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
196 https://antispam.imp.ch/
199 no good listing policy
200 information received from inquiry to provider
201 website will be updated
203 dnsrbl.swinog.ch and uribl.swinog.ch (holding time increases with hits)
205 127.0.0.10 => TRAP (Email sent to a spamtrap)
206 127.0.0.11 => REPO (Email reported as Spam by customer)
207 spamrbl.imp.ch (3 days holding time)
208 IPs are listed when trying to send mail to the spamtrap mailserver
209 MD5 hash: attachment sent to the swinog blacklist
212 http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3
216 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/lookup-dnsbl-iip-lu-false-positive-removed/
217 in 2016: lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu blacklist started issuing false positive responses and upon further investigation looks to be abandoned/dead.
218 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu
219 This blacklist is marked as "shut down" and non-operational as of 2017-12-31.
220 http://dnsbl.inps.de/
222 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/dnsbl.inps.de
223 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.
224 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/dnsbl-inps-de-removed-from-our-system/
225 [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.
226 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/dnsbl-inps-de/
227 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.
228 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.inps.de
229 This blacklist is offline as of May 1, 2020.
230 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013500/http://www.inps.de/
236 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
241 http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/rbl.html
246 https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/140/kw/rbl
248 https://antispam.fasthosts.co.uk/
251 http://barracudacentral.org/rbl
252 requires account with extensive information (more than spamhaus e.g.):
258 your state/province name.
259 your zip/postal code.
260 the name of the alternate contact.
261 the phone number of the alternate contact.
262 the email address of the alternate contact.
263 seems well documented
266 http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/008/fake-dnsbl-uncovered-nszones.com
269 https://cncz.science.ru.nl/en/howto/email-spam/
270 not really its own DNSBL?
274 seems serious but missing necessary info
277 http://blacklist.jippg.org/
283 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
284 https://www.nixspam.net/
285 previously http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net/
286 query zone: ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
287 provided by the reputable german publisher 'heise' which makes the high quality c’t, iX, and telepolis magacines
288 difficult to find info regarding listing policy
289 asked for more information to be added
290 https://www.heise.de/forum/iX/Kommentare/Gemeinsam-stark/Nutzungsbedingungen-Return-Codes-sonstige-Infos/posting-42669177/show/
292 website works but barely any info, not even how to query it
293 https://www.redhawk.org/?p=64
294 https://www.redhawk.org/SpamHawk/index.php
295 https://senderscore.org/
296 requires registration?
297 Scam? http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/buyer-beware-senderscoreorg-is-a-scam-c276871.html
298 https://senderscore.org/assess/blocklist-lookup/
299 FAQ: https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006992592-Return-Path-Blocklist-RPBL-FAQ-
300 no information how to query found
302 https://ers.trendmicro.com/
303 trendmicro paid service
304 https://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/email-reputation-services-online-help/getting-started_001/configuring-email-re/creating-an-account.aspx
305 »If you don’t create an account, you can still query the reputation of an IP address«
306 I don’t find any pricing or usage information
307 http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/
308 https://www.tornevall.net/
309 related to https://www.fraudbl.org/
310 seems a bit unstructured and not very well documented
311 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
313 http://rbl.schulte.org/
315 listing policy seems to be: they received spam from an IP
316 usage policy: Anyone can use this RBL list [sic]
317 return codes: probably boolean, i.e. either listed or not
318 http://relaytest.kundenserver.de/
319 by 1und1 (now ionos?), used internally
320 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/relays.bl.kundenserver.de
321 no usage policy found
322 no listing policy found
323 no return code explanation found
327 http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
328 https://web.archive.org/web/20150812003556/http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
329 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/88.blacklist.zap
330 88.blacklist.zap is an internal blacklist maintained by Microsoft's Forefront
331 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/frontbridge
333 »Use of any DrMX.ORG DNS Zone is by request and by contract only.«
335 tdk.net seems dead on http(s)
337 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.tdk.net
338 old link: http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
339 tdc.dk redirects to yousee.dk
340 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703084224/http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
343 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.zenon.net
344 http://www.noc.zenon.net/rbl/
347 was public until 2015
348 now private, invite-only
349 http://rfc-clueless.org/
351 that do not adhere to common best practices or requirements
352 does NOT list spammers!
353 listing criteria are explained well
354 http://rfc-clueless.org/pages/listing_policy
355 return codes are explained
356 http://rfc-clueless.org/
357 usage policy is not so clear but the FAQ implies that it’s just free to use for everyone
359 first noticed in 2014 and deactivated
360 retried in 2023 and still the case
361 http://spameatingmonkey.com/
363 that sent backscatter
364 that sent to spamtrap
366 this includes dial-up!
367 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/policy-based-listing
371 usage policy seems clear
372 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/query-limits
373 listing policy seems clear
374 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
375 return codes documented
376 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
377 http://blogspambl.com/
378 redirects to spameatingmonkey.com
381 that appear in spam bodies
384 that URIs in spam bodies resolve to
385 return codes are documented
386 https://uribl.com/about.shtml#implementation
388 127.0.0.1 is used to signal abusive query behaviour
389 http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
393 usage policy is relatively clear that it’s free, except maybe for big for-profit oranizations
394 listing policy is documented
395 return codes are documented
396 seems very trustworthy
397 http://www.sorbs.net/
401 usage policy is clear that it’s free
402 listing policy is documented
403 return codes are documented
405 http://www.spamhaus.org/
408 seems very professional
411 usage policy is clear
412 https://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage/
413 listing policies are clearly documented
414 return codes are clearly documented
415 http://www.surbl.org/
418 usage policy is clear
419 https://surbl.org/usage-policy
420 listing policy is documented
421 return codes are documented
423 127.0.0.1 means blocked
427 listing policy seems clear
428 https://zapbl.net/policy
429 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
430 https://zapbl.net/using
431 return codes are documented
433 https://rbl.foobar.hu/
436 listing policy seems clear
437 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
438 return codes are documented
439 possibly unmaintained or dead
440 footer says: ©2013-14
441 http://apews.org/?page=filter
443 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/apews
444 https://whatismyipaddress.com/apews
446 no news on http://apews-user.blogspot.com/ since 2014
447 not further looked into because of the above
448 https://www.dnswl.org/
449 seems to be run with best intentions but has had issues from what I have heard from some users
450 IRC channel has some activity
451 usage policy relatively clear
452 free within certain limits
455 return codes are documented
457 https://www.dnsblchile.org/index.en.html
458 chilenian spam so not interesting for me
460 00_LISTS_BLOGSPAMMERS
461 https://www.madavi.de/madavibl/
462 »This blacklist should only be used to block comment spammer (on blogs and websites). Don’t use it for mail.«
464 does not exist anymore
465 empty.us returns »Nothing here, obviously.«
468 http://korea.services.net/
470 00_LISTS_OPENRESOLVERS
472 https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl
474 clear information on usage policy
475 Nothing. The 0Spam Project is absolutely free for email providers, IT professionals and general removal request.
476 DNSBL service and removals are 100% for free for all uses; commercial, non profit and personal.
478 listing policies are a little less clear
479 bl.0spam.org DNSBL | 0spam Spam Trap Primary Database
480 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.
481 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.
482 return codes not very clear
486 The last IP address before destination in the email headers is listed into rbl.abuse.ro list.
487 Sender domains are analyzed and if confirmed to be not spoofed, are listed into dbl.abuse.ro list
488 Spamvertized domains (including those indirectly linked through services like bit.ly) are listed into uribl.abuse.ro list
490 usage policy is clear: free for whatever
491 listing policy is not quite so clear
492 can be mostly inferred from the classes but not entirely clear IMHO
495 not explicitly mentioned but it’s 127.0.0.X where X is the class from https://dronebl.org/classes
497 query zone: psbl.surriel.com
498 no usage policy, but seems implied that usage is free
500 no explicit, complete policy given but sending to spamtraps is mentioned to get you listed and seems the exclusive mechanism
502 not documented, probably only boolean
503 http://rbldata.interserver.net/
504 listing policy more or less clear
505 usage policy not given but since usage is explained it’s probably free for all
506 return codes seem to be binary, i.e. either listed or not
510 usage policy not explicit but seems to be free
511 listing policy also not explicit but can be inferred from return code explanation
512 return codes are explained
514 http://spamstinks.com/
515 http://st.technovision.dk/
516 http://tor.efnet.org/
517 http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/ MIRROR
521 http://www.aupads.org/
522 http://www.backscatterer.org/
523 fragwuerdige policy - bezahlen fuer schnelleres delisting
524 http://www.blockedservers.com/
525 http://www.blocklist.de/en/index.html
526 http://www.emailbasura.org/cgi-bin/emailbasura-ini.pl?lang=eng
527 http://www.gbudb.com/truncate/
528 http://www.justspam.org/
529 http://www.kempt.net/dnsbl/
530 http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/
531 http://www.spamcop.net/
534 http://www.spamsources.fabel.dk/
536 http://www.srntools.com/blacklist/
537 http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php
538 https://bl.konstant.no/
539 https://choon.net/rbl.php
540 https://www.abuse.ch/
541 https://www.abuse.ch/?tag=httpbl
542 https://www.kisarbl.or.kr/
543 https://www.megarbl.net/
544 https://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/dns.html
545 http://mailspike.net/usage.html
547 http://www.whitelisted.org/
550 https://puck.nether.net/or/
552 http://www.isipp.com/email-accreditation/iadb-query-instruction/
554 not quite a usage policy, but seems ok
555 strange split of ipv4 and ipv6