Imagine you are next in line to enter a club and finally start to party. Woohoo! 🥳
But a big muscled bouncer needs to allow you to enter the club. You look suspicious and a troublemaker.
Well, a blocklist, also known as a blacklist, is like a bouncer at the club but for your email inbox. Basically, it’s a list of IP addresses and domains known to be sources of spam or malicious activity.
Postmasters and mail administrators at mailbox providers and enterprises use blocklists to prevent unwanted inbound messages or traffic from reaching users. They also use blocklists to locate compromised accounts or abusive users sending emails from the provider’s email platform.
Let’s see why you need a blocklist and the benefits of running a blocklist.
Why do you need a blocklist?
It is recommended that anyone running an email platform use a blocklist. Using a blocklist for your email can provide several benefits, such as:
- Preventing your user’s inboxes from being flooded with spam emails; blocking emails from known spam sources can significantly reduce the number of unwanted emails you receive.
- Providing real-time threat protection against spam, phishing, or other email-related threats: Blocklists work as a pre-filter at the inbound edge within your MTA.
If you run a mail server and want to protect your users from receiving spam, consider using a blocklist like Abusix Mail Intelligence.
The benefits of running a blocklist
- The great advantage of blocklists, like Abusix, is that they can block over 99% of incoming malicious traffic at the SMTP level. This means downstream processes must identify less than 1% of the bad incoming traffic, saving resources. SPF, DKIM, DMARC checks and content and anti-virus filters happen after our blocklist.
- In addition to saving computing and storage resources, blocklists provide faster detection. At Abusix, we analyze billions of data points daily and update our customers with the latest information in near real-time, which increases catch rates and accuracy.
- Another benefit of blocklists is the increased speed of mail delivery. This is particularly true during peak times or big spam waves.
Blocklists, especially Abusix Mail Intelligence, can be used for more than just blocking at the edge:
- You can also use our various lists to enrich information about incoming email traffic and use it later in the content filtering process. See our article” The more Filters, The Better!”
- Additionally, Abusix has lists designed to help you find compromised users and accounts sending using abusive domains and short and storage URLs before their mail leaves your outbound mail server.
Improvement is inevitable at Abusix, so you and your customers have constantly updated data to enhance mail security. You can now take control of your inbox with our regularly updated data and products.
Want to give it a try?
You don’t need any additional hardware, nuts, or bolts! By implementing our block list, you can lighten the load on your mail server or appliance without any extra hassle.
Plus, our service easily integrates into your existing email and security solutions, making it the perfect solution for your needs.
Still not sure? Let me guide you to our free trial page so you can give it a try. Once you start, our email engineering team will guide you through the configuration process so you can start using our services immediately. And don’t worry; the entire process takes less than 15 minutes.
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Stay safe; we look forward to hearing from you soon!
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