SBL soon only from sbl.spamhaus.org (fwd)

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

FYI

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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:42:07 +0100
From: Steve Linford <linford at spamhaus.org>
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: SBL soon only from sbl.spamhaus.org


If you currently use the SBL by querying the master zone
sbl.spamhaus.org then you can ignore this message.

If you are using the SBL via 3rd party composite DNSBLs and not
directly from sbl.spamhaus.org, then please read this as the
following change affects your DNSBL setup.

For a long time the SBL has been available either directly from
Spamhaus (as sbl.spamhaus.org) or via 3rd party composite zones such
as relays.osirusoft.com (as spamhaus.relays.osirusoft.com) and
blackholes.easynet.nl which import SBL data from Spamhaus. This
distribution is now changing. In order to better manage SBL
logistics, DNSBL zone and query traffic, from Monday 11 August 2003
the SBL should only be available from sbl.spamhaus.org.

The fact the SBL was available from multiple DNSBLs was causing some
confusion, plus other small factors (such as the different zones
having different build times - which for example meant that we'd tell
someone an IP had been removed, but they'd contact us a few hours
later to say it was still blocked), plus the likely emergence of
further composite lists which may add confusion, meant that it was
time to make a change now rather than in a year or two.

So, if you are not using sbl.spamhaus.org but would like to continue
using the SBL, please add sbl.spamhaus.org to your mail server's
DNSBL list.

--
   Steve Linford
   The Spamhaus Project
   http://www.spamhaus.org