Can SURBL blacklist 4th level domains? "connexus.net.au" is a perfectly valid domain, but subdomains of "dsl.connexus.net.au" are a bit suspicious.
I got a spam referencing 106-147.dsl.connexus.net.au, probably someone running a webserver on their DSL connection.
Reading http://www.surbl.org/implementation.html and http://spamcheck.freeapp.net/two-level-tlds makes me think only 2nd and 3rd level domains can be blacklisted.
Am I wrong and/or is there any chance this will change? In theory, 3rd level domains like "connexus.net.au" could be added to two-level-tlds (ok, the name would have to change), and the implementation rule would be:
1) If the tail of your domain is listed in two-level-tlds, check one level deeper. Examples: if your domain ends in "guernsey.gg", SURBL-check "whatever.guernsey.gg"; if you domain ends in "connexus.net.au", check "whatever.connexus.net.au"
2) If the domain's not listed in two-level-tlds, check 2 levels deep (eg, "whatever.com").
On Thursday, November 23, 2006, 11:19:23 PM, Kelly Jones wrote:
Can SURBL blacklist 4th level domains? "connexus.net.au" is a perfectly valid domain, but subdomains of "dsl.connexus.net.au" are a bit suspicious.
The quick answer is no. If a domain is valid, then the owner of the domain should be responsible for cleaning up the abuse of their domain.
I got a spam referencing 106-147.dsl.connexus.net.au, probably someone running a webserver on their DSL connection.
It's probably an infected computer on a home DSL connection. You should report those to the DSL provider.
Reading http://www.surbl.org/implementation.html and http://spamcheck.freeapp.net/two-level-tlds makes me think only 2nd and 3rd level domains can be blacklisted.
Yes, that's generally true.
Jeff C. -- Don't harm innocent bystanders.
Hi!
I got a spam referencing 106-147.dsl.connexus.net.au, probably someone running a webserver on their DSL connection.
- If the tail of your domain is listed in two-level-tlds, check one
level deeper. Examples: if your domain ends in "guernsey.gg", SURBL-check "whatever.guernsey.gg"; if you domain ends in "connexus.net.au", check "whatever.connexus.net.au"
- If the domain's not listed in two-level-tlds, check 2 levels deep
(eg, "whatever.com").
Besided the posting of Jeff, there are also a lot of dynamic ip space RBL's. Perhaps its better they got added there, if not yet, so you can block them elsewhere. DUL ...
Bye, Raymond.