The Blacklist option is only visible for server administrators. The purpose of this feature is to make sure that your TCP/IP address or hosting name has not been blacklisted by any blacklisting or banning services before you send out your mailings. These services are trying to reduce "spam" email, and will not allow any mail to be delivered from TCP/IP addresses that have been blacklisted in the past. This feature takes you directly to their Web sites, where you can verify that your TCP/IP address or hosting name has not been blacklisted.
You can see which TCP/IP address you are currently sending mail from by looking in Server Settings. For more information on this, see Utilities: Administration: Server: Server Settings: Network Settings: Deliver Email.
The blacklists you may check here are:
- 'DNS Stuff' 150+ TCP/IP Blacklists
- OpenRBL Universal TCP/IP Blacklist
- Sam Spade
- SpamCop
- Usenet Groups TCP/IP Check (for newsgroups)
- Usenet Groups Hostname Check (for newsgroups)
This menu is dynamic, so if additional blacklisting or banning services become available, these will be added to ListManager as necessary. Once you are on the banning service's Web site, your TCP/IP address will automatically be entered for you, and you check to see if it has been banned by anyone.
If you need further assistance or information regarding Blacklists, please click on the "Lyris offers a consulting service" link on the Blacklist menu page, where you can contact Lyris Technologies directly for further information about our services.