SBL soon only from sbl.spamhaus.org

Wed Aug 6 17:42:07 UTC 2003

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