The Polspam Dynamic IP Blacklist (BL) is a Polish blocklist (or blacklist) that primarily lists dynamic IP addresses and similar sources known for sending unsolicited email.
The Polspam Dynamic IP Blacklist (BL) is a Polish Real-time Blackhole List (RBL) created to help fight spam. Its main zone, bl-h4.rbl.polspam.pl, focuses on listing IP addresses associated with dynamic ranges and similar sources often exploited for sending unsolicited emails. This blacklist is designed to be used with spam filtering software, such as SpamAssassin, allowing administrators to assign a score to incoming mail rather than outright rejecting it.
The operators advise caution with lists that include the letter "h" in their name, as they can be very restrictive. They recommend using these specific blocklists only within a spam filter to avoid the unintended consequence of blocking legitimate emails. The purpose of this blocklist is not to prevent mail delivery but to provide a data point for mail servers to make more informed decisions about which emails are likely spam.
Polspam is a community-driven, non-commercial project run as a hobby. It operates as a Polish RBL server based on cooperation with the general internet community. The organization does not accept donations, engage in commercial activities, or have any sponsors. It functions strictly as an informational tool to report on domains and IPs known for spamming, based on reports from volunteers. It does not provide any electronic services in a legal sense and emphasizes that its purpose is to help make life difficult for spammers.
The delisting process for this blacklist is manual and follows a very strict policy. Polspam does not delist domains considered to be notorious spammers. A delisting from the blocklist is only considered for one-off incidents that are believed to be unintentional. An IP address is listed automatically because of a domain hosted on it; the IP address itself cannot be delisted independently. Once the offending domain is no longer sending spam, the IP address will be removed from the blacklist automatically after seven days without any intervention.
To request removal, you must send an email in plain text format. Emails in HTML or containing tracking elements will be ignored. Before requesting delisting, you must investigate and be prepared to honestly describe the situation.
Your email must include the following information:
Polspam provides extensive examples of what a truthful confession looks like, covering scenarios from direct spamming and using third-party services to hosting provider negligence. Honesty is paramount, as the history of a domain is easily verifiable. If you are a hosting provider, you are expected to check all domains you host to find the source of the spam.
The impact of being listed on the Polspam Dynamic IP Blacklist (BL) is considered low. This blacklist does not directly block or ban email delivery. Instead, it acts as an advisory list. Mail server administrators who use this blacklist (or blocklist) can configure their systems to use the listing as a factor in scoring incoming emails. An email from a listed IP might be marked as spam or moved to a junk folder, but it is not typically rejected outright. The impact is primarily concentrated on recipients whose mail servers subscribe to this specific Polish RBL, so deliverability issues would be most noticeable when sending to Polish domains.
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