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.
199 https://antispam.imp.ch/
202 no good listing policy
203 information received from inquiry to provider
204 website will be updated
206 dnsrbl.swinog.ch and uribl.swinog.ch (holding time increases with hits)
208 127.0.0.10 => TRAP (Email sent to a spamtrap)
209 127.0.0.11 => REPO (Email reported as Spam by customer)
210 spamrbl.imp.ch (3 days holding time)
211 IPs are listed when trying to send mail to the spamtrap mailserver
212 MD5 hash: attachment sent to the swinog blacklist
215 http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3
219 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/lookup-dnsbl-iip-lu-false-positive-removed/
220 in 2016: lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu blacklist started issuing false positive responses and upon further investigation looks to be abandoned/dead.
221 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/lookup.dnsbl.iip.lu
222 This blacklist is marked as "shut down" and non-operational as of 2017-12-31.
223 http://dnsbl.inps.de/
225 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/dnsbl.inps.de
226 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.
227 https://docs.hetrixtools.com/dnsbl-inps-de-removed-from-our-system/
228 [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.
229 https://glockapps.com/blacklist/dnsbl-inps-de/
230 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.
231 https://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-details.php?dnsbl=dnsbl.inps.de
232 This blacklist is offline as of May 1, 2020.
233 https://web.archive.org/web/20220428013500/http://www.inps.de/
239 dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
244 http://www.usenix.org.uk/content/rbl.html
249 https://help.fasthosts.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/140/kw/rbl
251 https://antispam.fasthosts.co.uk/
254 http://barracudacentral.org/rbl
255 requires account with extensive information (more than spamhaus e.g.):
261 your state/province name.
262 your zip/postal code.
263 the name of the alternate contact.
264 the phone number of the alternate contact.
265 the email address of the alternate contact.
266 seems well documented
269 http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement/008/fake-dnsbl-uncovered-nszones.com
272 https://cncz.science.ru.nl/en/howto/email-spam/
273 not really its own DNSBL?
277 seems serious but missing necessary info
280 http://blacklist.jippg.org/
286 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
287 https://www.nixspam.net/
288 previously http://www.dnsbl.manitu.net/
289 query zone: ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
290 provided by the reputable german publisher 'heise' which makes the high quality c’t, iX, and telepolis magacines
291 difficult to find info regarding listing policy
292 asked for more information to be added
293 https://www.heise.de/forum/iX/Kommentare/Gemeinsam-stark/Nutzungsbedingungen-Return-Codes-sonstige-Infos/posting-42669177/show/
295 website works but barely any info, not even how to query it
296 https://www.redhawk.org/?p=64
297 https://www.redhawk.org/SpamHawk/index.php
298 https://senderscore.org/
299 requires registration?
300 Scam? http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/buyer-beware-senderscoreorg-is-a-scam-c276871.html
301 https://senderscore.org/assess/blocklist-lookup/
302 FAQ: https://knowledge.validity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006992592-Return-Path-Blocklist-RPBL-FAQ-
303 no information how to query found
305 https://ers.trendmicro.com/
306 trendmicro paid service
307 https://docs.trendmicro.com/en-us/enterprise/email-reputation-services-online-help/getting-started_001/configuring-email-re/creating-an-account.aspx
308 »If you don’t create an account, you can still query the reputation of an IP address«
309 I don’t find any pricing or usage information
310 http://dnsbl.tornevall.org/
311 https://www.tornevall.net/
312 related to https://www.fraudbl.org/
313 seems a bit unstructured and not very well documented
314 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
316 http://rbl.schulte.org/
318 listing policy seems to be: they received spam from an IP
319 usage policy: Anyone can use this RBL list [sic]
320 return codes: probably boolean, i.e. either listed or not
321 http://relaytest.kundenserver.de/
322 by 1und1 (now ionos?), used internally
323 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/relays.bl.kundenserver.de
324 no usage policy found
325 no listing policy found
326 no return code explanation found
330 http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
331 https://web.archive.org/web/20150812003556/http://blogs.technet.com/b/fss/archive/2009/05/08/forefront-dnsbl-yeah-or-nay.aspx
332 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/88.blacklist.zap
333 88.blacklist.zap is an internal blacklist maintained by Microsoft's Forefront
334 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/frontbridge
336 »Use of any DrMX.ORG DNS Zone is by request and by contract only.«
338 tdk.net seems dead on http(s)
340 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.tdk.net
341 old link: http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
342 tdc.dk redirects to yousee.dk
343 https://web.archive.org/web/20170703084224/http://postmaster.tdc.dk/publish.php?id=31787
346 https://www.blalert.com/dnsbl/rbl.zenon.net
347 http://www.noc.zenon.net/rbl/
350 was public until 2015
351 now private, invite-only
352 http://rfc-clueless.org/
354 that do not adhere to common best practices or requirements
355 does NOT list spammers!
356 listing criteria are explained well
357 http://rfc-clueless.org/pages/listing_policy
358 return codes are explained
359 http://rfc-clueless.org/
360 usage policy is not so clear but the FAQ implies that it’s just free to use for everyone
362 first noticed in 2014 and deactivated
363 retried in 2023 and still the case
364 http://spameatingmonkey.com/
366 that sent backscatter
367 that sent to spamtrap
369 this includes dial-up!
370 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/policy-based-listing
374 usage policy seems clear
375 https://spameatingmonkey.com/faq/query-limits
376 listing policy seems clear
377 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
378 return codes documented
379 https://spameatingmonkey.com/services
380 http://blogspambl.com/
381 redirects to spameatingmonkey.com
384 that appear in spam bodies
387 that URIs in spam bodies resolve to
388 return codes are documented
389 https://uribl.com/about.shtml#implementation
391 127.0.0.1 is used to signal abusive query behaviour
392 http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
396 usage policy is relatively clear that it’s free, except maybe for big for-profit oranizations
397 listing policy is documented
398 return codes are documented
399 seems very trustworthy
400 http://www.sorbs.net/
404 usage policy is clear that it’s free
405 listing policy is documented
406 return codes are documented
408 http://www.spamhaus.org/
411 seems very professional
414 usage policy is clear
415 https://www.spamhaus.org/organization/dnsblusage/
416 listing policies are clearly documented
417 return codes are clearly documented
418 http://www.surbl.org/
421 usage policy is clear
422 https://surbl.org/usage-policy
423 listing policy is documented
424 return codes are documented
426 127.0.0.1 means blocked
430 listing policy seems clear
431 https://zapbl.net/policy
432 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
433 https://zapbl.net/using
434 return codes are documented
436 https://rbl.foobar.hu/
439 listing policy seems clear
440 usage policy seems clearly free for everyone
441 return codes are documented
442 possibly unmaintained or dead
443 footer says: ©2013-14
444 http://apews.org/?page=filter
446 https://www.dnsbl.com/search/label/apews
447 https://whatismyipaddress.com/apews
449 no news on http://apews-user.blogspot.com/ since 2014
450 not further looked into because of the above
451 https://www.dnswl.org/
452 seems to be run with best intentions but has had issues from what I have heard from some users
453 IRC channel has some activity
454 usage policy relatively clear
455 free within certain limits
458 return codes are documented
460 https://www.dnsblchile.org/index.en.html
461 chilenian spam so not interesting for me
463 00_LISTS_BLOGSPAMMERS
464 https://www.madavi.de/madavibl/
465 »This blacklist should only be used to block comment spammer (on blogs and websites). Don’t use it for mail.«
467 does not exist anymore
468 empty.us returns »Nothing here, obviously.«
471 http://korea.services.net/
473 00_LISTS_OPENRESOLVERS
475 https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl
477 clear information on usage policy
478 Nothing. The 0Spam Project is absolutely free for email providers, IT professionals and general removal request.
479 DNSBL service and removals are 100% for free for all uses; commercial, non profit and personal.
481 listing policies are a little less clear
482 bl.0spam.org DNSBL | 0spam Spam Trap Primary Database
483 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.
484 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.
485 return codes not very clear
489 The last IP address before destination in the email headers is listed into rbl.abuse.ro list.
490 Sender domains are analyzed and if confirmed to be not spoofed, are listed into dbl.abuse.ro list
491 Spamvertized domains (including those indirectly linked through services like bit.ly) are listed into uribl.abuse.ro list
493 usage policy is clear: free for whatever
494 listing policy is not quite so clear
495 can be mostly inferred from the classes but not entirely clear IMHO
498 not explicitly mentioned but it’s 127.0.0.X where X is the class from https://dronebl.org/classes
500 query zone: psbl.surriel.com
501 no usage policy, but seems implied that usage is free
503 no explicit, complete policy given but sending to spamtraps is mentioned to get you listed and seems the exclusive mechanism
505 not documented, probably only boolean
506 http://rbldata.interserver.net/
507 listing policy more or less clear
508 usage policy not given but since usage is explained it’s probably free for all
509 return codes seem to be binary, i.e. either listed or not
513 usage policy not explicit but seems to be free
514 listing policy also not explicit but can be inferred from return code explanation
515 return codes are explained
517 http://spamstinks.com/
518 http://tor.efnet.org/
519 http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/ MIRROR
523 http://www.aupads.org/
524 http://www.backscatterer.org/
525 fragwuerdige policy - bezahlen fuer schnelleres delisting
526 http://www.blockedservers.com/
527 http://www.blocklist.de/en/index.html
528 http://www.emailbasura.org/cgi-bin/emailbasura-ini.pl?lang=eng
529 http://www.gbudb.com/truncate/
530 http://www.justspam.org/
531 http://www.kempt.net/dnsbl/
532 http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/
533 http://www.spamcop.net/
536 http://www.spamsources.fabel.dk/
538 http://www.srntools.com/blacklist/
539 http://www.uceprotect.net/en/index.php
540 https://bl.konstant.no/
541 https://choon.net/rbl.php
542 https://www.abuse.ch/
543 https://www.abuse.ch/?tag=httpbl
544 https://www.kisarbl.or.kr/
545 https://www.megarbl.net/
546 https://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/dns.html
547 http://mailspike.net/usage.html
549 http://www.whitelisted.org/
552 https://puck.nether.net/or/
554 http://www.isipp.com/email-accreditation/iadb-query-instruction/
556 not quite a usage policy, but seems ok
557 strange split of ipv4 and ipv6