> > I must ask where on the site are "recommended" lists, because the
> > main list that I looked at still contained some evil witch hunters
> > (heck the second or third entry was spews, one of the least-regulated
> > "burn 'em all" vigilantes).
> 
> I believe they simply list all the DNSBL's they know, although perhaps
> they're a little more selective lately. The "description" is neutral
> on most of them (SPEWS included), linking only to the home page and
> letting you decide for yourself, but occasionally they'll say "highly
> recommended" or "not recommended". For example, they say this about
> ORDB: "lists singlestage relays only, active maintained, low risk,
> recommended"; SORBS: "...active maintained. Recommended", but on
> SPAMBAG: "lists some big isp's with spam-support if they don't take
> action on detailed complaints, might be risky". There was one that
> used to say, "Lists huge chunks of the Internet, don't use for DNSBL",
> but I can't find that one today.

The San Diego Supercomputing publishes a regular survey of DNS 
blacklists that you might find useful:

	http://www.sdsc.edu/~jeff/spam/Blacklists_Compared.html

David S.

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