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DNS Blackhole Lists (DNSBLs)

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.


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DNS Blackhole List Usage

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http://www.ordb.org/faq/#usage
http://lugoj.org/docs/rbl.html
http://www.mail-abuse.org/rbl/usage.html
http://www.spews.org/filter.html
http://www.blackholes.us/docs/usage.html
http://www.declude.com/junkmail/support/ip4rinfo.htm
http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/using.html

DNSBL Management

http://home.earthlink.net/~marvinglenn/dbl/ (idea to distribute via usenet)
http://www.pan-am.ca/spammyths/rants/06aug2002.html (how dnsbls should be managed)
http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/rbldnsd.html (DNS server for DNSBLs)
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/rbldns.html (DNS server for DNSBLs)
http://www.clifto.com/itemize.html (why collateral damage is a necessary evil)
http://www.linxnet.com/misc/spam/blocklists.html

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DNSBLs Listed and Compared

Some excellent lists of current DNSBLs, which complement the list on this site.

http://www.declude.com/JunkMail/Support/ip4r.htm
http://www.sdsc.edu/~jeff/spam/Blacklists_Compared.html
http://spam.h1r.org/blacklists.html
http://openrbl.org/zones.htm
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/rbl/rbl.html
http://www.dnsbl.com/
http://www.stickysauce.com/scum/directory/blacklist.htm
http://bl.reynolds.net.au/types/
http://cesario.rutgers.edu/easmith/computers/antispam.html
http://www.inboxdoctor.com/comparison.htm
http://pf.econ.kobe-u.ac.jp/mac/spam/orbs.html (relay lists - in Japanese)
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~joe/open-proxies-used-to-send-spam.html

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DNS Blackhole Lists

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General Purpose DNSBLs

Note that several of these will return a different response depending on listing reason; read the documentation for each.
Those that you must pay to use are indicated by an asterisk (*).

relays.osirusoft.com (http://relays.osirusoft.com/ - http://relays.osirusoft.com/howtoaxfr.html)
spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com (http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/index.lasso)
spews.relays.osirusoft.com (http://www.spews.org/, mirror: http://www.spews.us/, alternative DNS: http://spews.hatcheck.org/)
(see also http://www.tekplex.net/spews.html, search SPEWS: http://www.cjllewellyn.org.uk/search.php. How to get out of SPEWS: http://www.spamblocked.com/get_out_of_SPEWS.html)
spews.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/spews/)
blacklist.spambag.org (http://www.spambag.org/)
spammers.v6net.org (http://abl.v6net.org/ - Arbitrary Blackhole List)
blackholes.five-ten-sg.com (http://www.five-ten-sg.com/blackhole.php)
blackholes.intersil.net ("spammers...who have pestered users at Intersil")
block.blars.org (http://www.blars.org/errors/block.html)
http://www.drbl.ofisp.org/zones.html (http://www.drbl.ofisp.org/)
bl.spamcop.net (http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml)
blackholes.easynet.nl (http://blackholes.easynet.nl/)
mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org (http://blacklist.jippg.org/)
blackhole.compu.net ("hosts...not blocked by other blackhole sites and [which] spammed compu.net")
spamguard.leadmon.net (http://www.leadmon.net/spamguard/)
3y.spam.mrs.kithrup.com (http://www.kithrup.com/)
dnsbl.njabl.org (http://www.njabl.org/)
xbl.selwerd.cx (http://xbl.selwerd.cx/)
spam.wytnij.to (http://spam.wytnij.to/)
blackholes.sandes.dk (http://www.sandes.dk/abusers/abusers.html, http://www.sandes.dk/abusers/permzone.txt)
relays.sandes.dk (http://www.sandes.dk/abusers/abusers.html, http://www.sandes.dk/abusers/tmpzone.txt)
http://bl.reynolds.net.au/ (Lots of different lists)
rbl.rope.net (http://msgs.securepoint.com/cgi-bin/get/qmail0202/24.html)
rbl.ntvinet.net
no-more-funn.moensted.dk (dr.moensted's bl)
list.dsbl.org, unconfirmed.dsbl.org (http://dsbl.org/)
ipwhois.rfc-ignorant.org (http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-ipwhois.php)
http://openlists.cjb.net/ or http://openlists.5u.com/ (Open Mailing Lists)
nml.mail-abuse.org (http://www.mail-abuse.org/nml/)
formmail.relays.monkeys.com (Zone transfers only - http://www.monkeys.com/anti-spam/filtering/formmail.html)
spamsites.relays.osirusoft.com (http://spamsites.org/)
in.dnsbl.org (http://www.dnsbl.org/)
ksi.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/ksi/)
blackholes.brainerd.net (http://blackholes.brainerd.net/)
assholes.madscience.nl (http://www.assholes.madscience.nl/)
spam.dnsrbl.net (http://www.dnsrbl.com/)
rbl-plus.mail-abuse.org (http://www.mail-abuse.org/rbl/) *
bl.redhatgate.com (http://www.postfixgate.com/) *
blackholes.uceb.org (http://www.uceb.org/)
sbbl.they.com (http://www.they.com/sbbl/ - from spamtraps on they.com)
http://www.maildeflector.com/ (Custom DNSBLs) *
rsbl.aupads.org (http://www.aupads.org/rsbl.html)
http://www.rbl.jp/
hil.habeas.com (http://www.habeas.com/services/infringers.htm)
blacklist.informationwave.net (http://dipole.informationwave.net/~missnglnk/luis.txt)
bl.deadbeef.com (http://spam.deadbeef.com/bl/ - lists ISPs who do not accept abuse reports)
intruders.docs.uu.se (http://www.docs.uu.se/intruders/, full list at: http://www.docs.uu.se/intruders/ipv4/)
bl.technovision.dk (http://bl.technovision.dk/ - local bl at technovision.dk)
spam.exsilia.net (local bl at exsilia.net)
mail.people.it (local bl at people.it)
blocklist.squawk.com, blocklist2.squawk.com (local bl at squawk.com)
rbl.fnidder.dk (http://fnidder.dk/rbl.html)
bl.borderworlds.dk (http://borderworlds.dk/bl.html)
dnsbl.delink.net (http://dnsbl.delink.net/)
blocked.hilli.dk (local bl at hilli.dk)
blacklist.sci.kun.nl (http://www-cncz.sci.kun.nl/documentation/spamfiltering.html)
rbl.schulte.org (http://rbl.schulte.org/ - zone transfers available from ns.schulte.org)
http://www.kempt.net/spam-policy.html (to use, contact service@kempt.net)
forbidden.icm.edu.pl (http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/spam/bh.html - the zone exists, but the status is uncertain)
msgid.bl.gweep.ca (http://www.msgid.bl.gweep.ca/ - IPs that sent email to bad addresses in the last two and a half hours.)
dnsbl.delink.net (http://delink.net/?page=dnsbl)
dnsbl.sorbs.net (http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/)
spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net (hosts that sent spam to SORBS - http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/)
web.dnsbl.sorbs.net (Open Formmail hosts - http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/)
vox.schpider.com (http://vox.schpider.com/)
query.trustic.com (http://www.trustic.com/ - must register to use. Based on user submissions.)
dnsbl.isoc.bg (http://dnsbl.isoc.bg/ - mostly bulgarian spammers)
http://www.2mbit.com/ahbl.html
fl.chickenboner.biz (http://groups.google.com/groups?q=chickenboner.biz)
satos.rbl.cluecentral.net (Sick And Tired Of Spam - personal blackhole list of http://www.cluecentral.net/rbl/)
spamsources.dnsbl.info (http://www.dnsbl.info/)
blacklist.woody.ch (http://blacklist.woody.ch/rblcheck.php3)
all.spamblock.unit.liu.se (http://www.unit.liu.se/irt/epost/spamblocked.html)
lbl.lagengymnastik.dk
rbl.firstbase.com (http://www.firstbase.com/sts/firstbase_rbl.htm, zone at: http://www.firstbase.com/sts/FIRSTBASE.RBL)
bl.tolkien.dk (http://bombadil.tolkien.dk/~boll/blacklist/)

DNS Whitelists

query.bondedsender.org (http://www.bondedsender.org/) *
whitelist.sci.kun.nl (http://www-cncz.sci.kun.nl/documentation/spamfiltering.html)
http://www.habeas.com/services/hul.htm
dnswl.isoc.bg (http://dnsbl.isoc.bg/)
http://www.mxes.org/ (keep track of good mail servers - not yet in production)

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Dead

blackholes.2mbit.com (http://2mbit.com/sbl.php, see http://2mbit.com/sbl-zone)
rbl.triumf.ca
rblmap.tu-berlin.de (Local BL at Technische Universität Berlin)
rbl.spam.org.tr (http://www.spam.org.tr/rbl/)
rbl-ok.uib.no (http://www.uib.no/)
rbl.uib.no (http://www.uib.no/)
mailabusedatabase.com (http://mailabusedatabase.com/ - custom DNSBLs) *
generic.rwl.mailabusedatabase.com (http://mailabusedatabase.com/ - custom DNSBLs)*
dews.qmail.org (http://dews.qmail.org/)
inflow.noflow.org (http://www.noflow.org/, zone at http://www.noflow.org/inflow.noflow.org.txt)
http://spam.olsentech.net/ (private use only)
http://www.catchspam.com/ (private use only)
http://www.goldinc.com/dodfa11/ - orbs.dorkslayers.com, ztl.dorkslayers.com, orbs.dorkslayers.com, relays.dorkslayers.com

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DNSBL Testing

nofalsenegatives.stopspam.samspade.org (blocks all of IPv4)
blocked.secnap.net (blocks all of IPv4)
random.bl.gweep.ca (http://www.random.bl.gweep.ca/ - randomly blocks IP addresses)

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Open Relay DNSBLs

See Relays for more on open relays.

relays.mail-abuse.org (http://work-rss.mail-abuse.org/rss/)
relays.ordb.org (http://www.ordb.org/)
inputs.relays.osirusoft.com (http://relays.osirusoft.com/)
relays.visi.com (http://relays.visi.com/)
dev.null.dk (http://www.null.dk/)
osrs.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/osrs/)
multihop.dsbl.org (http://www.dsbl.org/)
orvedb.aupads.org (http://www.aupads.org/ordb.html)
relays.nether.net and unsure.nether.net (http://puck.nether.net/or/)
relays.bl.gweep.ca (http://www.relays.bl.gweep.ca/)
smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net (http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/)

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Open Proxy DNSBLs

See Proxies for more on open proxies.

socks.relays.osirusoft.com (Report open SOCKS proxies to open-proxy@tlh.com.ar as PROXY: IP)
proxy.relays.osirusoft.com
proxies.relays.monkeys.com (http://www.monkeys.com/upl/ - report open proxies to proxies@monkeys.com).
proxies.exsilia.net (exsilia.net proxy list)
proxy.bl.gweep.ca (http://www.proxy.bl.gweep.ca/ - insecure HTTP proxies)
proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl (http://proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl/)

http://opm.blitzed.org/

opm.blitzed.org (Open proxies)
socks.opm.blitzed.org (SOCKS proxies)
wingate.opm.blitzed.org (Wingates)

http://bl.reynolds.net.au/

owps.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/owps/ - Wingates)
ohps.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/ohps/ - HTTP)
osps.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/osps/ - SOCKS)

http://www.dnsbl.sorbs.net/

http.dnsbl.sorbs.net (Open HTTP Proxy Servers)
socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net (Open SOCKS Proxy Servers)
misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net (Other Proxy Servers)

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Dynamic IP DNSBLs

This style of DNSBL is designed so that dial-ups cannot make direct connections to a mail exchanger.

A good explanation of what a DUL is for: http://home.online.no/~hph/RIPE/LIR WG 33 Anti Spam/
A counter-argument: http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/maps-dul-is-wrong.html

dialups.mail-abuse.org (http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/)
dialups.relays.osirusoft.com (http://relays.osirusoft.com/)
dynablock.easynet.nl (http://dynablock.easynet.nl/)
dialup.blacklist.jippg.org, non-jp.dialup.blacklist.jippg.org, jp.dialup.blacklist.jippg.org (http://blacklist.jippg.org/)
rdts.bl.reynolds.net.au (http://bl.reynolds.net.au/rdts/)
dialups.visi.com, pdl.bofh.it (http://www.pan-am.ca/pdl/ - get the list at http://www.pan-am.ca/pdl/pdl-list.txt)
dul.ru (http://www.dul.ru/)
dun.dnsrbl.net (http://www.dnsrbl.com/)
duinv.aupads.org (http://www.aupads.org/duinv.html)

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Focused DNSBLs

Used to focus blocking down to one particular mailer, ISP or country.

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ISP DNSBL Listings

ybl.megacity.org (netblocks known to be used by Yahoo)
pm0-no-more.compu.net ("blocks all pm0 email")
flowgoaway.com (Flowgo Blacklist, published by http://www.intersil.com/)
http://www.cluecentral.net/rbl/showasns.php (APNIC IP space by ASN)

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Country DNSBL Listings

http://www.cluecentral.net/rbl/showcountries.php (APNIC IP space by country)
http://countries.nerd.dk/ (lists IP space by ccTLD - uses ISO country codes)
korea.services.net (http://www.iecc.com/korea.html)
block.me.uk (http://block.me.uk/ - spammers in the UK, coming soon)

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blackholes.us

Get more information about these lists, as well as the complete lists in text or zone file format at: http://www.blackholes.us/

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ISP

See http://www.blackholes.us/

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Country

See http://www.blackholes.us/

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RHSBLs; Domain Name Based DNS Blackhole Lists

RHSBL stands for Right Hand Side Blackhole List,~
which refers to the right-hand side of the email address of the "envelope sender" - i.e. the domain name used by the sender.

Lists of domains to block are also available here, in other formats: Blacklisted Domains

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RHSBL Usage

http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/how_to_domain.php

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RHSBL Lists

bl.deadbeef.com (http://spam.deadbeef.com/bl/)
dnsbl.isoc.bg (http://dnsbl.isoc.bg/ - mostly bulgarian spam)
spam.zapjunk.com (http://www.zapjunk.com/dns/index.php)
in.dnsbl.org, ex.dnsbl.org (http://www.dnsbl.org/ - "for DNS Providers to collectively deny DNS services to known spam domains")
zebl.zoneedit.com - "combination list of domains from spews, wirehubs, spamsites, and people who have sent spam to zoneedit"
ban.zebl.zoneedit.com - "compiled from samizdata's banlist, and listings added by admins at zoneedit - don't use it to block spam"

Monkeys.com

bandwidth-pigs.monkeys.com (http://www.monkeys.com/bandwidth-pigs/)

client-domain.sjesl.monkeys.com
helo-domain.sjesl.monkeys.com
sender-domain.sjesl.monkeys.com
sender-address.sjesl.monkeys.com
sender-domain-validate.sjesl.monkeys.com

RFC-Ignorant

postmaster.rfc-ignorant.org (http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-postmaster.php)
dsn.rfc-ignorant.org (http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-dsn.php)
abuse.rfc-ignorant.org (http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-abuse.php)
whois.rfc-ignorant.org (http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/policy-whois.php)

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Look up entries in DNSBLs

Query DNSBLs.

Tools > DNSBL Lookups

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Last updated: 28 Agosto, 2019

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