{"id":48081,"date":"2022-08-18T05:59:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T05:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/deluge-of-of-entries-to-spamhaus-blocklists-includes-various-household-names\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T05:59:07","slug":"deluge-of-of-entries-to-spamhaus-blocklists-includes-various-household-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/deluge-of-of-entries-to-spamhaus-blocklists-includes-various-household-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Deluge of of entries to Spamhaus blocklists includes ‘various household names’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spam-tracking service Spamhaus reported Tuesday that some of the world’s biggest brands are getting loose with their email practices, causing its spam blocklists (SBL) to swell significantly.<\/p>\n

“Our researchers are observing mail being repeatedly sent to multiple mailboxes that have NEVER accepted one single message from the sender,” said<\/a> Spamhaus, which specified that some of the bad behavior it was detecting came from companies it described as “household names”.<\/p>\n

Spamhaus regularly changes how it assesses spam and handles blocklists. Getting listed on an SBL will get an IP blocked from sending mail. In 2016, the company started issuing its informational listings as a less harsh early warning system to less egregious offenders, so they had a chance to clean up their email hygiene before getting blocked.<\/p>\n

Speculation in parts of the mass email sending community<\/a> is that Spamhaus has found itself a finer-toothed comb to sort through offending companies, resulting in the growth of SBL listings.<\/p>\n

The result is frustrated email service providers and customer relationship managers feeling blindsided by multiple listings that come out of the blue.<\/p>\n