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DNS blocklist monitoring

If your domain ends up on a blocklist, your emails land in spam folders and your website becomes unreachable for millions of users with ad-blockers. Most teams discover they're blacklisted weeks later - from customers complaining emails never arrived or reports that the site "doesn't work."

We check 16 major blocklists every 4 hours. The moment you're listed, you'll know - with clear guidance on how to get removed.

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Email deliverability disasters

When your emails silently disappear

Password reset emails never arrive - customers are locked out of their accounts and your support team is overwhelmed. Order confirmations go to spam - customers think their orders failed and place duplicates or abandon your store entirely.

Marketing campaigns have near-zero open rates. You've spent weeks crafting the perfect email, only to have it filtered into spam folders across Gmail, Outlook, and corporate email systems. Revenue lost, effort wasted.

Support ticket responses never reach customers. They're waiting for help, getting increasingly frustrated, while your replies sit in their spam folder. Your support metrics tank, customers churn.

We check the major email blocklists: Spamhaus (the industry standard), Barracuda (widely used by enterprises), SpamCop (real-time spam reporting), SURBL (multi-source domain list), and URLhaus (malware URLs).

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Blocked by ad-blockers and DNS filters

Millions of users can't reach your site

Pi-hole users see nothing - just a blank page or connection error. Millions of tech-savvy users run Pi-hole at home to block ads and trackers. If your domain ends up on their blocklists, these users simply cannot access your site.

AdGuard DNS blocks your domain entirely. Users with AdGuard on their phones, browsers, or routers get a blocked page instead of your site. They might assume your site is down - or worse, that it's unsafe.

Corporate networks using OpenDNS or Cloudflare Family protection deny access to your site. Employees trying to access your service from work? Blocked. Potential customers researching your product during office hours? Can't reach you.

We check the major content filter DNS services: AdGuard DNS (ads and malware), AdGuard Family (adult content), CleanBrowsing (security), Cloudflare Family, OpenDNS, and Quad9.

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Why domains get blacklisted

It's not always your fault

Shared hosting: Another site on your IP sends spam. You've done nothing wrong, but your IP address gets blacklisted because a neighbor on the same server was sending spam. Suddenly your emails bounce too.

Compromised website: Attackers inject malicious content or use your site for phishing. Security scanners detect it and add your domain to blocklists. You might not even know you were compromised.

Misconfigured email server: An open relay, missing SPF/DKIM records, or overly aggressive marketing emails can get your domain flagged as a spam source.

Domain history: You registered a domain that was previously owned by bad actors. Their reputation follows the domain, not the owner. You inherit their blocklist entries.

Regardless of the cause, you need to know immediately so you can take action.

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Clear path to removal

Detection plus remediation guidance

Immediate notification when listed. The moment we detect your domain on any of our monitored blocklists, you'll receive an alert through your preferred notification channels.

Which specific blocklist flagged you. Not all blocklists are equal. We tell you exactly which list has your domain, what type of content or behavior it blocks, and how widely that list is used.

Direct links to removal request forms. Each blocklist has its own delisting process. We provide direct links to the relevant removal request pages, saving you the research time.

Per-list snoozing available. Some blocklists might not matter for your use case. If you don't care about a particular ad-blocking list, you can snooze notifications for just that list while staying alerted to others.

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Who needs blocklist monitoring?

Anyone who sends email or cares about reachability

E-commerce businesses where transactional emails are critical. Order confirmations, shipping notifications, password resets - if these don't arrive, customers lose trust and you lose sales.

SaaS companies where user onboarding depends on email. Verification emails, password resets, team invitations - if your domain is blacklisted, new users can't even get started.

Marketing teams whose campaign success depends on deliverability. Before launching that big campaign, make sure you're not already on a blocklist that will tank your open rates.

Anyone with customers using ad-blockers. Tech-savvy users, developers, privacy-conscious consumers - a significant portion of your audience may use DNS-based ad blocking. If you're blocked, they simply can't reach you.

Companies with online reputation to protect. Being on a blocklist signals to potential customers that your domain might be unsafe. Protect your brand by staying off these lists.

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Blocklists providers

The blocklists we check

16 major lists covering email and content filtering

Email/Spam blocklists (7 lists):

  • Spamhaus DBL & ZEN - The industry standard for spam blocking
  • Barracuda - Widely used by enterprises
  • SpamCop - Real-time spam reporting network
  • SURBL - Multi-source domain blocklist
  • URLhaus - Malware URL database

Content filter DNS services (9 lists):

  • AdGuard DNS & Family - Blocks ads, trackers, adult content
  • CleanBrowsing Security - Blocks malware and phishing
  • Cloudflare Family - Blocks malware and adult content
  • OpenDNS & Family - Enterprise and family protection
  • Quad9 - Security-focused DNS

We maintain these lists continuously. When new blocklists gain adoption or existing ones change, we update automatically - you don't have to do anything.

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