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  • DNS blocklist service sorbs.net has ceased operation - remove from SBB

    From Keyop Troy@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Mon May 5 15:59:25 2025
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/925

    sorbs.net has ceased operation and should no longer be used by SBBS DNS blocklists.

    Service Termination Notice
    Please note that this service has been decommissioned and will no longer contain reputation data (all queries will return NXDOMAIN). Given the wide range of potential replacement solutions in the market, Proofpoint cannot make specific recommendations nor endorse any specific replacement product.
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nigel Reed@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon May 5 16:09:09 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/925#note_7196

    I'm using these as my blocklist and it seems to work pretty well. It'll occasionally block stuff from hotmail and live.com etc users but Micro$oft does the same to me, so their fair game.

    ```
    zen.spamhaus.org
    dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
    dnsbl.dronebl.org
    bl.octopusdns.com
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)