The list of RBLs we monitor at any one time can vary, as RBLs come and go on a regular basis. Our base list of RBLs are chosen for their reliability, and their overall confidence in the community. That being said, just because we don’t include an RBL on our default list, doesn’t mean you […]
Category: RBLs
What are URIBLs
URIBLs (URI Black Lists) are similar to RBLs, except rather than tracking IP addresses, they track domain names, or URIs (website addresses), that are often used for spamming, phishing, or malware. If your outbound emails are inadvertently flagged as SPAM, then any website URL listed in the email could be added to a URIBL, and […]
What are RBLs
Real-time Black Lists (also called Real-time Blackhole lists, or DNS-based Blackhole Lists), are lists of IP addresses, published through DNS, often of computers or networks linked to spamming or malware. Many corporate mail servers are configured to reject or flag messages which have been sent from IP addresses listed on one of these RBLs. Most […]
RBL vs URIBL
Real-Time Blackhole Lists (RBL) are a simple but effective way for organizations around the world, to share the location (in this case, the IP addresses) of email systems that are reputed to send email SPAM. URIBL’s are exactly the same idea, the only difference is that rather than listing IP addresses, they list domain name […]
Adding a Custom RBL
The custom RBL feature lets you add custom RBLs and URIBLs to your account, that we do not normally monitor. If you have a paid or in-house RBL that you’d like to use, you can add it here and centralize your monitoring, and take advantage of our automated checks and alerting functionality. You can add […]
What are Monitoring Profiles?
Monitoring Profiles let you configure the time your checks are processed, the frequency of checks, and the data sources used when monitoring your hosts. Monitoring Profiles are then assigned to Hosts to control how that host is monitored. You can create multiple Monitoring Profile, which lets you monitoring groups of hosts more aggressively than other […]
What are Hosts?
A “Host” is either an IP address or a domain that you’d like to enable monitoring on. We gather reputation data from various sources, some indexes by IP address, and some by domain. We’ll check your information against the relevant data sources, all of which are customizable via Monitoring Profiles. It’s important to add your […]