The DNSBL (DNS BLacklist) databases collect IP addresses of spammer servers, open relay mail servers, open proxies, spam-supporting ISPs, dial-up lines, etc. that are known or possible spam sources. As their name implies, DNS blacklist databases can be queried using DNS lookups. Often they are also referred as RBL's (Realtime BLackhole) or ip4r databases. See similar questions...

A DNS spam Blacklist Server is a database of known Internet addresses (or IP's) used by persons or companies who are either sending spam, or who are known in some way to support spammers, for example having open mail relays or hosting websites and distributing marketing spamming software. See similar questions...

The Realtime Blackhole List (RBL) is a blacklist on the Internet, made available under the umbrella of the Mail Abuse Prevention Systems (MAPS). It lists unprotected mail servers that are used by spammers for sending unsolicited mail. Mail servers using the RBL can deny communications with the listed systems. Because spammers are making increasing use of open client systems with changing IP addresses, the effectiveness of RBL has seen a sharp decline recently. See similar questions...

MailWasher is able to examine each email it views for suspicious signs that it may be spam or a virus and to warn you. MailWasher lets you have different strengths of checking to help identify suspicious emails. Blacklist See similar questions...

DNSBL stands for Domain Name System-based Blackhole List. A DNSBL lists IP addresses, usually those that have been observed by the list operator to send junk e-mails, that are used by applications to decrease the delivery of junk e-mails. These lists are developed by third-party entities and are not supported or maintained by pair Networks. However, we give you the option of using particular DNSBLs, which may reduce the amount of junk e-mails you receive. See similar questions...

Note: the Spamhaus project is at http:/www.spamhaus.org and describes a test which can be run to verify that the DNS RBL filter is working. See similar questions...

When checking your mail in MailWasher Pro, any new email is checked against these lists to determine if the email comes from a known source of spam. This is listed in the Status column in the preview pane. These emails are automatically marked for Bounce and Delete. See similar questions...

A blacklist is a list maintained by an AntiSpam software package to protect you from specific domains and/or email senders. See similar questions...

Your blacklist is effectively the opposite of your whitelist--it lets you specify that mail coming from specific senders (or entire domains) should never be delivered to you, under any circumstances. Senders on this list will be blocked, regardless of the content of their mail. We encourage you to only use whitelists and blacklists as a last resort since doing so will bypass the "learning" component of the PostGuard filter. See similar questions...

Databases index periodicals so that you can locate articles on a specific topic without being forced to browse through them issue by issue. See similar questions...

RBL is an acronym for "Realtime Block List". In the case of e-mail there are distributed projects on the Internet which monitor where spam e-mail is originating from and add these to a real time list which can be checked when deciding whether to accept or deny e-mail. Virus/trojan infected machines which appear to be running normally to a user but are also sending spam out to the Internet at large after being fed a list of addresses/spam e-mail from a remote operator. See similar questions...

The spam blacklist extension can be found in Subversion. For installation and configuration instructions, consult the README file. See similar questions...

Nope! Part of the idea of Akismet is that you're always protected up-to-the-second from the latest dirty tricks of spammers. There's no maintenance, no upgrading, no hassle. See similar questions...

DNS (Domain Name System) is a system that translates a domain name from letters (www.UniversalDomains.net) into a numerical IP address (NS1.UniversalDomains.net 63.85.86.14). Each time you register a domain name you must specify your DNS information. If you register a domain name through UniversalDomains.net, you can use our DNS information free of charge! This is known in the industry as "parking" a domain- parking is free using UniversalDomains.net's servers. See similar questions...