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.
212 https://antispam.imp.ch/
215 no good listing policy
216 information received from inquiry to provider
217 website will be updated
219 dnsrbl.swinog.ch and uribl.swinog.ch (holding time increases with hits)
221 127.0.0.10 => TRAP (Email sent to a spamtrap)
222 127.0.0.11 => REPO (Email reported as Spam by customer)
223 spamrbl.imp.ch (3 days holding time)
224 IPs are listed when trying to send mail to the spamtrap mailserver
225 MD5 hash: attachment sent to the swinog blacklist
228 http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3
232 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/lookup-dnsbl-iip-lu-false-positive-removed/
233 in 2016: lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu blacklist started issuing false positive responses and upon further investigation looks to be abandoned/dead.
234 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu
235 This blacklist is marked as "shut down" and non-operational as of 2017-12-31.
236 http://dnsbl.inps.de/
238 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/dnsbl.inps.de
239 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.
240 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/dnsbl-inps-de-removed-from-our-system/
241 [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.
242 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/dnsbl-inps-de/
243 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.
244 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.inps.de
245 This blacklist is offline as of May 1, 2020.
246 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013500/http://www.inps.de/
252 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
257 http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/rbl.html
262 https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/140/kw/rbl
264 https://antispam.fasthosts.co.uk/
267 http://barracudacentral.org/rbl
268 requires account with extensive information (more than spamhaus e.g.):
274 your state/province name.
275 your zip/postal code.
276 the name of the alternate contact.
277 the phone number of the alternate contact.
278 the email address of the alternate contact.
279 seems well documented
282 http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/008/fake-dnsbl-uncovered-nszones.com
283 http://www.backscatterer.org/
284 questionable policy - pay for (quicker) delisting
285 https://support.hornetsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011880797-Why-are-Hornetsecurity-IP-addresses-listed-at-Backscatterer-
286 as of December 29, 2021: »The removal at the blacklist backscatterer.org can only be done for a fee«
287 https://www.warmy.io/blog/backscatterer-blacklist-how-to-remove-your-ip-from-it
288 in March 17, 2023 does not mention need to pay
289 https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Forcepoint-IP-s-blocklisted-by-UCEProtect-and-Backscatterer-org
290 recommend against using it
291 https://whatismyipaddress.com/backscatterer
292 mentions strict delisting process and "express delisting" but nothing further
293 https://bobcares.com/blog/backscatterer-blacklist/
294 goes through the process with screenshots showing express delisting for 109$
295 https://community.cisco.com/t5/email-security/issues-with-www-backscatterer-org-any-one/td-p/1298377
297 https://www.titanhq.com/blog/warning-ignore-pay-for-de-listing-blacklist-service/
298 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«
299 https://web.archive.org/web/20150320180344/http://www.jvfconsulting.com/blog/130/Backscatterer_Network_Spam_List_Is_Another_UCEPROTECT_Extortion_Scam.html
303 https://cncz.science.ru.nl/en/howto/email-spam/
304 not really its own DNSBL?
308 seems serious but missing necessary info
311 http://blacklist.jippg.org/
317 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
318 https://www.nixspam.net/
319 previously http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net/
320 query zone: ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
321 provided by the reputable german publisher 'heise' which makes the high quality c’t, iX, and telepolis magacines
322 difficult to find info regarding listing policy
323 asked for more information to be added
324 https://www.heise.de/forum/iX/Kommentare/Gemeinsam-stark/Nutzungsbedingungen-Return-Codes-sonstige-Infos/posting-42669177/show/
326 website works but barely any info, not even how to query it
327 https://www.redhawk.org/?p=64
328 https://www.redhawk.org/SpamHawk/index.php
329 https://senderscore.org/
330 requires registration?
331 Scam? http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/buyer-beware-senderscoreorg-is-a-scam-c276871.html
332 https://senderscore.org/assess/blocklist-lookup/
333 FAQ: https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006992592-Return-Path-Blocklist-RPBL-FAQ-
334 no information how to query found
336 https://ers.trendmicro.com/
337 trendmicro paid service
338 https://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/email-reputation-services-online-help/getting-started_001/configuring-email-re/creating-an-account.aspx
339 »If you don’t create an account, you can still query the reputation of an IP address«
340 I don’t find any pricing or usage information
341 http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/
342 https://www.tornevall.net/
343 related to https://www.fraudbl.org/
344 seems a bit unstructured and not very well documented
345 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
347 http://rbl.schulte.org/
349 listing policy seems to be: they received spam from an IP
350 usage policy: Anyone can use this RBL list [sic]
351 return codes: probably boolean, i.e. either listed or not
352 http://relaytest.kundenserver.de/
353 by 1und1 (now ionos?), used internally
354 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/relays.bl.kundenserver.de
355 no usage policy found
356 no listing policy found
357 no return code explanation found
358 http://www.blockedservers.com/
363 No rights given; all rights are in the dumpster; Copyleft 2012 - 3013 - page generated in 0.009843111038208 secs
367 http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
368 https://web.archive.org/web/20150812003556/http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
369 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/88.blacklist.zap
370 88.blacklist.zap is an internal blacklist maintained by Microsoft's Forefront
371 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/frontbridge
373 »Use of any DrMX.ORG DNS Zone is by request and by contract only.«
375 tdk.net seems dead on http(s)
377 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.tdk.net
378 old link: http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
379 tdc.dk redirects to yousee.dk
380 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703084224/http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
383 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.zenon.net
384 http://www.noc.zenon.net/rbl/
387 was public until 2015
388 now private, invite-only
389 http://rfc-clueless.org/
391 that do not adhere to common best practices or requirements
392 does NOT list spammers!
393 listing criteria are explained well
394 http://rfc-clueless.org/pages/listing_policy
395 return codes are explained
396 http://rfc-clueless.org/
397 usage policy is not so clear but the FAQ implies that it’s just free to use for everyone
399 first noticed in 2014 and deactivated
400 retried in 2023 and still the case
401 http://spameatingmonkey.com/
403 that sent backscatter
404 that sent to spamtrap
406 this includes dial-up!
407 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/policy-based-listing
411 usage policy seems clear
412 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/query-limits
413 listing policy seems clear
414 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
415 return codes documented
416 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
417 http://blogspambl.com/
418 redirects to spameatingmonkey.com
421 that appear in spam bodies
424 that URIs in spam bodies resolve to
425 return codes are documented
426 https://uribl.com/about.shtml#implementation
428 127.0.0.1 is used to signal abusive query behaviour
429 http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
433 usage policy is relatively clear that it’s free, except maybe for big for-profit oranizations
434 listing policy is documented
435 return codes are documented
436 seems very trustworthy
437 http://www.sorbs.net/
441 usage policy is clear that it’s free
442 listing policy is documented
443 return codes are documented
445 http://www.spamhaus.org/
448 seems very professional
451 usage policy is clear
452 https://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage/
453 listing policies are clearly documented
454 return codes are clearly documented
455 http://www.surbl.org/
458 usage policy is clear
459 https://surbl.org/usage-policy
460 listing policy is documented
461 return codes are documented
463 127.0.0.1 means blocked
467 listing policy seems clear
468 https://zapbl.net/policy
469 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
470 https://zapbl.net/using
471 return codes are documented
473 https://rbl.foobar.hu/
476 listing policy seems clear
477 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
478 return codes are documented
479 possibly unmaintained or dead
480 footer says: ©2013-14
481 http://apews.org/?page=filter
483 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/apews
484 https://whatismyipaddress.com/apews
486 no news on http://apews-user.blogspot.com/ since 2014
487 not further looked into because of the above
488 https://www.dnswl.org/
489 seems to be run with best intentions but has had issues from what I have heard from some users
490 IRC channel has some activity
491 usage policy relatively clear
492 free within certain limits
495 return codes are documented
497 https://www.dnsblchile.org/index.en.html
498 chilenian spam so not interesting for me
500 00_LISTS_BLOGSPAMMERS
501 https://www.madavi.de/madavibl/
502 »This blacklist should only be used to block comment spammer (on blogs and websites). Don’t use it for mail.«
504 does not exist anymore
505 empty.us returns »Nothing here, obviously.«
508 http://korea.services.net/
510 00_LISTS_OPENRESOLVERS
512 https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl
513 http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/
514 aka http://tor.efnet.org/
516 lists open proxies, infected machines, tornodes, etc.
518 clear information on usage policy
519 Nothing. The 0Spam Project is absolutely free for email providers, IT professionals and general removal request.
520 DNSBL service and removals are 100% for free for all uses; commercial, non profit and personal.
522 listing policies are a little less clear
523 bl.0spam.org DNSBL | 0spam Spam Trap Primary Database
524 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.
525 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.
526 return codes not very clear
530 The last IP address before destination in the email headers is listed into rbl.abuse.ro list.
531 Sender domains are analyzed and if confirmed to be not spoofed, are listed into dbl.abuse.ro list
532 Spamvertized domains (including those indirectly linked through services like bit.ly) are listed into uribl.abuse.ro list
534 usage policy is clear: free for whatever
535 listing policy is not quite so clear
536 can be mostly inferred from the classes but not entirely clear IMHO
539 not explicitly mentioned but it’s 127.0.0.X where X is the class from https://dronebl.org/classes
541 query zone: psbl.surriel.com
542 no usage policy, but seems implied that usage is free
544 no explicit, complete policy given but sending to spamtraps is mentioned to get you listed and seems the exclusive mechanism
546 not documented, probably only boolean
547 http://rbldata.interserver.net/
548 listing policy more or less clear
549 usage policy not given but since usage is explained it’s probably free for all
550 return codes seem to be binary, i.e. either listed or not
554 usage policy not explicit but seems to be free
555 listing policy also not explicit but can be inferred from return code explanation
556 return codes are explained
558 clear usage policy (ToS)
559 listing policies documented
560 return codes of aggregated list documented
563 usage policy documented
564 listing policy not really clear
565 return codes documented
567 listing procedure is documented
568 usage policy implied: free to use
569 return codes documented
570 http://www.aupads.org/
571 aka www.antispam-ufrj.pads.ufrj.br
573 listing policy more or less clear
575 usage policy seems clear: freely exported by anybody who wants to use them«
576 http://www.emailbasura.org/cgi-bin/emailbasura-ini.pl?lang=eng
577 http://www.gbudb.com/truncate/
578 http://www.justspam.org/
579 http://www.kempt.net/dnsbl/
580 http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/
581 http://www.spamcop.net/
584 http://www.spamsources.fabel.dk/
586 http://www.srntools.com/blacklist/
587 http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php
588 https://bl.konstant.no/
589 https://choon.net/rbl.php
590 https://www.abuse.ch/
591 https://www.abuse.ch/?tag=httpbl
592 https://www.kisarbl.or.kr/
593 https://www.megarbl.net/
594 https://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/dns.html
595 http://mailspike.net/usage.html
597 http://www.whitelisted.org/
600 https://puck.nether.net/or/
602 http://www.isipp.com/email-accreditation/iadb-query-instruction/
604 not quite a usage policy, but seems ok
605 strange split of ipv4 and ipv6