/
179 http://blacklist.lashback.com/
180 query zone: ubl.unsubscore.com
181 provider’s website https://lashback.com/ seems alive and active (news entries from 2023) but does not link to the blacklist
182 rsync URLs seem dead, so does the download url
183 http://blacklist.woody.ch/
184 no entries in the displayed "top 100"
185 may have been absorbed into the swinog blacklists, see antispam.imp.ch
186 http://cbl.abuseat.org/
187 https://www.abuseat.org/
188 changes to the CBL that occured in January 2021. In short, the CBL infrastructure was replaced by the Spamhaus XBL structure
189 http://dnsbl.burnt-tech.com/
191 http://rbl.dns-servicios.com/rbl.php
192 website can not be found
193 http://spamcannibal.org/
194 dead, as of at least 2018
195 http://st.technovision.dk/
196 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/st-technovision-dk-inactive-removed/
197 [December 8, 2021] This RBL has stopped responding to DNS queries.
198 http://spamstinks.com/
199 cert is for generic hostname
200 website shows some login form
202 https://www.rollernet.us/2017/01/shutdown-of-virbl-dnsbl-bit-nl/
203 January 23, 2017: »The Virbl-project site has been replaced by this static message to inform those that find their ways here. The Virbl DNSBL-zone was emptied and will be removed all together at a moment further on in the future.«
204 http://www.blocklist.de/en/index.html
205 lots of timeouts as of 2023
206 forum link is dead, among others
207 seems unmaintained but alive
208 latest news is from 2016
209 latest blog entry from 2022
210 Abusix, a network security company for mail security and abuse report handling, takes over blocklist.de to integrate it within its Abusix platform to further improve its data quality.
211 http://www.emailbasura.org/cgi-bin/emailbasura-ini.pl?lang=eng
214 https://antispam.imp.ch/
217 no good listing policy
218 information received from inquiry to provider
219 website will be updated
221 dnsrbl.swinog.ch and uribl.swinog.ch (holding time increases with hits)
223 127.0.0.10 => TRAP (Email sent to a spamtrap)
224 127.0.0.11 => REPO (Email reported as Spam by customer)
225 spamrbl.imp.ch (3 days holding time)
226 IPs are listed when trying to send mail to the spamtrap mailserver
227 MD5 hash: attachment sent to the swinog blacklist
230 http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3
234 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/lookup-dnsbl-iip-lu-false-positive-removed/
235 in 2016: lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu blacklist started issuing false positive responses and upon further investigation looks to be abandoned/dead.
236 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu
237 This blacklist is marked as "shut down" and non-operational as of 2017-12-31.
238 http://dnsbl.inps.de/
240 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/dnsbl.inps.de
241 Today, May 25, 2020, he has announced that it is shutting down, due to concerns around GDPR and personal challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
242 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/dnsbl-inps-de-removed-from-our-system/
243 [May 29,2018] IPv4 RBL dnsbl.inps.de has been removed from our system, as they have decided to discontinue the RBL project for the time being.
244 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/dnsbl-inps-de/
245 Today, May 25, 2020, he has announced that it is shutting down, due to concerns around GDPR and personal challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
246 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.inps.de
247 This blacklist is offline as of May 1, 2020.
248 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013500/http://www.inps.de/
254 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
259 http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/rbl.html
264 https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/140/kw/rbl
266 https://antispam.fasthosts.co.uk/
269 http://barracudacentral.org/rbl
270 requires account with extensive information (more than spamhaus e.g.):
276 your state/province name.
277 your zip/postal code.
278 the name of the alternate contact.
279 the phone number of the alternate contact.
280 the email address of the alternate contact.
281 seems well documented
284 http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/008/fake-dnsbl-uncovered-nszones.com
285 http://www.backscatterer.org/
286 questionable policy - pay for (quicker) delisting
287 https://support.hornetsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011880797-Why-are-Hornetsecurity-IP-addresses-listed-at-Backscatterer-
288 as of December 29, 2021: »The removal at the blacklist backscatterer.org can only be done for a fee«
289 https://www.warmy.io/blog/backscatterer-blacklist-how-to-remove-your-ip-from-it
290 in March 17, 2023 does not mention need to pay
291 https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Forcepoint-IP-s-blocklisted-by-UCEProtect-and-Backscatterer-org
292 recommend against using it
293 https://whatismyipaddress.com/backscatterer
294 mentions strict delisting process and "express delisting" but nothing further
295 https://bobcares.com/blog/backscatterer-blacklist/
296 goes through the process with screenshots showing express delisting for 109$
297 https://community.cisco.com/t5/email-security/issues-with-www-backscatterer-org-any-one/td-p/1298377
299 https://www.titanhq.com/blog/warning-ignore-pay-for-de-listing-blacklist-service/
300 Jan 17th, 2020: »UCEProtect also charges a delisting fee. TitanHQ discourages email administrators from using the UCEProtect blacklist and we do not recommend paying for list removal«
301 https://web.archive.org/web/20150320180344/http://www.jvfconsulting.com/blog/130/Backscatterer_Network_Spam_List_Is_Another_UCEPROTECT_Extortion_Scam.html
305 https://cncz.science.ru.nl/en/howto/email-spam/
306 not really its own DNSBL?
310 seems serious but missing necessary info
313 http://blacklist.jippg.org/
319 https://www.virusfree.cz/en/help is the only place I can find any official reference to this list at all but no policies or usage information
320 https://www.nixspam.net/
321 previously http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net/
322 query zone: ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
323 provided by the reputable german publisher 'heise' which makes the high quality c’t, iX, and telepolis magacines
324 difficult to find info regarding listing policy
325 asked for more information to be added
326 https://www.heise.de/forum/iX/Kommentare/Gemeinsam-stark/Nutzungsbedingungen-Return-Codes-sonstige-Infos/posting-42669177/show/
328 website works but barely any info, not even how to query it
329 https://www.redhawk.org/?p=64
330 https://www.redhawk.org/SpamHawk/index.php
331 https://senderscore.org/
332 requires registration?
333 Scam? http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/buyer-beware-senderscoreorg-is-a-scam-c276871.html
334 https://senderscore.org/assess/blocklist-lookup/
335 FAQ: https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006992592-Return-Path-Blocklist-RPBL-FAQ-
336 no information how to query found
338 https://ers.trendmicro.com/
339 trendmicro paid service
340 https://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/email-reputation-services-online-help/getting-started_001/configuring-email-re/creating-an-account.aspx
341 »If you don’t create an account, you can still query the reputation of an IP address«
342 I don’t find any pricing or usage information
343 http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/
344 https://www.tornevall.net/
345 related to https://www.fraudbl.org/
346 seems a bit unstructured and not very well documented
347 I can’t be arsed to deal with confluence slowing my browser to a halt repeatedly and it’s really hard to navigate but there seems to be some information on https://docs.tornevall.net/display/TORNEVALL/Endpoint%3A+dnsbl+-+DNSBL+v5+with+API+v3
349 http://rbl.schulte.org/
351 listing policy seems to be: they received spam from an IP
352 usage policy: Anyone can use this RBL list [sic]
353 return codes: probably boolean, i.e. either listed or not
354 http://relaytest.kundenserver.de/
355 by 1und1 (now ionos?), used internally
356 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/relays.bl.kundenserver.de
357 no usage policy found
358 no listing policy found
359 no return code explanation found
360 http://www.blockedservers.com/
365 No rights given; all rights are in the dumpster; Copyleft 2012 - 3013 - page generated in 0.009843111038208 secs
369 http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
370 https://web.archive.org/web/20150812003556/http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
371 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/88.blacklist.zap
372 88.blacklist.zap is an internal blacklist maintained by Microsoft's Forefront
373 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/frontbridge
375 »Use of any DrMX.ORG DNS Zone is by request and by contract only.«
377 tdk.net seems dead on http(s)
379 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.tdk.net
380 old link: http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
381 tdc.dk redirects to yousee.dk
382 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703084224/http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
385 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.zenon.net
386 http://www.noc.zenon.net/rbl/
389 was public until 2015
390 now private, invite-only
391 http://rfc-clueless.org/
393 that do not adhere to common best practices or requirements
394 does NOT list spammers!
395 listing criteria are explained well
396 http://rfc-clueless.org/pages/listing_policy
397 return codes are explained
398 http://rfc-clueless.org/
399 usage policy is not so clear but the FAQ implies that it’s just free to use for everyone
401 first noticed in 2014 and deactivated
402 retried in 2023 and still the case
403 http://spameatingmonkey.com/
405 that sent backscatter
406 that sent to spamtrap
408 this includes dial-up!
409 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/policy-based-listing
413 usage policy seems clear
414 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/query-limits
415 listing policy seems clear
416 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
417 return codes documented
418 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
419 http://blogspambl.com/
420 redirects to spameatingmonkey.com
423 that appear in spam bodies
426 that URIs in spam bodies resolve to
427 return codes are documented
428 https://uribl.com/about.shtml#implementation
430 127.0.0.1 is used to signal abusive query behaviour
431 http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
435 usage policy is relatively clear that it’s free, except maybe for big for-profit oranizations
436 listing policy is documented
437 return codes are documented
438 seems very trustworthy
439 http://www.sorbs.net/
443 usage policy is clear that it’s free
444 listing policy is documented
445 return codes are documented
447 http://www.spamhaus.org/
450 seems very professional
453 usage policy is clear
454 https://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage/
455 listing policies are clearly documented
456 return codes are clearly documented
457 http://www.surbl.org/
460 usage policy is clear
461 https://surbl.org/usage-policy
462 listing policy is documented
463 return codes are documented
465 127.0.0.1 means blocked
469 listing policy seems clear
470 https://zapbl.net/policy
471 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
472 https://zapbl.net/using
473 return codes are documented
475 https://rbl.foobar.hu/
478 listing policy seems clear
479 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
480 return codes are documented
481 possibly unmaintained or dead
482 footer says: ©2013-14
483 http://apews.org/?page=filter
485 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/apews
486 https://whatismyipaddress.com/apews
488 no news on http://apews-user.blogspot.com/ since 2014
489 not further looked into because of the above
490 https://www.dnswl.org/
491 seems to be run with best intentions but has had issues from what I have heard from some users
492 IRC channel has some activity
493 usage policy relatively clear
494 free within certain limits
497 return codes are documented
499 https://www.dnsblchile.org/index.en.html
500 chilenian spam so not interesting for me
502 00_LISTS_BLOGSPAMMERS
503 https://www.madavi.de/madavibl/
504 »This blacklist should only be used to block comment spammer (on blogs and websites). Don’t use it for mail.«
506 does not exist anymore
507 empty.us returns »Nothing here, obviously.«
510 http://korea.services.net/
512 00_LISTS_OPENRESOLVERS
514 https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl
515 http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/
516 aka http://tor.efnet.org/
518 lists open proxies, infected machines, tornodes, etc.
520 clear information on usage policy
521 Nothing. The 0Spam Project is absolutely free for email providers, IT professionals and general removal request.
522 DNSBL service and removals are 100% for free for all uses; commercial, non profit and personal.
524 listing policies are a little less clear
525 bl.0spam.org DNSBL | 0spam Spam Trap Primary Database
526 nbl.0spam.org Network Black List | Spam Source Networks, high volume of spam trap hits in a Class C block will result in network listings in this DNSBL.
527 url.0spam.org URL Black List | This list contains the IP address of domains found to be in the source of spam emails found in our traps.
528 return codes not very clear
532 The last IP address before destination in the email headers is listed into rbl.abuse.ro list.
533 Sender domains are analyzed and if confirmed to be not spoofed, are listed into dbl.abuse.ro list
534 Spamvertized domains (including those indirectly linked through services like bit.ly) are listed into uribl.abuse.ro list
536 usage policy is clear: free for whatever
537 listing policy is not quite so clear
538 can be mostly inferred from the classes but not entirely clear IMHO
541 not explicitly mentioned but it’s 127.0.0.X where X is the class from https://dronebl.org/classes
543 query zone: psbl.surriel.com
544 no usage policy, but seems implied that usage is free
546 no explicit, complete policy given but sending to spamtraps is mentioned to get you listed and seems the exclusive mechanism
548 not documented, probably only boolean
549 http://rbldata.interserver.net/
550 listing policy more or less clear
551 usage policy not given but since usage is explained it’s probably free for all
552 return codes seem to be binary, i.e. either listed or not
556 usage policy not explicit but seems to be free
557 listing policy also not explicit but can be inferred from return code explanation
558 return codes are explained
560 clear usage policy (ToS)
561 listing policies documented
562 return codes of aggregated list documented
565 usage policy documented
566 listing policy not really clear
567 return codes documented
569 listing procedure is documented
570 usage policy implied: free to use
571 return codes documented
572 http://www.aupads.org/
573 aka www.antispam-ufrj.pads.ufrj.br
575 listing policy more or less clear
577 usage policy seems clear: freely exported by anybody who wants to use them«
578 http://www.gbudb.com/truncate/
579 http://www.justspam.org/
580 http://www.kempt.net/dnsbl/
581 http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/
582 http://www.spamcop.net/
585 http://www.spamsources.fabel.dk/
587 http://www.srntools.com/blacklist/
588 http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php
589 https://bl.konstant.no/
590 https://choon.net/rbl.php
591 https://www.abuse.ch/
592 https://www.abuse.ch/?tag=httpbl
593 https://www.kisarbl.or.kr/
594 https://www.megarbl.net/
595 https://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/dns.html
596 http://mailspike.net/usage.html
598 http://www.whitelisted.org/
601 https://puck.nether.net/or/
603 http://www.isipp.com/email-accreditation/iadb-query-instruction/
605 not quite a usage policy, but seems ok
606 strange split of ipv4 and ipv6