From announce at lists.surbl.org Mon Oct 24 08:13:22 2011 From: announce at lists.surbl.org (SURBL Announcement list [READONLY]) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:13:22 -0700 Subject: [SURBL-Announce] SURBL Open Letter To Operators Of Redirection Sites updated with best practice recommendations Message-ID: SURBL has updated its Open Letter To Operators Of Redirection Sites by adding some best practice recommendations: http://www.surbl.org/redirection-sites They include: * Check links against URI Blacklists, * Recheck periodically including, if possible, when redirecting, * Deny link creation from malicious IP addresses, * Check the resolved IP addresses of the original url, * Disallow redirection to other redirectors, * Register an abuse contact role account at abuse.net, * Return an http status code of 410 when an abused redirector is removed.