On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 05:29:51PM -0700, li...@lazygranch.com wrote:
> The last time TLD blocking came up, the consensus of the hive was 
> not to block based on TLD. (You may recall .xyz being used by 
> Alphabet.) However lately I'm getting a ridiculous number of 
> .stream SPAM coming through. The RBLs are getting about half.
> 
> https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
> 
> I have a hard time believing I will ever get legit mail from a 
> .stream or a .download.

The thing is, I don't think any TLD prescreens its registrants and 
limits domains to spammers only.  Anyone can buy one of the new 
domains, whether or not a spammer.

> FWIW, many of the .stream pass SPF, which is perhaps why the RBLs 
> are not being as aggressive.

Certainly not a factor.  Most significant DNSBLs operate on the basis 
of spamtraps.  If a host is hitting a spamtrap, it will be listed; if 
not it will not be listed.  FCrDNS and other niceties are irrelevant.
The DNSBL knows that the traffic is spam, because a good spamtrap is 
an address which was never used.
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