Spamhaus ZEN
Critical Impact
The most widely used composite blacklist. Combines SBL, XBL, and PBL. A listing here can block you from 95% of corporate email servers worldwide.
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Spamhaus SBL
Critical Impact
Spamhaus's main blacklist for known spam sources. Listing requires evidence of spam activity. Manual review required for removal.
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Barracuda BRBL
Critical Impact
Used by Barracuda Networks' email security products, deployed by thousands of businesses. Self-service removal available if you can show you've fixed the issue.
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SORBS SPAM
High Impact
The Spam and Open Relay Blocking System. Widely used by ISPs and enterprise mail filters. Removal requires proving the spam issue is resolved.
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SpamCop SCL
High Impact
Spam report-driven listing. IPs get listed when users report your emails as spam via SpamCop. Listings expire automatically after 24โ48 hours if no new reports come in.
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UCEPROTECT L1/L2/L3
High Impact
Three-tier system: L1 lists individual IPs, L2 lists entire IP ranges, L3 lists entire ASNs. L2 and L3 can affect neighboring IPs even if yours is clean.
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MXToolbox Composite
High Impact
MXToolbox aggregates 100+ blacklists. Widely used by email admins to diagnose delivery issues. Showing clean here is a strong positive signal.
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Invaluement ivmSIP
High Impact
Invaluement's sending IP reputation database. Used by a growing number of enterprise mail filters. Focuses on snowshoe spam and compromised IPs.
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Spamhaus DBL (Domain)
High Impact
Domain-based blacklist. Lists domains found in spam email bodies or From addresses. A DBL listing blocks your domain regardless of which IP you send from.
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Google Gmail Postmaster
Critical Impact
Not a traditional blacklist but Google's sender reputation system. "Bad" or "Low" domain reputation results in Gmail spam-foldering. Monitor at postmaster.google.com.
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Microsoft SNDS
High Impact
Microsoft's Smart Network Data Services. Tracks complaint rates and spam trap hits for IPs sending to Outlook/Hotmail/Live. Red status = delivery issues.
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Cloudmark CSI
High Impact
Cloudmark's Content Security Intelligence. Used by telecom providers and enterprise mail systems globally. Reputation built from user feedback loops.
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