Spam Links

DNS & RHS Blackhole Lists

DNS Blackhole Lists or DNSBLs are a way to filter spam by using Domain Name Service (DNS) records as a database of policies relating to either an IP address or domain name, which can be used to decide whether or not to accept (or label) email. Don't use any of these without testing them first and reading any available listing policy. Test the DNSBLs you use regularly. If a DNSBL suddenly dies or starts to return positive results for all queries, will all of your incoming email be rejected?

The “Copy” tags in the table indictate if it is possible to use one of the following methods to take a copy of the DNS zone: A: Zone Transfer, R: RSYNC, H: HTTP, B: BGP. Links to check the lists (Chk), remove entries (Rem), add entries (Add) and to find the listing policy (Pol) are available for most lists.

Major Spam Source DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
sbl.spamhaus.org SBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Spamhaus Block List
zen.spamhaus.org SBL-ZEN various   Chk Rem Add Pol Spamhaus Block List - the SBL, XBL and PBL in combination
*.dnsbl.karmasphere.com KARMA various   Chk N/A N/A Pol Karmasphere is like Santa Claus: it knows if you've been naughty, and it knows if you've been nice
dnsbl.ahbl.org AHBL various   Chk Rem Add Pol Abusive Hosts Blocking List
dnsbl.njabl.org NJABL various R Chk Rem Add Pol Not Just Another Bogus List
dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS various   Chk Rem Add Pol  
blackholes.five-ten-sg.com FIVE-TEN various   Chk Rem Add Pol  
hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com HOSTKARMA various   Chk Rem Add Pol  
aspews.ext.sorbs.net ASPEWS 127.0.0.2 H Chk Rem Add Pol Another Spam Prevention Early Warning System
iscbl.anti-spam.org.cnCASA-CBLvarious ChkRemAddPolChina Anti-Spam Alliance Black List
cbl.anti-spam.org.cn
cblplus.anti-spam.org.cn
cblless.anti-spam.org.cn

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Paid Subscription DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org MAPS-RBL+ 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Nomination of spam sources
- ivmSIP and ivmSIP/24 - R Chk Rem Add Pol Very good at catching low-flying spammers - only available by rsync. imvSIP/24 lists ranges used by spammers, not just single IPs.
varies MAILDEF 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Custom DNSBLs
bl.redhatgate.com POSTFIXGATE 127.0.0.1   Chk Rem Add Pol IPs that send spam to Spam Catcher e-mail Addresses
c10.rbl.hk MAILPROVE 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Asia-based spam source DNSBL
- MIPSPACE 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol IP Addresses associated with known commercial marketing companies
- ATLBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Designed to combat many different types of Internet abuse

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User Submission DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
bl.spamcop.net SPAMCOP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Experimental list, not for use in a production environment
varies DRBL-AGK
DRBL-CROCO
DRBL-BIZEXPERT
127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Distributed Realtime Blackhole List
bl.emailbasura.org EMAILBASURA 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Spanish Language DNSBL. Spam is reported via the website and checked against a white-list.

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Spamtrap Driven or Automated DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
db.wpbl.info WPBL 127.0.0.2 R Chk Rem Add Pol Weighted Private Block List. WPBL should not be used to block mail or deny SMTP connections. It is most effective in a scoring-based system rather than black-and-white filtering.
msgid.bl.gweep.ca GWEEP-MSGID 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol IPs that sent email to bad Addresses in the last two and a half hours.
sbbl.they.com SSBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Spamtraps on they.com
dnsbl.kempt.net KEMPT 127.0.0.2   Chk Auto Add Pol Contact Kempt if you use this list
blacklist.woody.ch WOODY 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
psbl.surriel.com SURRIEL-PSBL 127.0.0.2 R Chk Rem Add Pol Passive Spam Block List
dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net UCEPROTECT 127.0.0.2 R H Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
virbl.bit.nl VIRBL 127.0.0.2 H Chk Rem Add Pol Virus or Worm Sources
rot.blackhole.cantv.net CANTV-ROT 127.0.0.2   Chk Auto Add Pol Virus or Worm Sources
virus.rbl.jp RBL.JP-VIRUS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Virus or Worm Sources
ix.dnsbl.manitu.net NIXSPAM 127.0.0.2 H Chk Rem Add Pol automatically generated entries
wormrbl.imp.ch IMP-WORMS 127.0.0.4 H Chk Rem Add Pol Worms from the last 2 days
spamrbl.imp.ch IMP-SPAM 127.0.0.5   Chk Rem Add Pol Spam from the last 2 days
virus.rbl.msrbl.net MSRBL-VIRUS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Hosts found sending virus mails
phishing.rbl.msrbl.net MSRBL-PHISH 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Hosts found sending phishing mails
images.rbl.msrbl.net MSRBL-IMAGES 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Hosts found sending mail contaning spam images
spam.rbl.msrbl.net MSRBL-SPAM 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Hosts found sending mail contaning spam
combined.rbl.msrbl.net MSRBL-COMBINED 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol All the above lists combined
rbl.interserver.net INTERSERVER 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Checks multiple spam traps and blocks the IPs of the sender to those email addresses.
spamlist.or.kr KISARBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Real time spam IP block list by Korean Information Security Agency
dyna.spamrats.com RATS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Infected PC or BotNet sending spam
noptr.spamrats.com
spam.spamrats.com
dnsbl.abuse.ch ABUSE-CH 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol IP addresses that have sent spam to a honeypot. Use combined.abuse.ch to also include drone.abuse.ch - see below.
combined.abuse.ch
dnsbl.inps.de INPS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol If an e-mail is detected as spam and the IP address of the sending host meets some additional requirements
- BRBL unknown   Chk Rem Add Pol Barracuda Reputation Block List - ask for access via the website
dnsbl.dronebl.org DRONEBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol DroneBL is a realtime monitor of abusable IPs, which has the goal of stopping abuse of infected machines.

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Behaviour Driven DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
bl.deadbeef.com DEADBEEF 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol ISPs who do not accept abuse reports
forbidden.icm.edu.pl ICM.EDU.PL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Companies which took ORBS administrator to court
query.senderbase.org SENDERBASE TXT   Chk Rem Add Pol Returns TXT records
ubl.lashback.com
ubl.unsubscore.com
LASHBACK 127.0.0.2 A H H Chk Rem Add Pol Unsubscribe abusers
test.blocklist.org PHOENIX 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol p2p blocklist (includes spam listings)
ips.backscatterer.org BACKSCATTER 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem N/A Pol Backscatter and Sender Callout abusers
backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-BACKSCATTER 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A N/A Pol IPs that mailed a spamtrap with a NULL sender. IPs automatically expire after 15 days' inactivity.
list.anonwhois.net ANONWHOIS various R Chk N/A N/A Pol A list of domains that are using a private or anonymous whois service. This is an informational list, not a blacklist.

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URIBLs and Content Based DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes

multi.surbl.org

SURBL 127.0.0.2 R H Chk Rem Add Pol Spam URI Realtime Blocklist. Lists domains seen in URLs in spam messages reported to various sources, to be used to block based on URL.
ab.surbl.org
ob.surbl.org
sc.surbl.org
ws.surbl.org
ph.surbl.org
dnsbl.othello.ch MOD-DNSBL various A Chk Rem Add Pol Full URL list, for use with web filtering
uribl.swinog.ch IMP-URIBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol SWINOG URIBL
bsb.spamlookup.net SPAMLOOKUP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains seen in blog spam
dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net DOB 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol The Day Old Bread List - domains registered in the last five days
url.rbl.jp RBL.JP-URL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Check URLs in e-mail against spam URLs
dyndns.rbl.jp RBL.JP-DYN 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Check URLs in e-mail against free dynamic DNS services
- ivmURI - R Chk Rem Add Pol Similar to SURBL and URIBL - access by subscription
dbl.spamhaus.org DBL various   Chk Rem N/A Pol Spam domains including spam payload URLs, spam sources and senders ("right-hand side"), known spammers and spam gangs, and phish, virus and malware-related sites.
uribl.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-URI 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol URIs found a requisite number of times in unwanted messages. Domains automatically expire after 15 days of inactivity
ixhash.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-IXHASH -   Chk Rem Add Pol Mail from our spamtraps or reported by users is analyzed and the iXhash for the message is contained in this zone. SpamAssassin has a plugin that fully supports iXhash

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Bogon, Hijacked & Zombie Network DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
bogons.cymru.com CYMRU-BOGON 127.0.0.2 A H B Chk Rem Add Pol Bogon IP allocations
zombie.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-ZOMBIES 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol List of networks hijacked from their original owners

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Open Relay DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
relays.mail-abuse.org MAPS-RSS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
orvedb.aupads.org ORVEDB 127.0.0.2   Chk Auto Add Pol  
relays.nether.net NETHER-OR 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
unsure.nether.net
relays.bl.gweep.ca GWEEP-RELAYS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-RELAYS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
relays.bl.kundenserver.de KUNDEN 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  

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Open Proxy DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
xbl.spamhaus.org SPAMHAUS-XBL 127.0.0.4-6   Chk N/A Add Pol Exploits Block List - illegal 3rd party exploits.
Incorporates CBL data and OPM data.
cbl.abuseat.org CBL 127.0.0.2 R Chk Rem Add Pol Data is used by XBL, so don't use both.
drone.abuse.ch ABUSE-CH 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol IP addresses that are part of a spam- or malware-related fast-flux botnet
proxy.bl.gweep.ca GWEEP-PROXY 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
- MAPS-OPS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
http.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-HTTP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-SOCKS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-PROXY 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
proxy.block.transip.nl TRANSIP-PROXY 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  

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Open Formmail DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
web.dnsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-WEB 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  

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Unconfirmed Mailing Lists

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
nml.mail-abuse.org MAPS-NML 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  

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Dialup or Dynamic IP DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
pbl.spamhaus.org PBL tba   Chk Rem Add Pol Spamhaus Policy Block List
dialups.mail-abuse.org MAPS-DUL 127.0.0.3   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dul.ru DUL.RU 127.0.0.2 A Chk Rem Add Pol  
duinv.aupads.org AUPADS-DUINV 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
pool.dnsbl.solid.net SOLID-POOL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dynablock.sorbs.net SORBS-DYNA 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net
residential.block.transip.nl TRANSIP-RES 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dynip.rothen.com DYNIP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dul.blackhole.cantv.net CANTV DUL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
cdl.anti-spam.org.cn CDL 127.0.8.4   Chk Rem Add Pol Dynamic addresses in China (including Taiwan)
short.rbl.jp RBL.JP-SHORT 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol ADSL or PPP connections

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Focused DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
<country code>.rbl.cluecentral.net CLUECENTRAL 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol Block or whitelist countries and/or netblocks based on origin AS number
<AS number>.rbl.cluecentral.net
*.cc.countries.nerd.dk NERD-COUNTRIES 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol Lists IP space by ccTLD - uses ISO country codes. Website down as of 09/2005
*.ascc.dnsbl.bit.nl ASCC various   Chk N/A Add Pol Countrycode and BGP Autonomous System
geobl.spamanalysis.org GEOBL 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol Deny or allow hosts known to be within certain geographic locations
bl.scrollout.com iRBL various   Chk N/A Add Pol UNREGISTERED USERS can block only countries by configuring the email server(s) to use bl.scrollout.com and block manually each country they don't (want to) deal with depending on the Return Code
country.netop.orgNETOPTXT recordsChkN/AAddPoltwo-letter ISO 3166 country code
korea.services.net KOREA 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol South Korean IP space
fl.chickenboner.biz CHICKENBONER 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol Florida Blackhole List
flowgoaway.com FLOWGO-AWAY 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A Add Pol Flowgo Blacklist, published by Intersil
tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de TOR-SECTOOR 127.0.0.2   Chk N/A N/A Pol Blacklist for Tor servers. torserver.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de also lists /24 (“Class C”) networks around Tor exit nodes.
torserver.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de
<port>.<yourreverseip>.ip-port.exitlist.torproject.org TORDNSEL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol

Checks Tor exit nodes that can connect to the IP and port that make up the zone

<country code>.country.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-COUNTRY 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
geobl.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-GEOBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  

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Local and Personal DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
mail.people.it PEOPLE.IT 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Local bl at people.it
blocked.hilli.dk HILLI 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Local bl at hilli.dk
dnsbl.cyberlogic.net CYBERLOGIC 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol “...used to prevent reoccuring spam sent to Cyberlogic. Nominations come from our clients...”
rsbl.aupads.org RSBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
blacklist.sci.kun.nl SCI.KUN.NL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.isoc.bg ISOC 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Mostly Bulgarian spammers
all.spamblock.unit.liu.se SPAMBLOCK 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
bl.csma.biz MCFAEN 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol McFadden Associates free spam blacklist
sbl.csma.biz
dnsbl.solid.net SOLID 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
map.spam-rbl.com SPAM-RBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
fresh.sa_slip.rbl.arix.com ARIX-SLIP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Spammers that get round SpamAssassin
stale.sa_slip.arix.com
fresh.dict.rbl.arix.com ARIX-DICT 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Dictionary Spammers
stale.dict.rbl.arix.com
access.redhawk.org REDHAWK 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
blackholes.alphanet.ch ALPHANET 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
spam.wytnij.to WYTNIJ 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
3y.spam.mrs.kithrup.com KITHRUP 0.0.0.0   Chk Rem Add Pol  
mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org JIPPG 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
spamguard.leadmon.net LEADMON various   Chk Rem Add Pol Dead?
dnsbl.jammconsulting.com JAMM various   Chk Rem Add Pol Dead?
rbl.snark.net SNARK various   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.mags.net MAGS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol See this post
- PUAS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Private DNSBL of Spanish Universities
spamsource.block.transip.nl TRANSIP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Servers die spam hebben verstuurd
bl.spamcannibal.org SPAMCANNIBAL 127.0.0.2 H Chk Rem Add Pol  
bl.starloop.com STARLOOP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
rbl.cbn.net.id CBN 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
0spam.fusionzero.com 0SPAM 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol 0Spam Black List
fnrbl.fast.net FAST 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
spam.blackhole.cantv.net CANTV 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
ppbl.beat.st PPBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Personal DNSBL of "The George".
Publicly queryable, not advertised as a public service
bl.technovision.dk TECHNOVISION 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Individual spam IP sources
no-more-funn.moensted.dk NO-MORE-FUNN various   Chk Rem Add Pol dr.moensted's bl
blocked.asgardnet.org ASGARDNET     Chk Rem Add Pol  
- DIESPAMMER     Chk Rem Add Pol  
black.dnsbl.securityplanet.nl SECPLANET 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.mcu.edu.tw MCU-TW 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
- LOSABL     Chk Rem Add Pol LOw Security Areas Blocking List
blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net ATT ? ? Chk Rem Add Pol AT&T private blacklist
l1.apews.rhsbl.sorbs.net APEWS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol

Anonymous Postmasters Early Warning System

l2.apews.dnsbl.sorbs.net
arspam.buanzo.org ARSPAM 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.spam-champuru.livedoor.com SPAM-CHAMPURU 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Spam affecting Livedoor
dnsbl.cmbix.com CMBIX 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol A highly active maintained ip black list for use with mail programs and also others. All listed ips here are 100% verified spam and/or abusive. False positives are unacceptable for us.
bl.spameatingmonkey.net SEM-BLACK 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Policy choices, spamtraps, and trusted user submissions
dnsbl.tornevall.org TORNEVALL various   Chk Rem Add Pol Proxy/Spam/Abuse-blocking since 2006
spam.pedantic.org PEDANTIC 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol service for blocking people who have sent me spam
dnsbl.inps.de INPS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol IP addresses from which we received mails, that were classified as spam

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DNS Whitelists

These are the inverse of a blackhole list; entries in these lists should be allowed, not denied. Some of these whitelists are provided as part of a commercial trust service, while others are generated on a peer-to-peer or individual trust basis.
Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
*.dnswl.karmasphere.com KARMA various   Chk N/A N/A Pol Karmasphere is like Santa Claus: it knows if you've been naughty, and it knows if you've been nice.
query.bondedsender.org SENDERSCORE 127.0.0.10 A Chk Rem Add Pol Sender Score Certified
whitelist.sci.kun.nl SCI.KUN.NL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol C&CZ's eigen witte lijst
- HABEAS-HUL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol DNS-based IP address listing of Habeas licensees
dnswl.isoc.bg ISOC-WL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol ISOC Whitelisted IPs
- MXES 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Track good mail servers
cabal.web-o-trust.org WEB-O-TRUST 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Whitelisting network
exemptions.ahbl.org AHBL-EXEMPTIONS 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
iadb.isipp.com IADB various   Chk Rem Add Pol ISIPP Accreditation Database aka SuretyMail. IADB returns detailed response codes; IADB 2 returns a score; and IDDB is queried for domains.
iadb2.isipp.com
iddb.isipp.com
- OUTBOUND -   Chk Rem Add Pol Subscription only
nlwhitelist.dnsbl.bit.nl

VIRBL-WL

127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Whitelist of virbl, Dutch
cml.anti-spam.org.cn CASA-CML 127.0.8.1   Chk Rem Add Pol Chinese mail server white list
list.dnswl.org DNSWL 127.0.0.2 H Chk Rem Add Pol Please use experimentally only; known good senders
nobl.junkemailfilter.com HOSTKARMA various   Chk Rem Add Pol IP and host names that should never be in any blacklist
- SWISSWL -   Chk Rem Add Pol IP-database of all secure Swiss SMTP servers

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Un-Whitelisted IP DNSBLs

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
hil.habeas.com HABEAS-HIL 127.0.0.2 A Chk Rem Add Pol

Habeas BlackList.
See also the Habeas Users List.

wadb.isipp.com WADB various   Chk Rem Add Pol ISIPP Withdrawn Accreditation Database

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RHSBL Lists

Right-Hand Side Blackhole Lists are used to block by the email Address of the “envelope sender” - i.e. the domain name used by the sender.

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
bl.deadbeef.com DEADBEEF-RHSBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.isoc.bg ISOC 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Mostly bulgarian spam
in.dnsbl.org DNSBL-IN     Chk Rem Add Pol For DNS Providers to collectively deny DNS services to known spam domains

ex.dnsbl.org
DNSBL-EX various   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains that spammed easyDNS
zebl.zoneedit.com ZEBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol

Combination list of domains from spews, spamsites, and people who have sent spam to zoneedit.

ban.zebl.zoneedit.com is used to collectively deny DNS services to known spam domains. Under no circumstances should it be used by any MTA for mail filtering in any capacity whatsoever.

bulk.rhs.mailpolice.com MAILPOLICE-RHS 127.0.0.2 R Chk Rem Add Pol Domains which have been used to send spam to our customers
porn.rhs.mailpolice.com
fraud.rhs.mailpolice.com
block.rhs.mailpolice.com
dynamic.rhs.mailpolice.com
adv.rhs.mailpolice.com
webmail.rhs.mailpolice.com
postmaster.rfc-ignorant.org RFCI-POSTMASTER 127.0.0.3   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains without a working postmaster mailbox
dsn.rfc-ignorant.org RFCI-DSN 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains refusing any mail from “<>”
abuse.rfc-ignorant.org RFCI-ABUSE 127.0.0.4   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains without a working abuse mailbox
whois.rfc-ignorant.org RFCI-WHOIS various   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains without “correct” whois
bogusmx.rfc-ignorant.org RFCI-BOGUSMX 127.0.0.8   Chk Rem Add Pol Domains without working mail exchanger records
badconf.rhsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-BADCONF 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol A or MX records point to bad address space
nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net SORBS-NOMAIL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Domain owners say no mail ever sent with these domains
rhsbl.ahbl.org AHBL 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dnsbl.cyberlogic.net CYBERLOGIC 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol “...used to prevent reoccuring spam sent to Cyberlogic. Nominations come from our clients...”
spamdomain.block.transip.nl TRANSIP 127.0.0.2   Chk Rem Add Pol Domeinen van bekende spamoperaties
dnsrbl.swinog.ch SWINOG-DNSRBL 127.0.0.3   Chk Rem Add Pol Spamtrap fed by 100 spamtraps within switzerland
hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com HOSTKARMA various   Chk Rem Add Pol  
dbl.spamhaus.org DBL various   Chk Rem N/A Pol Spam domains including spam payload URLs, spam sources and senders ("right-hand side"), known spammers and spam gangs, and phish, virus and malware-related sites.

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HTTP Abusers

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
dnsbl.httpbl.org HTTP:BL various   Chk Rem Add Pol Requires access key from Project Honeypot.
Can ask for an offline download.

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DNSBL Testing

Zone Websites Response Copy Chk Rem Add Pol Notes
nofalsenegative.stopspam.samspade.org NO-FALSE-NEGATIVES 127.0.0.2   N/A N/A N/A N/A Blocks all of IPv4
nofalsepositive.stopspam.samspade.org NO-FALSE-POSITIVES N/A   N/A N/A N/A N/A Lists none of IPv4
blocked.secnap.net BLOCKED-SECNAP 127.0.0.2   N/A N/A N/A N/A Blocks all of IPv4
ipv4.fahq2.com FAHQ2-IPV4 127.0.0.2   N/A N/A N/A N/A Blocks all of IPv4
random.bl.gweep.ca GWEEP-RANDOM 127.0.0.2   N/A N/A N/A N/A Randomly blocks IP Addresses

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Dead DNSBLs

These DNSBLs are dead, which means that you should no longer be using them. Check the list of DNSBLs you have carefully against this list. Using a dead DNSBL can lead to unexpected consequences, such as the rejection of all incoming email.
Dead DNSBL Lists

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DNSBLs Listed and Compared Elsewhere

DNS-based Spam Databases - www.declude.com/Articles.asp?ID=97
Blacklists Compared - www.sdsc.edu/~jeff/spam/Blacklists_Compared.html
Simple RBL false-positive test - www.davideous.com/rblefftest/
DNSBL List - www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-list.php
Blocklists Supported by the SpamBouncer - www.spambouncer.org/reference/blocklists.shtml
DNSBL comparison - www.nber.org/sys-admin/dnsbl-comparison.html
Comparison of DNS blacklists - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_blacklists
RBL Registry — Known Reverse Domain Name System Lists - www.techtheft.info/zones/?expand=50
Karmasphere - www.karmasphere.com/
CBL FAQ - cbl.abuseat.org/faq.html - scroll down to "Other DNSBLs"
MultiRBL list - multirbl.valli.org/index.php?act=list

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