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
213 http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/
215 http://www.srntools.com/blacklist/
216 redirects to comodo.com subdomain where I can’t find any information about a DNSBL
217 https://bl.konstant.no/
218 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/bl-konstant-no-unresponsive-removed/
219 [July 29, 2022] This RBL has become unresponsive, and we’ve removed it from our system until it returns to functioning normally again.
221 https://antispam.imp.ch/
224 no good listing policy
225 information received from inquiry to provider
226 website will be updated
228 dnsrbl.swinog.ch and uribl.swinog.ch (holding time increases with hits)
230 127.0.0.10 => TRAP (Email sent to a spamtrap)
231 127.0.0.11 => REPO (Email reported as Spam by customer)
232 spamrbl.imp.ch (3 days holding time)
233 IPs are listed when trying to send mail to the spamtrap mailserver
234 MD5 hash: attachment sent to the swinog blacklist
237 http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3
241 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/lookup-dnsbl-iip-lu-false-positive-removed/
242 in 2016: lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu blacklist started issuing false positive responses and upon further investigation looks to be abandoned/dead.
243 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu
244 This blacklist is marked as "shut down" and non-operational as of 2017-12-31.
245 http://dnsbl.inps.de/
247 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/dnsbl.inps.de
248 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.
249 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/dnsbl-inps-de-removed-from-our-system/
250 [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.
251 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/dnsbl-inps-de/
252 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.
253 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.inps.de
254 This blacklist is offline as of May 1, 2020.
255 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013500/http://www.inps.de/
261 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
266 http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/rbl.html
271 https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/140/kw/rbl
273 https://antispam.fasthosts.co.uk/
276 http://barracudacentral.org/rbl
277 requires account with extensive information (more than spamhaus e.g.):
283 your state/province name.
284 your zip/postal code.
285 the name of the alternate contact.
286 the phone number of the alternate contact.
287 the email address of the alternate contact.
288 seems well documented
291 http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/008/fake-dnsbl-uncovered-nszones.com
292 http://www.backscatterer.org/
293 questionable policy - pay for (quicker) delisting
294 https://support.hornetsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360011880797-Why-are-Hornetsecurity-IP-addresses-listed-at-Backscatterer-
295 as of December 29, 2021: »The removal at the blacklist backscatterer.org can only be done for a fee«
296 https://www.warmy.io/blog/backscatterer-blacklist-how-to-remove-your-ip-from-it
297 in March 17, 2023 does not mention need to pay
298 https://support.forcepoint.com/s/article/Forcepoint-IP-s-blocklisted-by-UCEProtect-and-Backscatterer-org
299 recommend against using it
300 https://whatismyipaddress.com/backscatterer
301 mentions strict delisting process and "express delisting" but nothing further
302 https://bobcares.com/blog/backscatterer-blacklist/
303 goes through the process with screenshots showing express delisting for 109$
304 https://community.cisco.com/t5/email-security/issues-with-www-backscatterer-org-any-one/td-p/1298377
306 https://www.titanhq.com/blog/warning-ignore-pay-for-de-listing-blacklist-service/
307 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«
308 https://web.archive.org/web/20150320180344/http://www.jvfconsulting.com/blog/130/Backscatterer_Network_Spam_List_Is_Another_UCEPROTECT_Extortion_Scam.html
312 https://cncz.science.ru.nl/en/howto/email-spam/
313 not really its own DNSBL?
317 seems serious but missing necessary info
320 http://blacklist.jippg.org/
326 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
327 https://www.nixspam.net/
328 previously http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net/
329 query zone: ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
330 provided by the reputable german publisher 'heise' which makes the high quality c’t, iX, and telepolis magacines
331 difficult to find info regarding listing policy
332 asked for more information to be added
333 https://www.heise.de/forum/iX/Kommentare/Gemeinsam-stark/Nutzungsbedingungen-Return-Codes-sonstige-Infos/posting-42669177/show/
335 website works but barely any info, not even how to query it
336 https://www.redhawk.org/?p=64
337 https://www.redhawk.org/SpamHawk/index.php
338 https://senderscore.org/
339 requires registration?
340 Scam? http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/buyer-beware-senderscoreorg-is-a-scam-c276871.html
341 https://senderscore.org/assess/blocklist-lookup/
342 FAQ: https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006992592-Return-Path-Blocklist-RPBL-FAQ-
343 no information how to query found
345 https://ers.trendmicro.com/
346 trendmicro paid service
347 https://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/email-reputation-services-online-help/getting-started_001/configuring-email-re/creating-an-account.aspx
348 »If you don’t create an account, you can still query the reputation of an IP address«
349 I don’t find any pricing or usage information
350 http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/
351 https://www.tornevall.net/
352 related to https://www.fraudbl.org/
353 seems a bit unstructured and not very well documented
354 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
356 http://rbl.schulte.org/
358 listing policy seems to be: they received spam from an IP
359 usage policy: Anyone can use this RBL list [sic]
360 return codes: probably boolean, i.e. either listed or not
361 http://relaytest.kundenserver.de/
362 by 1und1 (now ionos?), used internally
363 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/relays.bl.kundenserver.de
364 no usage policy found
365 no listing policy found
366 no return code explanation found
367 http://www.blockedservers.com/
372 No rights given; all rights are in the dumpster; Copyleft 2012 - 3013 - page generated in 0.009843111038208 secs
373 https://choon.net/dnsbl.php
374 no usage policy or instructions
376 only automatic delisting after 30 days
380 http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
381 https://web.archive.org/web/20150812003556/http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
382 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/88.blacklist.zap
383 88.blacklist.zap is an internal blacklist maintained by Microsoft's Forefront
384 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/frontbridge
386 »Use of any DrMX.ORG DNS Zone is by request and by contract only.«
388 tdk.net seems dead on http(s)
390 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.tdk.net
391 old link: http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
392 tdc.dk redirects to yousee.dk
393 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703084224/http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
396 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.zenon.net
397 http://www.noc.zenon.net/rbl/
400 was public until 2015
401 now private, invite-only
402 http://rfc-clueless.org/
404 that do not adhere to common best practices or requirements
405 does NOT list spammers!
406 listing criteria are explained well
407 http://rfc-clueless.org/pages/listing_policy
408 return codes are explained
409 http://rfc-clueless.org/
410 usage policy is not so clear but the FAQ implies that it’s just free to use for everyone
412 first noticed in 2014 and deactivated
413 retried in 2023 and still the case
414 http://spameatingmonkey.com/
416 that sent backscatter
417 that sent to spamtrap
419 this includes dial-up!
420 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/policy-based-listing
424 usage policy seems clear
425 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/query-limits
426 listing policy seems clear
427 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
428 return codes documented
429 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
430 http://blogspambl.com/
431 redirects to spameatingmonkey.com
434 that appear in spam bodies
437 that URIs in spam bodies resolve to
438 return codes are documented
439 https://uribl.com/about.shtml#implementation
441 127.0.0.1 is used to signal abusive query behaviour
442 http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
446 usage policy is relatively clear that it’s free, except maybe for big for-profit oranizations
447 listing policy is documented
448 return codes are documented
449 seems very trustworthy
450 http://www.sorbs.net/
454 usage policy is clear that it’s free
455 listing policy is documented
456 return codes are documented
458 http://www.spamhaus.org/
461 seems very professional
464 usage policy is clear
465 https://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage/
466 listing policies are clearly documented
467 return codes are clearly documented
468 http://www.surbl.org/
471 usage policy is clear
472 https://surbl.org/usage-policy
473 listing policy is documented
474 return codes are documented
476 127.0.0.1 means blocked
480 listing policy seems clear
481 https://zapbl.net/policy
482 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
483 https://zapbl.net/using
484 return codes are documented
486 https://rbl.foobar.hu/
489 listing policy seems clear
490 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
491 return codes are documented
492 possibly unmaintained or dead
493 footer says: ©2013-14
494 http://apews.org/?page=filter
496 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/apews
497 https://whatismyipaddress.com/apews
499 no news on http://apews-user.blogspot.com/ since 2014
500 not further looked into because of the above
501 https://www.dnswl.org/
502 seems to be run with best intentions but has had issues from what I have heard from some users
503 IRC channel has some activity
504 usage policy relatively clear
505 free within certain limits
508 return codes are documented
510 https://www.dnsblchile.org/index.en.html
511 chilenian spam so not interesting for me
513 00_LISTS_BLOGSPAMMERS
514 https://www.madavi.de/madavibl/
515 »This blacklist should only be used to block comment spammer (on blogs and websites). Don’t use it for mail.«
517 does not exist anymore
518 empty.us returns »Nothing here, obviously.«
521 http://korea.services.net/
523 00_LISTS_OPENRESOLVERS
525 https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl
526 http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/
527 aka http://tor.efnet.org/
529 lists open proxies, infected machines, tornodes, etc.
531 clear information on usage policy
532 Nothing. The 0Spam Project is absolutely free for email providers, IT professionals and general removal request.
533 DNSBL service and removals are 100% for free for all uses; commercial, non profit and personal.
535 listing policies are a little less clear
536 bl.0spam.org DNSBL | 0spam Spam Trap Primary Database
537 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.
538 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.
539 return codes not very clear
543 The last IP address before destination in the email headers is listed into rbl.abuse.ro list.
544 Sender domains are analyzed and if confirmed to be not spoofed, are listed into dbl.abuse.ro list
545 Spamvertized domains (including those indirectly linked through services like bit.ly) are listed into uribl.abuse.ro list
547 usage policy is clear: free for whatever
548 listing policy is not quite so clear
549 can be mostly inferred from the classes but not entirely clear IMHO
552 not explicitly mentioned but it’s 127.0.0.X where X is the class from https://dronebl.org/classes
554 query zone: psbl.surriel.com
555 no usage policy, but seems implied that usage is free
557 no explicit, complete policy given but sending to spamtraps is mentioned to get you listed and seems the exclusive mechanism
559 not documented, probably only boolean
560 http://rbldata.interserver.net/
561 listing policy more or less clear
562 usage policy not given but since usage is explained it’s probably free for all
563 return codes seem to be binary, i.e. either listed or not
567 usage policy not explicit but seems to be free
568 listing policy also not explicit but can be inferred from return code explanation
569 return codes are explained
571 clear usage policy (ToS)
572 listing policies documented
573 return codes of aggregated list documented
576 usage policy documented
577 listing policy not really clear
578 return codes documented
580 listing procedure is documented
581 usage policy implied: free to use
582 return codes documented
583 http://www.aupads.org/
584 aka www.antispam-ufrj.pads.ufrj.br
586 listing policy more or less clear
588 usage policy seems clear: freely exported by anybody who wants to use them«
589 http://www.gbudb.com/truncate/
591 usage policy seems implied: free use
592 return codes documented
593 »Truncate is very conservative. On most systems it can be safely used to reject connections!«
594 http://www.justspam.org/
595 listing policy documented
596 warning: relies on listings in other DNSBLs! also for delisting!
599 http://www.kempt.net/dnsbl/
600 listing policy documented
601 usage policy documented
602 return codes undocumented
603 http://www.spamcop.net/
604 listing policy documented
605 The SCBL is aggressive and often errs on the side of blocking mail
606 usage policy is: free
608 return codes documented
609 http://www.spamsources.fabel.dk/
610 usage policy is: free
611 listing policy seems clear
613 http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php
614 https://www.abuse.ch/
615 https://www.abuse.ch/?tag=httpbl
616 https://www.kisarbl.or.kr/
617 https://www.megarbl.net/
618 https://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/dns.html
619 http://mailspike.net/usage.html
621 http://www.whitelisted.org/
624 https://puck.nether.net/or/
626 http://www.isipp.com/email-accreditation/iadb-query-instruction/
628 not quite a usage policy, but seems ok
629 strange split of ipv4 and ipv6