SURBL

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SURBL (previously stood for Spam URI RBL) is a collection of URI DNSBL lists of

DNSBLs
, which commonly list mail sending IP addresses. SURBL is a specific instance of the general URI DNSBL list type.

Lists

SURBL provides lists of different types:[1]

  • ABUSE - spam and abuse sites
  • PH - phishing sites
  • MW - malware sites
  • CR - cracked sites

All lists are gathered into multi.surbl.org.

Usage

A DNS query of a domain or IP address taken from a URI can be sent in the form of spamdomain.example.multi.surbl.org or 4.3.2.1.multi.surbl.org. The multi DNS zone return records contain codes that indicate which list contains the queried for domain or IP address. Many spam filters support use of SURBL. Small sites can use SURBL through public DNS queries, and an rsync data feed is available to professional users. SURBL data are also available in Response Policy Zone and CSV formats.

History

SURBL was created in 2004 by Jeff Chan to replace formatted text-based lists such as sa-blacklist that were previously used in

SpamAssassin user community.[2] SURBL is the first major list of the URI DNSBL type, later followed by uribl.com,[3] IvmURI[4] and Spamhaus DBL.[5]

See also

  • mail server
    from which the message is received.

References

  1. ^ "Lists". surbl.org.
  2. ^ "Gmane -- Announcing SURBL support in SA 2.63 and 3.0 plugins". gmane.org.
  3. ^ "URIBL.COM - Realtime URI Blacklist". uribl.com.
  4. ^ "invaluement". invaluement.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05.
  5. ^ "DBL - The Spamhaus Project". spamhaus.org.

External links

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