Blacklist wiki · Widely used
Passive Spam Block List (PSBL)
The PSBL is a passive DNS blacklist that lists IP addresses that have sent spam to their network of spam traps. It is designed to be easy to get off of: listings expire automatically.
- Zone
- Widely used
- Tier
- Author
At a glance
- Zone
- psbl.surriel.com
- Tier
- Widely used. Referenced by many corporate filters and ISPs, usually as one signal among several. A listing costs you some recipients, and a scan reports it as a warning.
- What it lists
- IP addresses that have sent email to PSBL spam traps.
- Impact
- Medium: used by a moderate number of email filters. Easy to get delisted.
- How to check
- Run your IP or domain through the blacklist checker, which queries this zone live.
- How to delist
- 5 steps below, ending on the list's removal page.
- Auto-expiry
- Auto-expires once spam to their traps stops (usually within a few days).
How to get delisted
- 01Visit psbl.org and look up your IP
- 02Listings expire automatically once spam to their traps stops
- 03Ensure you are not sending to purchased or scraped email lists
- 04Clean your mailing list and remove invalid addresses
- 05No manual delisting process is needed
Open the removal formhttps://psbl.org/listing