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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
SEM Blacklists: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Sender Score reputation network from Validity. Assigns IPs a reputation score (0-100) rather than a binary listed/not-listed verdict. Used by major ESPs and filtering systems.
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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
MSRBL: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Formerly listed phishing and spam sources. Discontinued around 2013. DNS queries return NXDOMAIN. Historical reference only.
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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
Hostkarma Black: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Karma-based IP reputation system from JunkEmailFilter. Positive karma for good senders (whitelist), negative karma for spam sources (blacklist). Also operates a yellow zone for unknown senders.
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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
HIL Blacklist: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Formerly a sender certification and reputation list from Habeas (acquired by Return Path). Discontinued when Return Path moved to different certification models.
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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
NETHER Blacklists: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Formerly listed open relays (RELAYS zone) and uncertain mail sources (UNSURE zone). Has not been actively maintained since the mid-2010s. Still queried by some legacy SpamAssassin configurations.
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Blocklists & Spam Monitoring
Suomispam Reputation: Email Blocklist Removal Guide
Finnish blocklist covering spam sources identified via local trap networks. Primarily used by Finnish ISPs and regional mail infrastructure.
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RFCs
RFC 4021: Registration of Mail and MIME Header Fields
Registers the full set of standard email header fields with IANA, providing a canonical reference.
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RFCs
RFC 5965: An Extensible Format for Email Feedback Reports
Defines the ARF (Abuse Reporting Format) used in Feedback Loop (FBL) complaint reports from mailbox providers.
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RFCs
RFC 2142: Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and Functions
Defines standard role mailboxes every domain should maintain: postmaster@, abuse@, hostmaster@, etc.
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RFCs
RFC 7505: A Null MX No Service Resource Record for Domains That Accept No Mail
Defines the Null MX (0 .) record that explicitly signals a domain accepts no incoming mail, preventing delivery loops.
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