Is there any list that can be trusted and is publicly available or unless you pay nothing is trusted?
> On Dec 2, 2017, at 7:44 PM, Bill Cole > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2 Dec 2017, at 13:33 (-0500), David Jones wrote: >> >> Then you can start experimenting with RBLs at >> http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/ > > Be VERY careful with that list of DNSBLs. For years they listed and tested my > local, private, never-public DNSBL (which has always had an external view > that "lists the world") despite repeated requests to stop, resulting in a > steady stream of clueless users pleading, rationalizing, and/or threatening > me over their supposed listing. It is only after I started to give actively > hostile answers to external queries that they took my DNSBL off their lookup > page, but they still ping it every day or so. Apparently, similar sites > copied them and some end users seem to have gotten the bright idea to query > the zone, sometimes in substantial volume. > > The bottom line: before actually *using* any of the DNSBLs you find via any > 3rd-party site, research the list's actual purpose and availability. > > -- > Bill Cole > [email protected] or [email protected] > (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > Currently Seeking Steady Work: https://linkedin.com/in/billcole
